Year: 1873

Il ssid TO the rose the brief night GOES


and something might have been said to the brief night
about the which favored color in dresses last
night-dresses which not brief.


II would be much to say that all color at
the ball, but all the family of its shades there
bnderose and pearrOse Bengal and de ehene
and the Oldashioned love the newfashoned fancy
the living rose-pink was not absent.


The finest dresses were those hslfeaced shades that
Partisan good taste taught us to love, and though
Partisan caprice insists that novel and provoking con-
trass Of color the STYLE it is fortunate there is no
law against wearing exquisite pale tints with
bright flowers and filmy laces and diamonds.


Truth conpels the avOwa that white tue with carna
ton shoulder and corsage knots most effective In
the masculine eye the Of this combination
we're surrounded by most attentive cavaliers.


rose-colored crepe lisse had deep side plating
round the entire skirt headed by broad satin bands with
ruche Of Grape between and white Spanish blonde head
ing the upper bands and falling the 1Ounce. The
apron blonde and crepe ruchngs Open sacques Of
China crepe crushed with white and gold embroidery
ornaments, canoes and diamonds


pale feshcoored glace silk, with very short apron,
had their graduated nounces with the narrowest posi-
bic binding Of black velvet which described square on
the front Of the dress while the back covered half
way with fine rufes caught down here and there with
upright bows of black velvet and arful straps and loop
ings OF velvet confined the apron sides


At the back fell broad end of esh-colored silk and
heavy strap OF black velvet over the top or the nounces
FourrGjsre, or shoulder rest, of velvet.


or course the black and white dresses very efec
tive heavy black gros grain was covered in front
with ounces, headed and edged with the most
beautiful point duchess. which surrounded the pour and
finished the wide hounce at the back.


An ash gray satin almost covered with laps blue
velvet hounces. the upper and lower narrow, the
center wide cut in dentees andedged with black lace
With this worn very fine solitaire diamonds set in
pearls.


Louis XIV costume Of pearl gray and blue silk, had
front Of gray with round deep fOunce in dentees
headed by three ruchngs of blue Train Of deep
trimmed by overlapping points OF peargray and ruches


lovely rose pink dress with fouuees in buttonhole
scollops headed and followed by of small pus
nearly covered by overdress Of rich Valencennes


Rose pink satin with tunc, open IN front. falling in
deep square ends bordered with black lace Insertions
and deep hounces of Chantiy looped by and blush
roses mingled with long ends of black velvet rbbon
bertha of tulie with pink pipngs and fall of black lace
shoulder-knot pink and black.


Medici dress OF shegray Dout de sole, and train OF
apple green, satin brocade bOrdered with double pla
ings OF lighter shade, faced With gray. Low bodice
heart shaped filed with tule. Sotsres and antique
canoes.


White pOut de sole, the front covered by quilted
peatings Of ule the two deepest bordering the rang
low heartshsped bodice the neck vailed with surplice
fods Of tule trail of wild crossing left shoulder





tram.


Black ue petticoat, covered with qutngs and tpuf-
fngs vailed by train of silver spanged black gauze,
looped by silver marguerites with black centers
Immensely hong train of dead white silk the fOunce
laid in shallow pleats deep apron of pale pink China
Grape, edged with applique lace, headed by myrtle
wreath the train covered TO the ounce with res OF
white tule magnificent solitaries ooped by bunches OF
wnite halfopened cameas with foliage sash of broad
white ribbon at the LETT.


Iaegray silk covered with double ruches Of tule the
came shade with velvet ribbon in the CENTER short
round tunic OF magnificent old pOiDtedged floss tasses,
dropping position OF pued tue in the back, ending in
bouquet Of deep bright roses hair hafpowdered with
knots OF roses and bouquet at the breast.


Palnt.white silk the train scalloped tulle plest
ing and overdress Of plain tulle, looped in round
apron front and falling train behind


White tulle petcoat in horizontal pufngs, the
dress composed entirely of fine engthwise puHs; the
apron bordered and tran-looped by wreaths of myo-
sotes.


Pale violet gace the front covered to the waist with
minute rrnies; train of point applique.


Dress for elderly lady OF white gros dImperatrice laid
alternately in deep folds headed by ones, this
trimming continued 10 the waist. Basque opening
diagonaywh white straps in military trimming Black
velvet sash Knotted low on the skirt.
Paris costume Of absinthe and pale-brown pout de
sole skirt Of the lighter color, trimmed with reversed


folds lined with brown and pleated straps crossing at the
ends with bow lined in brown The tnio Of brown en-
broidered with garlands of and Autumns foliage
Yater.green poult de sole, with nounces and
straps nnumerable edged with valencennes OF charm
ing quality. Court train Of black velvet.