Fig. 5.—White Silk Bonnet.
The season for balls is nearly over. Dresses for these assemblies are made of light material, and with two or three skirts. One charming model is composed of white tulle, with three skirts trimmed all round with a broad open-worked satin ribbon; the third skirt being raised on one side, and attached with a large bouquet of flowers, while the ribbon is twisted, and ascends to the side of the waist, where it finishes. The same kind of flowers ornament the sleeves and centre of the corsage, which is also trimmed with a deep drapery of tulle.
Feather trimmings are now much in vogue, disposed on fringes of marabout, and placed at the edge of the double skirts of tulle.
For Head Dresses, flowers and lace are in constant request.
Fashionable Colors are of deep and mellow hues; white predominates for evening use.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The centralizing party in the confederation is thus denominated.
[2] This device is thus conceived: "Long live the Argentine Confederation! Death to the savage, filthy, and disgusting Unitarians!"
[3] From the "Irish Confederates," by Henry M. Field, in the press of Harper and Brothers.