lin, form the trimming of the under-sleeve.

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FIGURE 3.--EVENING DRESS.

EVENING DRESS.--Head-dress of hair only, with a diamond comb. The hair is
parted down the middle, and drawn back square from the forehead on each
side. One large plat of hair is laid round the top of the head. The back
hair is done up in plats and torsades twisted together. The comb is put in
straight, and stands rather high. A cashmere _Orientale_. This short
garment is cut straight and not hollowed at the waist; it reaches several
inches below the hips; the sides are slit up; the sleeves are wide at
bottom and open in front. A band of gold lace, about an inch wide, is laid
flat all round, about half an inch from the edge, and the same on the
sleeves. Two buttons of silk and gold each fasten a small cord ending in a
handsome tassel, surmounted by small bows of silk and gold of various
sizes. This cord is tied in front. The openings of the sleeves and sides
are trimmed in the same manner. The lining is white satin.

Dress of white lutestring. Body low and square, trimmed with several rows
of white blond. The top of the skirt is plain for a depth of six or seven
inches, and all the lower part is trimmed with vandyked blond flounces.
The flounces are very light.

FULL-DRESS FOR HOME.--The cap is a Louis XV. _fanchon_ of _Alencon_ lace.
There are two tufts of various flowers on each side; they lie on the bands
of hair which are waved and thrown back.

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FIGURE 4.--FULL-DRESS FOR HOME.

Waistcoat of black watered silk; festooned edges, high behind, open in
front. A row of _Alencon_ lace sewed on flat projects beyond the edge all
round the waistcoat. _Basquine_ of terry velvet, trimmed with a broad
satin ribbon and plaid velvet of bright colors. The sleeve, wide at
bottom, is open behind and trimmed the same. The trimming is drawn in very
fine gathers in the middle; the quilled edges are loose.

The skirt of terry velvet like that of the basquine, is trimmed with five
flounces lying one on the other. On these flounces are sewed satin ribbons
and plaid velvet bands, the top one No. 12, the two others, No. 16, the
bottom one No. 22. These ribbons are sewed flat on the flounce, which is
not gathered in that part; the gathers of the flounces are preserved
between the flat parts. The interval between the ribbons