Furnished by Mr. G. BRODIE, 300 Canal Street, New York, and drawn by VOIGT from actual articles of Costume. rably suited for our sultry August weather.-The corsage is half-high, cut low in front, square, and demi-busque. The sleeves are shawl-shaped, square, and flowing. The ornament is of pipings of the same material as the dress, graduated in size, and intertwisted with black. This borders the neck and sleeves, and is festooned upon the skirts, being arranged in bows, at the sides and upon the front of the boddice, with ends ornamented with tassels to match. The Dress is further trimmed with an edging of black lace, relieved upon the neck by a purling of white point.-The Coiffure is of black lace, with barbes, and large pearl drops. For Evening Toilettes the black lace shawls, illustrated last summer, worn over the head in the Spanish manner, are much admired; or worn shawl-wise for the promenade, they are equally in vogue. The BASQUINE is of black lace, trimmed with bretelles and a double flounce of Chantilly lace. A black satin ribbon, with bows and ends upon the sleeves and waist, is passed through the puffings. The UNDER-SLEEVE is composed of bouillonnées of illusion tulle, divided by lines of narrow black velvet. It is only half-way to the wrist, and open. The CHEMISE is quite new in model. The illustration requires no verbal description. FIGURE 4.-CHEMISE. HER VOICE WAS DELIGHTFUL, HER TEETH NOT HER OWN- That one sees on old china, and sometimes on new; Which really implies Hers were not saucer eyes, Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by Harper and Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. VOL. XVII.-No. 100.-E E Though the people declared-and I'm not sure which worser is- A compromise lustrous 'twixt brown and 'twixt blonde. Establishment kept by-it can not be wrong Her morals infernal, her manners elysian. She was slender and graceful and rouged with much art, A mistress of dumb show, from ogle to start. Her voice was delightful, her teeth not her own— And a cane-bottomed chair when she sat seemed a throne. Was like a French dinner at some restaurant That is, she completely was made à la carte, Being modest is nearly as bad as being poor No shudder attacked them when man laid his hand on As they swung in that waltz to voluptuous music; Our sisters so free, I warrant the sight would make both me and you sick! Receptions were given each regular Wednesday Which day by the school was entitled "the men's day," Because on such date young New York was allowed To visit en masse that ingenuous crowd, When they talked threadbare nothings and flat shilly-shally. Of Gottschalk's mustache, or Signora Vestvali, Followed up by the thrillingest questions and answers, Such as-which they liked best, the Schottische or the Lancers ? WAS FIVE-BARRED ONE MIGHT SAY-TWAS SO HIGH AND COMPLETE." No flirting of course was permitted. Oh dear! If Madame Cancan such a word were to hear She would look a whole beltful of dagger-blades at you, The men were invited alone to impart To her young protégées that most difficult art Of conversing with ease; and if ease was the aim Was five-barred-one might say-'twas so high and complete. Then their boots were so small, and their stockings so neatAlas! that such dainty and elegant feet |