chemisette, with puffed elbow-sleeves terminating in black velvet bands and frills of lace. About the
THE AUSTRIAN PEASANT-BRIDE IN BLACK.
neck is a deep filigree silver collar, from which hang two enormous silver pendants, one resting on the bust at either side.
The typical Roman peasant woman makes a picturesque figure in a skirt of some dark material and an apron brightly trimmed with two broadish bands of embroidery, one appearing immediately below the hips and the other at the knees. The tight, sleeveless corsage laces behind, and is supported by narrow shoulder-straps, while the white chemisette has long sleeves and is low at the throat. Ordinarily the hair is allowed to hang loosely beneath a head-dress fashioned from a length of snowy linen, folded in such a way as to form a narrow strip, which is pinned at the temples and flung back to hang down behind. All but the very poorest
