FASHIONS www Preserved Lettuce-Stalks.- Peel large cos lettuce-stalks that have run to seed, cut them in pieces, boil them gently till tender, but not too soft, putting half a dozen whole red-peppers in the water; put them to drain; make a syrup and boil the stalks up in it just once a day for a week; then make a good rich syrup, well-skimmed and boiled, scraping in some best white ginger; pour hot over the stalks; keep in a covered jar. 466
FASHIONS FOR JUNE. FIG. 1.- HOUSE DRESS OF BLACK AND GOLD-COLORED GRENADINE. The trimming is of bias gold-colored satin, studded with jet beads. FIG. II -SUIT OF BLACK VELVET, FOR A LITTLE BOY.- The trousers and jacket are trimmed with black galloon. FIG. III.- HOUSE DRESS OF WHITE ALPACA.-The jacket is of red cashmere, trimmed with Cluny lace. FIG. IV. DRESS FOR THE COUNTRY OF BLUE-AND-WHITE STRIPED FOULARD SILK.-The Garibaldi jacket is of plain blue silk. Straw hat, trimmed with daisies. Fig. v.—Walking DRESS OF GRAY POPLIN.-The petticoat, upper skirt, and jacket, are cut in a saw-tooth pattern, and bound with cherry-colored silk. FIG. VI.-HOUSE DRESS, OR WALKING DRESS, AS PREFERRED. -The skirt is of blue summer poplin, made long, with straps depending from the waist, in which button-holes are made ; on the skirt are buttons to correspond with the button-holes on the straps ; by using these the house dress can be converted into a walking dress without trouble. FIG. VII. THE ABOVE HOUSE DRESS CONVERTED INTO A WALKING DRESS. FIG. VIII- WALKING DRESS OF GREEN FOULARD OVER A GREEN SILK PETTICOAT .-The upper skirt is cut in points, and trimmed with black cord and black jet tassels. FIG. IX.- CARRIAGE DRESS OF BLUE SILK.- The skirt is onethe bottom a ruffle very much gored, and hasThe with ruchis trimmed frontaround quarter of a yard deep. ings of silk and lace. Black silk paletot, embroidered in jet. Small black bonnet, trimmed with blue flowers. GENERAL REMARKS.-No long dresses are now seen on the street; but in the house, and more particularly for evening wear, very long trains are worn. What the short walking dresses lack in style, they make up in convenience. A basque or loose sacque, (which is much the most popular,) like the dress, is considered indispensible. A very stylish walking suit consists of a blue-and-black striped silk skirt over a plain blue silk petticoat, the latter trimmed round the edge with a tress or plait of black velvet. Similar plaits are used to loop up the skirt in festoons. The short, loose jacket is of plain blue silk, to match the petticoat, and opens over a striped black-and-blue waistcoat. The sole ornament to the jacket is a shoulder-knot of black velvet, placed on the left side. EVENING DRESSES OF SILK are made perfectly plain in front and at the sides, and are gathered in at the back in a bunch, instead of the large, flat fold so long worn. WHITE DRESSES, especially tarletan, are trimmed with numerous narrow flounces, some with only five, others ascending as high as the knee. When a very dressy toilet is desired, wreaths of leaves, or pretty small flowers, just above each flounce, is a great addition. SMALL BASQUES are sometimes added to the waists of dresses- not so large as the peplum basques, which were so fashionable last year, but quite small, not over threeeighths of a yard deep, and cut in large points ; these points can be finished with jet tassels ; from some of these basques long-pointed, sash-like pieces depend . We have seen a stylish black grenadine with a Magenta-colored figure in it, the small basque of which was of Magenta-colored satin,
FOR JUNE. trimmed with jet. It was cut in points in front, and trimmed with jet tassels, and from the back three long straps descended nearly to the bottom of the skirt, the center one being the largest. This basque was about three-eighths of a yard in depth, and could be worn or not, as desired. WHITE BODIES are still very much worn- those for evening wear being of tulle, or very fine plaited muslin, and trimmed with ribbons, or worn with corslets of silk. A wide sash either around the waist, or thrown around the skirt about the hips, with a ribbon for the neck, and bands for the hair, should all correspond. MANTILLAS, SACQUES, AND PALETOTS, are cut and trimmed in the greatest variety of styles. The old-fashioned mantle a la vieille, under the name of the Maintenon mantle, is once more coming into vogue. It is round at the back, and has long, square ends in front, which are trimmed either with a pinked out frill of silk or with lace ; and if a hood is added, it is invariably of lace. Very loose sacques, half tight-fitting basques and paletots, and small " Cardinal Capes," are all worn. Narrow sleeves are, up to the present time, more general than wide ones ; but it is more than probable that ere the summer is over, the closefitting sleeve will have been completely superseded by the flowing and more graceful, though less consistent Polish sleeve. THE BONNETS, this season, are less attractive than usual. They are very small, and generally very unbecoming. The prettiest are of the Fanchon shape, which are much more graceful than the Marie Antoinette, with the large, round crown. The Fanchons are more like a pocket-handkerchief cut in two, the point being on the forehead, and the long, or bias part crossing just over the water-fall. MOST OF THE VEILS, even those of real lace of the greatest price, are embroidered with white or black beads. COLLARS are still made very small; they have square or rounded lappets in front. NO BALL TOILET is considered complete without a necklace. These are made of crystal beads of all colors, with long pendant ornaments. The most elegant ladies leave their real diamonds in their casket to wear these ornaments of cut glass-such are the caprices ofFashion! We very much prefer to all this showy tinsel the jewels of flowers, so fresh-looking, so perfectly imitated from nature, which were also very much the fashion last winter. A PARURE, formed of dewberries, composed of tiny oval pearl beads, with golden-brown tinted foliage, and mounted upon ribbons of bright crimson velvet, appeared to us in very good taste. All kinds of small fruit and berries are also arranged in bandelets for the hair, necklaces, and bracelets, upon velvet or moire ribbons.
CHILDREN'S FASHIONS. FIG. 1.-FANCY PEASANT DRESS, FOR A LITTLE GIRL.- The lower skirt is of crimson cashmere, trimmed with two rows of black braid, the upper skirt blue chintz. White lawn apron and cap, trimmed with black velvet and lace. FIG. II.- DRESS FOR A LITTLE GIRL.- The plain under dress is of blue silk ; it has a high waist and long, close sleeves. The tunic dress is of gray-and-black striped silk, and is trimmed with black velvet. The tunic dress can be used over any colored dress at pleasure. FIG. III.- POLISH DRESS FOR A BOY.- The trousers and jacket are of brown cloth, the latter being trimmed with imitation fur. GENERAL REMARKS.- There is really nothing to chronicle with regard to the make of children's dresses. The cut and trimming of boys' clothes has undergone no alteration ; and little girls are exact copies of their mamma's, except that hats are substituted for bonnets, though many children wear bonnets also.
