e pale violet, so suggestive
of wood flowers; the blue, as ethereal as the cloudless sky; and, above
all, the rose color shading the cheek of the dangerous brunette, who
knows perfectly well that it is the most becoming shade she can wear.
There is a flutter of scarfs and a rustling of mantillas that call to
mind the swaying of the aforementioned foliage, and those dainty straw
bonnets, the little brims filled with lace and violets, only too real,
of the floating sprays of lily of the valley and the jasmine. We like
the cottage bonnet when it is in fashion. There is something marvelously
winning in the close shape, teazing you by its very coyness into an
admiration; but when they are laid aside, and the brims, like certain
stocks, have a tendency to look upwards, we wonder we ever could have
admired any other than the coquetish little shape one meets at every
turn. It is a fact worth observing and recording that, in proportion to
the tendency of gentlemen's hats to narrow, the ladies' bonnets expand;
the crown of the one becomes, season by season, more retreating, while
the other flares an open defiance. We might moralize were we not sober
chroniclers of the court of fashion, and were we not admonished by the
envoy from his serene highness, "the printer," now waiting at our elbow,
that "the form is almost completed."

So we must leave our gossip for the few hints we are able to gather for
our lady readers on the matter of "making up." Loose sleeves, and they
vary from a quarter to half a yard in width, as suits the wearer's
fancy, are still in vogue. In-doors, no undersleeves are needed for the
summer, particularly for young ladies, but for a street costume there is
every variety of undersleeves. We refer the ladies to our cuts of two
that are especially in favor, and would recommend another for those who
like them open at the wrist, composed of alternate rows of rich
embroidered insertion (muslin) and Valenciennes lace, quilled closely,
the last row facing the edge which falls just at the wrist. An
undersleeve for the evening may be made in this manner, but should have
only one row of insertion and edging.

Bodices are still worn, and belts and buckles seem going out. The back
of the corsage has also a point, which many wear quite deep. We would
commend the present fashion of lacing the corsage of an evening-dress,
as it gives the figure much more to advantage than the compression of
hooks and eyes, but it is too trou