or open dresses are much worn, made of with fonds embroidered muslin or jaconot; semes and à colonnes, and lined with gros de Naples of either of the following colours: pink, sky-blue, lilac, citron, and vert Anglais. Almost all these dresses have pélerines, trimmed with lace four fingers deep. Closed pelisses have pélerines with long flowing ends like a mantelet, whilst those of the open dresses are made very long upon the shoulders, and round in front, so as to show the front of the dress, which is generally trimmed with lace and bows of gauze riband of the same colour as the lining and the underdress, which latter is elegantly and tastefully embroidered. With these dresses, bonnets of paille de riz are principally worn, for they are in excellent taste and very becoming. They are generally ornamented with fresh flowers and fancy feathers. Something quite new and very pretty for walking bonnets, is the tissu Sylphide. It is made of different colours, and all look well. A great deal of blonde is put upon the bonnets: I have also seen other bonnets covered with crêpelisse; the lining is generally of very light colours, and you have no idea of their freshness.

I have seen some very pretty walking dresses of silk muslin, à desseins semés, all of well-selected colours and patterns, and in much better taste than printed muslins, now considered exceedingly vulgar. In the morning, we wear white peignoirs trimmed or embroidered, and when we go out, or for dinner, we only wear the two kinds of dress I have already mentioned,

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