Tries dashing brains out against paper imitation Head penetrates wall. Is slashed at by Gent of Granite Wall. from Arkansas. Swallows contents. Experiences a glorious reac- Swallowed bottle Dr. Dipps's Eradicator. Saved! tion-instead of Death, Life! Once more himself! Presents the Doctor with Certificate certifying to Ever after, when depressed, drinks a bottle of Dr. his Miraculous Cure. Dipps, and Shoots his own Daguerreotype. Furnished by Mr. G. BRODIE, 300 Canal Street, New York, and drawn by VOIGT from actual articles of Costume. 432 TH FIGURE 2.-HOME TOILET. THE PROMENADE DRESS is of chocolate-colored The The HOME TOILET, which we present above, consists of a cassock dress of striped poplin, with a plaided plastron, and the skirt en tablier. The hooks which confine the dress are concealed under a passamenterie, which may be made either by plaiting ribbons to match, or may be composed of In this dress strips of the material of the dress. the skirt and body are cut in one piece-both front and back-all the fullness being in the bottom of the skirt. The sleeves are closed at the wrist, but are full at the elbows, and are ornamented so as to correspond with the body. Gores are taken out, in order to give them the required form. The chaste design for a FICHU, which is very appropriately styled "The Madonna," requires no special verbal explanation FIGURE 3.-MADONNA FICHU. requiem of Nature over all her beautiful children, MOUNT VERNON AS IT IS. OCTOBER in Virginia is a most delicious sea- as she then begins to disrobe them for the tomb. son. The first mellow tints of autumn then begin to tone down the rich and brilliant greens of summer, and the atmosphere, soft and balmy, is in harmony with the visible aspects of nature. A few blossoms yet linger, a few birds yet flit among the branches, though silent and sedate in contemplation of their southern flight. The luscious grape hangs in clusters in garden and forest; the apple-boughs bend with treasure in the orchards, and along the hedges the persimmontree displays its beautiful globes of astringent juice. The bee yet lingers in sunny places, and the grasshopper chirps in the field; and every where the reflecting spirit hears the low, solemn It was on one of those beautiful autumnal days in '58 that I made the last of my several pilgrimages to the home and tomb of Washington on the Virginia bank of the Potomac, accompanied by a young kinswoman who had never before been south of New York. We went to Mount Vernon, not as casual visitors with the crowd, but as welcomed guests of the proprietor; and for two days and nights we enjoyed true Virginian hospitality under that venerable and venerated roof, which sheltered Washington and all he held most dear, from youth to age, and where the great and good of many lands always found an open hand and generous cheer. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by Harper and Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York. VOL. XVIII.-No. 106.-EE |