with a mixture of white satin and crèpe lisse, disposed in bias folds. The crown is of the melon form, and this ornament nearly covers the right side of it; it slopes down towards the left ear, where it terminates in a white satin knot, and a bouquet of Provence roses. The brim is composed of crepe lisse, disposed in flutings between satin cords: broad satin strings. White gros de Naples bonnets, which have the top of the crown covered with a pink or blue net formed of ribbon, are also in favour. The trimming of these hats always consists of full bows of ribbon to correspond. pattern, are equally fashionable, and much prettier. Among the trimmings of muslin dinner gowns, the most novel is one composed of puff's of net intersected with easings drawn by ribbon, placed perpendicularly: this trimming surmounts a broad lace flounce. Small dress hats and toques are more in favour than turbans in full dress. The few that we see of the latter are generally in the Indian style. Toques are now made higher; and those that have no feathers are trimmed with the material that the toque is made of, disposed in full bows in front, and frequently intermixed with pearls. A good many dress hats are of the Spanish form, but small: these are always orna feathers, at the base of which is placed a rose or an ornament in jewellery. Dinner gowns of silk or poplin continue to be made tight to the shape. The busts are now very lit-mented with a very full plume of tle ornamented in front. A broad trimming of gauze or crèpe lisse, arranged in the form of crescents, placed at some distance from each other, and bordered on each side with a ruche, is much in favour, but it has a formal appearance: trimmings en ruche, disposed in a scroll Fashionable colours are, azure, rose colour, straw colour, gold colour, lilac, and different shades of green and brown. young people appear in a small round pelerine of muslin richly embroidered, or else in a scarf formed of a very broad ribbon, which is doubled in a point behind, and brought down on each side of the breast under the ceinture. Ruffs have been for some time exploded; double and triple collarettes, in the pelerine form, are substituted in their stead. These are always richly embroidered, and during some days past they have been scolloped in dents de loup at the edge. Leghorn bonnets continue as much as ever in favour, but the shape has been altered since I wrote last. They are now cut in the form of a capote, and are lined with lilac or évéline blue: the edge of the brim is finished by a ruche to correspond, cut like endive... Two pointed pieces of the same silk and four rosettes of straw ornament the crown. Very young ladies wear large round Leghorn hats, which are a little turned up all round. This kind of hat is called à l'auvergnate, because the edge of the brim is finished by a black satin ribbon, or a band of black velvet; and a similar band, fastened by a gold or steel buckle, goes round the bottom of the crown. Capotes of nut-brown gros de Naples are very much in favour in the morning promenades: the edge of the brim is trimmed with a ruche, composed alternately of lilac and nut colour, in spaces of about three inches each. Straw-coloured capotes are trimmed with a ruche of alternate straw colour and bleu-évéline. droop towards each other and form an arcade. Gauze bonnets are made somewhat shorter than others at the ears; three bias bands of satin or gros de Naples are placed round the crown, and between each is a bouillon of gauze of a different colour from that of the bonnet. Chinese pinks, or small daisies mingled with ripe ears of corn, are used to trim these bonnets. Hats of cotton-straw and rice-straw are always ornamented with plumes of marabouts; they are from three to five in number, are placed on one side, and are attached to the hat by a cockade of ribbon, the ends of which are fringed: the feathers fall over the top of the crown. Muslins, printed in a very small diamond pattern, are much worn in undress: rose colour is most in favour for very young ladies, and blue for those more advanced in life. The blouse à la religieuse continues to be the favourite form for undress. One has just been introduced of a singular description: the whole entire dress is covered with deep tucks, placed perpendicularly, a very small space up the front of the dress being the only part left plain. Six corded tucks finish the bottom of the skirt, and four ornament the top of the bust. The sleeves are also covered with perpendicular tucks. The only thing that strikes one in this dress is, that there is a great deal of needlework thrown away. Plaid cambric gowns are also worn in dishabille; they are trimmed with a bouillonnée of the same material, fancifully interspersed with cords of coloured satin; these cords are of the different colours of the dress. Clear muslin blouses, embroidered in white cotton, are now much worn INTELLIGENCE, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, &c. 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