Unsophisticated Little Girl. Now, you 'a done, Billy. If you aint quiet directly Inflamed Militia Man. Talk o' th' Rooshans! There! dang'd if I would n't mow e'm down for a shillin' an acre! I'll give yer to this great, big, hugly man! [Immense delight of Swell in gorgeous array. (808) "Now then, Young Gen'l'man, we can't expect the Pony to drag us both up such a hill as this, and as your legs are younger than mine, you'd better get out and walk." Fashions for the Mouth. A glance at the open, graceful basquine, we believe will determine every one in its support. The sleeve, plaited in flat plaits at the shoulder, and flowing freely at its other extremity, with a cross cording at its front, where the sleeve is slit, we consider as truly beautiful. The trimming of the dress may be gymp, ribbon, or a ruche of this last, or of the same stuff as the dress itself, at the option of the wearer. The laces are Mechlin, or Maltese if preferred. Great diversity exists in the mode of the chemisettes and sleeves, when the stomacher is worn as in the plate-collars we do not regard as becoming as the manner in which the one we illustrate is constructed. The boy's dress is blouse-fashion, after the style prevalent among the pages at some of the most famous courts of the fourteenth century. It is wlde, with full sleeves, which are terminated with mousquetaire cuffs, cross-corded upon the back; the neck or breast opens shirt-wise, and closes with fancy buttons: the skirt is short, and a black leather belt with buckle is worn to this style of costume. 304 |