LADIES’ EXPRESS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 300, 21 August 1875, Page 3

LADIES’ EXPRESS.

The Editor rid he glad to give insertion to any local contributions from his lady friends that may be considered interesting in the family circle, or to the sex generally.] K>:TSE VOICE OF TEE LOVED ONE. .Srrrisa out by August sunsets, Gazing o’er a rose-flushed sea, Watching, while the blue dusk lingers, By the rock, and by the quay: And as pales the golden light, Fishers, wading, fide from sight. While their voices, cheery-sounding, Echo to me on the shore, E’en they mind me of another Voice I heard in times of yore : Now, alas! its treasured tone, Like the rose-flush, —faded, gone! Musing by the dying embers Of my fire on winter’s night, While without the snow is wrapping Hill and moor in feathery white: Ever near me, soft and low, Sounds th* voice of long ago! Voice! I heard you, and I loved you In the fondly-cherished past; Now I dream you still are with me Through the seasons rolling fast; I shall dream but little more, Ere my waiting shall be o’er.

PARIS FASHIONS. Ims are very pretty flue percales imitating the checked foulards eo much in fashion. They are so cheap, pleasant to wear and, of course as great favourites as were their spotted congeners of two summers ago. Puffs are so completely abolished, that for the draping of a Polonaise great care must be taken that it should not puff out in the least. .Tunics are nothing more than tabliers, some rounded as before; but the latest fashion is tp have them cut square at the sides, and pleated, not gathered, at the top. All bodices are cuirasses, with longer or shorter, but always flat, basques. No more postillions or slashed basques. The fashion is to be as flat and slim about the hips as We can make ourselres, and not to have the waist marked by a defind line. Nothing but the slightest of curves is admitted, which, of course, necessitates plenty of whalebone. Jet is still in fashion: but rather declining in its extreme rogue. Woollen guipure is and' will be for a long time yet the favourite trimming for denu-eaison and summer mantles. It aZicays accompanies black cashmere and never cloth or coloured stuff of any kind. Cloth mantles are trimmed with thick braid and woollen marabouts, matching the color of the cloth. The pretty feather trimming called coq en colere matches the richer kind of mantles made of gros de Suss, Sicilienne, faille, etc. For these are the rich silk passementerie and fine lace—such as Chantilly or silk guipure. Jet beading does well both on silk and cashmere. Soutache is rather demodee now. Those who possess southache tunics or jackets may wear them; but it would not be wise to make any new ones. The oval hat is preferred to the round one this summer. We may be glad of it, as it is becoming to the generality of faces, whilst the round hat, on the contrary is but rarely an advantageous framing U* anyone. Sleeves are not made vary wide. Some have revere of various shapSitg* others have two pleatings divided by a biaE brand and a bow. For these are made ths-Jentonnoir underaleeves, and those consisting of lace ruffles or pleatings falling over the hand. With the checked materials now in fashion, it is better to wear plain white collars and under-sleeves than the coloured, striped, or spotted ones that have been worn in the summer by many persons for the last few years. When the dress is plain in colour, the adjuncts may enliven it with a little fanciful variety of colour or design. But when the dress has itself a pattern, the accessories must/tu be in good taste, be of plainer kind.

Talking of the tight skirts which are now in the fashion, a lady who was born in the last century said the other day: You call those tight skirts! You should liave seen Madame Tallien, then, when she walked in the Tuileries with a dress of almost transparent texture, worn over a pair of silk tights! You have not come to that.” “ No,” answered another lady* ** and I hope we never shaU.”