PARIS SUMMER FASHIONS. (From Le Follet.)

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 32, 19 September 1868, Page 5

PARIS SUMMER FASHIONS. (From Le Follet.)

The extreme heat and beauty of this summer weather render the demand for light and thin materials very great, and never has* there been a greater variety of elegant gauze-like dresses . White is extremely fashionable, whether in muslin, alpaca, foulard; or sultane ; white muslin over a colored silk petticoat being especially in favor, often made with afiounce, headed by chicoree ruche made of taffetas and muslin,- or by a bouillon of muslin with the color under it, a sash of the same shade being tied at the back. Frequently with these white toilets, as with colored, lace fichus are worn. Nothing can be more general than the crossed tichus; they are almost universal, and made in all kinds of material. The most usual style is, perhaps, that crossed in the front ; but some have the ends taken back under the arniß, having somewhat the appearance of small vestes in the front, the ends being tied behind like a sash. Short costumes are now worn even for visits and family dinners, the trained robe being reserved for full toilet and calls of ceremony ; the half train and round robe is cut on the bias in tha front, just touching the ground, and training a very little behind. Among the fashions of the day we must not omit to mention the small aprons made of muslin or white gauze, with braces trimmed with ribbon. The most important thing" to remember in. choosing a bonnet is that it must either match the dress with which it is to be worn in color, and sometimes even in style, or else be a simple funchon and voile mantille of black lace, which goes well with any color and almost any style of dress. The ckapeau de ville, or morning bonnet, is composed, principally of a very narrow front, trimmed with a wreath of flowers or Marie Antoinette pouffs. The strings continue to be tied under the chignon, and a scarf of tulle or lace fastened lightly- over the chest by a bow or flower. Lately, many ladies have been seen with merely a wreath of flowers and brides of lace supplying the place of the bonnet. This is certainly very economical, but will not become very universal, as ladios of good taste always avoid eccentricities of style ; still, the bonnets are quite as small, if not smaller than ever, and do not seem likely to increase in size — at present, at least. * One of the most fashionable bon-ets just now is made with a wreath of corn and field flowers, and a long scarf of straw-colored tulle fastened by a bouquet of flowers. Hats are occupying much attention just now. Very tine black straw or crinoline seems much in favor. They are made exceedingly small, the rims turned up, and trimmed with a long veil and small wreaths or bouquet of flowers. The long veil, in black or colored tulle, is quite as fashionably worn as it was last year. Black tulle hats are exceedingly becoming, and very light ; they are generally trimmed with black satin or field flowers Hats of Leghorn, rice, or fancy straw may be trimmed with feather and velvet. # A Lady's Revenge. —A lady, very young and beautiful, stands charged with an odious crime, the commission of which appears to have been prompted by jealousy, Some short time ago, a most elegantly dressed lady arrived in one of the alleys of the Tuibries gardens, sacred to nurses and their charges. She selected an infant, extremsly handsome, aged eleven month?, and with the nurad's permission waa allowed to embrace it, giving it some bon-bons on leaving. For ten days this visiting and kissing continued, and on the last occasion the mysterious lady gave the baby a little biscuit that it nibbled with pleasure, half of which the nurse, according to custom, eat. The baby commenced to cry, was brought home, and died soon after in great convulsions. The nurse was similarly seizad, and died three days later ia great agony, denouncing the "lady," who has been arrested, and proves to hive been formerly the mistress of the child's father. Dramatic revelations are expected. " Will youjiave a daily " Sun ? " sa(d a newsboy to Mrs. Parcington. " Will I have a daily son 1 Why, you scapegrace, how dare you insinuate againstf a lone woman from home 'I No, indeed, I won't have a daily son ! My poor dead man used to complain awfully when I presented him with a yearly son. A daily son, indeed ! Begone, you little upstart imp ! " The young women of Philipsburg, N. J., have formed a society whose members pledge themselves not to encourage the advances of any young man who drinks intoxicating liquors.