1717

STHRAND

MAGAZINL.

REIZA COUNTESS OF DEPTFORD (75).

lady 1s also attired 1n a curious old-fashioned style of dress, not altogether unlike the Russian tunic of to-day. It is a straight scanty gown of white lawn, and rese mbl(,s al nightdress with a flounce at the bottom. Over 1 there 1s a sort of paletot reaching below the knees, which fastens 1n front and has a frill round the bottom, and a sash of white ribbon confining the wast. It 1s curious and quaint, and has an old-world air (80), but it must be confessed 1t belongs to the kingdom ol dow- dyism, and looks cdd amongst the pointced bodices and full skirts of the smarter Court dames. |

A beautifully robed grande dame (the part of Court milliner being leycd by the Princ CSS) is Lady Shrewsbury (s50), in white silk with a magenta satin train from the shoulder, and a Medici collar of Spanish lace with

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CLOKINDA COUNTESS OF NEwWTON (89).

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COUNTESS OF CLARLEMONT (yi).

ELGIVA DUCHESS OF WARWICK (71).

pearl ornaments. A crimson plush turban adorned with pearls surmounts her temples, and gives her a majestic and awe-inspiring

appearance., Another superb personage is

Catherine Coun- tess of Clarcmont (91), whose cloak of pink satin cdged with er- mine, and having a deep pelerine of the same fur, is of the most costly description. The sumptuousness of her toilette 1is increased by a long pink satin tlam cmbroidered i silver, and an cltll)()lkttc head- dress of white net, lace, and gold flowers. Several of the ladies (pro-

bably those of maturer age, as the fashion for young married ladies to wear caps was rather carlier) wear becoming caps of net and

ribbons with their evening toilettes ; and one cannot help wishing that modern clderly ladies adopted the practice, for what could be more becoming than the one that graces