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WHAT TO WEAR AT FANCY BALLS.
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wrist with lace cuffs turning upwards; a close ruff round the throat; the black velvet Stuart cap bordered with pearls, a clear muslin veil edged with lace hanging at the back; a rosary at the side, and a medallion or cross hung round the neck. (See Plate VIII., Fig. 30.)

MARIE THERESA (Empress of Austria). White satin petticoat and bodice; jewelled and embroidered train from shoulders, of purple velvet bordered with ermine; crown on head, and long veil. Or, Costume de Chasse, black trimmed with gold; red velvet waistcoat; scarlet petticoat with gold band; cocked hat and white feather; Brussels lace cravat; diamonds.

MARIES, THE QUEEN'S; viz., Mary Beton, Mary Seton, Mary Hamilton, and Mary Carmichael, all wear dresses of the Marie Stuart order. Mary Beton, the eldest, handsomest, and haughtiest, a petticoat of pale blue satin festooned with pearls; a train of white satin embroidered with gold and draped with roses; a square bodice slashed with blue; stomacher and girdle of diamonds and pearls; lace ruffles and Marie Stuart cap and veil. The laughing, roguish, irregular-featured, dark-eyed Mary Seton, ruby velvet train trimmed with silver; a white satin under-skirt and stomacher, with lattice pattern of silver and pearls; and a black velvet coronet with pearls; a white veil spangled with silver. Mary Hamilton, beautiful, pale, dark-haired, and melancholy; a blue velvet train over canary bodice, blue velvet slashed with canary, trimmed with gold braid and pearls; coif and veil; ruff and girdle, with pearls; and Mary Carmichael, a dress of cramoise satin (between crimson and plum colour), with white satin petticoat, trimmed with gold and pearls, silver brocaded front; satin head-dress to match; the dress also trimmed with pearls; veil and ruff; pearl ornaments.

MARIONETTE, LA. White satin over blue, trimmed with roses and forget-me-nots; black velvet hat and feather.

MARIOTTE (La Fainille Trouillat). Yellow cashmere skirt with rows of black velvet; scarlet cashmere tunic; black velvet square bodice; leg-of mutton sleeves; blue silk apron and bib; Normandy cap, trimmed with lace fastened with gold pins; long gold earrings; gold chatelaine; blue silk stockings, black shoes tied with scarlet.