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FANCY DRESSES DESCRIBED; OR,

SUNBEAM. White tulle dress, flounced to waist, each flounce edged with rows of gold braid; a large sash round the waist with gold fringe, a gold châtelaine bag at side; head-dress, veil of gold tissue, enveloping the figure, and glittering at every movement; ornament, gold.

SUNFLOWERS (after Alma Tadema's picture). A long dress with loose sleeves, falling back so as to show the arms of some dark brown stuff; embroidered at throat, sleeves, waist, and hem with gold; sunflowers in hand; three gold bands round hair.

SUNRISE. Dress of grey tulle, with rows of ribbon of the rainbow shades round the skirt; veil of grey gold-spangled tulle. Or, grey and pink in alternate skirts; grey tunic, spangled with powdered glass; wreath of half-opened roses, with dewdrops and birds with open beaks.

SUNSET. Black tarlatan dress, trimmed with red and yellow suns; coronet of the same. Or, red dress, with the setting sun worked in tinsel in front, the rays coming well outside, horizon grey and slightly blue; gold-coloured gauze veil; bodice red; gold fringe.

SUSAN. Dove-coloured stuff gown, rather short, with soft white kerchief and cap, and a pink ribbon in the latter.

SUSAN, BLACK-EYED. (See B.)

SUSANNA (Figaro). Wears a Spanish dress. (See Spanish.)

SUZEL. White silk petticoat trimmed with black velvet; large pink silk apron with black velvet; white silk bodice slashed with black velvet; black and white stockings.

SWALLOW. Tulle dress, black, grey, and white, with swallows dotted about it; flowers in the hand.

SWALLOWS, FLIGHT OF. White dress with black velvet bodice; birds sewn on the front of dress, one on each shoulder.

SWEDISH PEASANT. Bright-coloured striped woollen skirt touching the ground; white apron, nearly as long as the dress, with rows of coloured embroidery across the lower part; fur-lined jacket over a white chemisette, with a red and green corselet rounded at the top, or a half-high square-cut