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FANCY DRESSES DESCRIBED; OR,

TUNIS ORANGE GIRL. Dark blue skirt; short red upper-skirt trimmed with gold; broad orange and white striped silk scarf; black velvet bodice; gold embroidered chemisette; orange silk cap with gold sequins; basket of oranges.

TURKISH LADY. Wears loose trousers to ankle, long pelisse, and round cap or turban. The following is a pretty dress: Blue satin shoes; loose full trousers to ankle of gold-spangled muslin; pelisse of blue satin, Hned with maize and trimmed with gold braid; a red scarf round the waist; long hanging sleeves, lined with maize; round fez-shaped cap of blue silk, covered with pearls; hair in long plaits; many rows of beads about neck and arms; gold-spangled veil. Sometimes a silk skirt is worn beneath the pelisse. There should be a fichu of gold muslin inside the bodice of dress, which should be slightly open.

TWENTY-FOUR O'CLOCK. New clock dial on chest and forehead, with hours from one to twenty-four; at back of head a pendulum swinging; short costume of black and white satin.

TWILIGHT. May be carried out in four shades of grey tulle, dotted with silver stars, or in dark blue, the tunic caught up with a silver moon on one side; a pink and grey scarf, attached to shoulders by a crescent, to the skirt by a silver bat; the bodice, à la Vierge, is made in two shades of satin or plush, with stars and dewdrops, opening in front to show a pink vest with crescents; a light pink tulle veil, with moths and other insects forming a coronet. Or, black dress of net and silver gauze, bespangled with beetles, grasshoppers, and other insects; silver gauze head-dress, with the same, and silver crescents; beetle's-wing fan, silver ornaments.

TYROLEAN DANCER, A. Short scarlet satin skirt trimmed with black and gold; a black satin tunic trimmed with bands of scarlet and gold; high stay-like black bodice laced in front with gold, bouquet on the left side; a white muslin bodice and sleeves beneath; and a high Tyrolese hat with grey ribbons round the crown and flowers beneath; a large muslin apron, embroidered in double lines with gold, almost hiding the front of the skirt, and reaching to the hem.

TYROLESE. Short green stuff skirt, bordered with two bands of black velvet edged with cord; black velvet low square bodice over a white chemisette, with white sleeves to