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EMBROIDERED MONOGRAM.

K. I.

Velvet Corsage.

THE model here illustrated is a

basque of dark blue velvet, with slashed seams, and the edges trimmed with silk grelots. The fronts spread apart on an oval plastron of cream white surah, and there are puffs of the surah to correspond in the slashed opening of the sleeves. The fronts are ornamented with buttons and mock button-holes.

Decorated Wall-Basket. THIS splint wall-basket, which is divided into two compartments, is designed for holding brushes. It is stained light brown, and touched up with bronze. The valance on the front and the facing for the upper part of the back are of India red velveteen, decorated with a geometrical design worked in colored tapestry wool and filoselle. The notched edge of the valance is finished with crochet scallops, and ornamented with tassels. Rows of pompon trimming cover the edges, and are set around the bottom of the basket.

Evening Toilettes.-Figs. 1 and 2.

A YOUNG lady's evening dress of pink tulle is illustrated in Fig. 1. The pleated skirt is short and round, and has full puffed draperies of the tulle. A garland of roses outlines the drapery on the right side, and a long ribbon sash bow is fastened on the same side. The satin corsage is pointed and Jaced at the back. It has a plas

EVENING TOILETTES.

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tron of tulle folds, and full draperies of tulle at the sides.

Fig. 2 is a trained dress of dark green velvet and white Valenciennes lace. The skirt is of piece lace over white silk, arranged in a deep puff with a ruffle at the foot, and with a jabot on each side where the vel

vet train is added. A sash bow

of pink ribbon is on one side. The pointed velvet corsage has

a bertha and sleeves of white lace, and flowers on the shoulders.

Tricot Cloth Jacket.

THIS close-fitting jacket is of écru fleece-lined tricot cloth, with trimming of dark brown velvet. The velvet forms the high standing collar, the cuffs, and a single revers on the left front, the corner of which is caught down with a button. The jacket has small slit pockets in the sides.

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A Royal Library. YHARLES FIFTH, surnamed

CLA wise, lived in the latter

part of the fourteenth century. The Royal Library in his father's time had but twenty volumes. By the zeal of Charles Fifth it was increased to nine hundred volumes, and this same king has the honor of being the founder of a library now numbering nine hundred thousand volumes, three hundred thousand maps, and over one million three hundred thousand engravings.

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