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THE LAGUNA OF CHIOGGIA. HE journey from Venice to Chioggia is made by a little steamer that runs there in a couple of hours, and passes island after island-San Clemento, with its lunatic asylum; Malamocco, where the Doges had their original seat, and where the strip of land separating the lagoon from the sea is so narrow that the ships outside seem floating under the trees; Pelestrina, with its red houses and gardens bright with oleanders and tamarisk flowers; and the imposing sea-wall named I Murazzi. Chioggia is a town of fishermen and lace-workers; around it is a sapphire sea dotted with many-hued sails, with every tint from canary yellow to tawny brown; the main street is broad, and lined with arcades and balconied houses of the old Venetian red; steep bridges cross the

THE LAGUNA OF CHIOGGIA, NEAR VENICE.

canals (for, like Venice, Chioggia is on a cluster of islands), the fish-market is crowded, and has marvellous effects of light and shade, and a picturesque Oriental effect is produced by the white linen veil of the women, who are celebrated for their beauty. A very striking sight is the departure of the fishing-boats, that skim away like a swarm of butterflies, with orange red, crimson, and yellow wings. The waters of the lagoon are metallic blue, and those of the open sea green, and the effects of sunset and of moonlight wonderful. "The lagoon," writes George Sand, "is so still in the beautiful summer evenings that the stars do not tremble in it." Over these still waters the fisher-boats glide, sometimes to Venice to pay due reverence to Madonna della Salute, or take part in the procession of the Redentore, when all the city crosses to the Lido to see the sun rise. The engraving we reproduce is almost a

domestic scene: the fisherman and his family have rowed out to the pile-supported shrine of Our Lady of the Sea, a girl ascends the rickety stairs to light the lamp, while the others sing their evening hymn. The picture from which the engraving is taken is by Professor H. Corrodi, and was painted by command of the Prince and Princess of Wales as a Jubilee gift to the Queen. In Venice city the fussing little steam-launch is superseding the gondola, the shapeless iron-clads of the Italian navy have succeeded to the stately galleys of the Doges, and the Tuscan tongue is driving out the soft Venetian dialect which Goldoni loved. But at Chioggia the life is still the life of centuries ago; Ariosto is still read by a professional reader in the public streets, the women still retain something like a local costume, and the dialect is that of the early Venetians.

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Handkerchief Case.

THIS novel handkerchief case is made to resemble a plush-covered album. The box is eight inches long by seven wide and three deep, and is lined inside with stamped oldgold satin. The outside is covered with peacock plush, with the edges of the three sides which open faced with puffed peacock satin. A panel of tan-colored ribbed leather is let into the top, and this is decorated with an embroidered design richly worked with silks, gold bullion, and narrow leather ribbon. The front is fastened with a brass clasp.

Embroidered Border for Table or Stand Scarfs, etc.

THIS border is worked on a ground of écru woollen canvas with silks, chenille, and gold thread. At regular intervals flat bands of gold braid are laid down slantwise, herringboned with dark brown chenille, and ornamented at the edges with rays of terra-cotta chenille and terra-cotta and blue silk. Between these bands are lozenge figures worked in cross stitch with silks and chenille in brown, terra-cotta, and blue, and veined with gold thread. The edges are notched with stitches of brown and blue chenille. A plush scarf ornamented with this border was illustrated in Bazar No. 13 of this volume.

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Turkish Scarf.-Figs. 1 and 2.

See illustrations on page 669.

THE ground of this Turkish scarf is toile Colbert, a thin open canvas material. The ends are decorated with embroidery, of which a fragment is shown in full size in Fig. 2, giving one section or repeat of the design. The work is executed in silks and gold thread, the colors of the silk including black, cinnamon red, blue, and old-gold. Forming the base of the border are two rows of close herring-bone in gold thread, edged on each side by a line which is formed by laying a thread of silk and working over it in tent stitch. Between the rows of herring-bone are disks worked in cross, chain, and Holbein stitch in the colors mentioned. The figures that spring from this border are worked in similar colors in cross and chain stitch. A silk tassel fringe in which the colors of the work are repeated is across the ends.

Children's Hosiery.-Figs. 1 and 2.

See illustrations on page 660.

Two kinds of stockings are illustrated in the group Fig. 1, one a dark blue cotton stocking with Suède-colored bars and Suède soles and heels, the other of terra-cotta lisle-thread with fine hair stripes of white and white silk clocks. In the group Fig. 2 are shown a pair of black spun silk stockings, and a pair of dark blue stockings worked with white blocks on the front.

FAILLE FRANÇAISE AND LACE AFTERNOON TOILETTE.

For diagram and description see Supplement.

CASHMERE AND SILK COSTUME.

For diagram and description see Supplement.

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