Ladies' Column:

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1015, 4 June 1878, Page 3

Ladies' Column:

#— The pale blue silk costume worn by Madame Modjeska in the character of Camille has so delighted the critics of New York that already it has been ad opted as the " Modjeska corsage" by the leading modistes. It will be remembered to be high in the back and finished with a standing collar or ribbon band tied about the throat, the front being low the opening held together over puffs of illusion by bands of the silk. This affords sufficient covering to admit of an undervest. Wide collars made of plaited crape lissa and caught together by bows of ribbon or velvet, are very pretty innovations -on the stiff linen garniture for the neck. A new trimming for evening dresses is composed of frills and cascades of lace, with ribbons in three different colours, tied im small loops and bows down the centre. ' The fashion of front and side gores may be utilised in the following manner : A silk or cashmere dress may have a -plush or barege front trimmed suitably and fastened on each side by handsome buttons, quiltings of silk or ribbons, as the case may be. White India cashmere, with panels of white satin, garnished with silver fern and rich lace, and embossed velvet front in amber shadings, for dresses of black satin. and lace. No trimming on the bottom of the sleeveß, which are made very close at tho wrist to be worn with the Vandyke cuffs, is now en regie. The latest sealskin jackets are after the fashion of the English cutaway coat. The "Remember" costume is a halfmourning dress in dead white material, close fitting and entirely plain, the only trimming being marabout fringe with a deep galloon of pansies and violets. Queen Victoria has just established the Royal Tapestry Works at Windsor, which are to be under her immediate supervision. An Irish jury has just given damages to the amount of £300 to a linen draper o Roserea, in a case of ''jilt" by his sweetheart. The lady, who is thirty-five year of age, coolly admitted that she had pro- - mised to marry him, but she was not "ye much in love" with him, and. "declined to be dictated to "during courtship, she to the only means in her power to ridherse of him.