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Show WHAT IT tOM'S TO .U Alt BY. The first consideration is for that robe of virgin white in which the maiden may appropriately mako her vow of lite-lasting love and obedience It should be of heavy satin, a train three yards long, trimmed up the front with puffs or illusion between innumerable innum-erable satin rutiles ; the puffings of illusion il-lusion and rulhis of Batin running up and down on the train about a quarter of a yard, with a deep scolloped rutlle oi sana auove. ine waist out low, trimmed with puffings of illusion and point lace. The entire dress, waist and skirt ornamented with sprays of orange blossoms. As wo never grum-blo grum-blo at the price of a funeral or marriage, mar-riage, we silently lay down our first Next wo must consider her first reception re-ception dress. We must have it of rich gros grain silk, peach blow, the waist cut high and trimmed with point applique ; a deep applique flounce on the skirt, and a train two yards and lliiee-quailuiB long. L'yr thU we pny $600. Our lovely young maiden must now have a walking suit of sago green, two shades to be used; tho lighter lor tho body of the dress, tho dark for rutlling and plaiting. The waist and overhktrc are to bo trimmed with black thread lace ; skirt made demi-train, with a ruffle at the bottom of the box plaits, and a wido pointed rufHo abovo. For this elegant walking suit we may expect ex-pect to give $:suO. For her little trip to Washington she must have a travelling dress of ca.sh-mero, ca.sh-mero, made with postillion, overskirt and demi-tratn, trimmed with ailk of the same color; and for this we need only expend $S5. A morning wrapper ' of C3-hmcrc is necessary, trimmed dovn the front and around tho bottom with silk. It costs ouly f"0. Our dainty pot hus always within doors tho air of summer about Jut. She is horeolf concentrated eunhhine. Her life is all summer now. and she must look lovely in and must absolutely absolute-ly have a morning wrapper of Nnin-eo Nnin-eo ok, mado elaborately withA'alenuien-nes withA'alenuien-nes laco pufBnps, at $100. A bridal outfit for underclothing confuting con-futing of one dozen night drcs.-s, two dozen chemises, two dozen pairs of drawers, one dozen cortot cover.-", one dozon breakfast sacquoj, and one dozen skirts, madu in sets. The most elaborate elabor-ate set would be made as follows; Night dress, body of lino cambric, yoko back aud front, and rich pulling of linen oambrio down tho front of the robe. Valenciennes lace insertions and ombroidcry. This handsouio set, each sarmcnt trimmed in tho samo, is worth $250. The second set. made a little plainer, wo can get for $150, tho third for $lU0, while tho cheaper ones, made with insertions, in-sertions, como at $ (0. Our beautiful bridal belle must also have, for her actual comfort, half a dozen ombroidered tlannol ekirta, that will cost from $8 to $20 apiece. Such is an exact description of the bridal outfit furnished in Broadway at Eleventh street by McCroory; aod of the dozens of magnificent robes, made up except the fitting of tho waist.which is baited, which wore exhibited at his opening a month ago, it was amazing that sc ue' iy one remains unsold. Add to tin: abi'7e thu handkerchief!, hosiery, iati kIuvlh, etc., which wo buy for our brilliant is.ljc.iU on tho lirr-t ll-x-r of llio More, and the lull ea.-ily amounts to liirce llioii-nnd do-hifii do-hifii soyictuiH.". fmu iilthuLuh maiiv h.'ii"f, even thn-5.1 who liavo plenty of inonr.v, arc sati-li-:d with wlitit can ho siipph'-d for a i lioiiHurni. Add to thin, al-o, the unnumbered nkocn fcii'J h us wloi h inu-t Lo pur ciii;'nd i;. rtij-re, and wc enn iMitnato the inevitable caw:1 e attendant, upon our marrying Isabella. N- X, Sun. |