THE WORLD OF FASHION

AT-HOMES and afternoon musical parties are some of the nicest entertainments for an interesting display of toilette. The severity of outdoor garb laid aside, and the restrictions of ball-room dress unnecessary, everyone is left free to fol ow the promptings of her own taste. Thus it is that we see a spice of the historical in the negligent modern robes; one lady will add the pendant Medi eval sleeves, another the Medicis collar, a third the Elizabethan girdle, while those who refrain from such d stinguishing marks, often exhibit in their attire some of their own productions by the brush or needle.