Eugenie's Lace Dress

The lace dress which was mannfactured by the Champagne des Indos, of Paris for the Etnpress Eugenie, and which is of the lately revived old Venetian point, is thuB described by a lady correspondent in Vienna : "The ex-Empress Eugenie's lace dress is the all-absorbing attraction of the lace department. The stitch of which it is made you know, was lost for ages, and had only been re-discovered throngh the exertions of the ex-Empress ofFrancejust before her downfall and exile. It is made up over black velvet, ond shows to fine effect on that fabric. The underskirt is in one piece not flounced, its design being a heavy scalloped border of roses and tulips entwined with leaves, and interlaced with another border formed of finer scallops of forgot-menots and ivy leaves. Each large scallop has a medallion semi-circles this one, and the two are tied with a true-lover's knot, carriüd around the whole underskirt. Thi true-lover's knot tying the ruedallions and interlacing over the whole is considered the gein of the design. A square court train of black vel vet, trimmed with lace a half a yard wide of the same design, covers the back of the dress. It ia formed of two bread ths which are united in the back with a shell work of black velvet, one-eighth of an inch wide. This train unites an overskirt open in front, with broad lappels turned back and faced with peach-colored satin. The corsage and sleeven of velvet are trimmed with a bertha and ruffles of the lace. A handkerchief and fan in lace of the same stitch and design accompany this saagnificent dress, to whioh no price can be attached."