"Ladies Dresses," Editor's Drawer, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 9 (June 1854), p. 132.

Perhaps there is a hit in the following at the prevailing style of ladies' evening gowns:

"When dressed for the evening, the girls, now a days,

Scarce an atom of dress on them leave;

None blame them--for what is a evening dress,

But a dress that is suited for Eve?"