Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-12
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Queen Elizabeth, who had a yellow, throat,
vore the highest land stiHesta ruff 10 Europe
With the exception. Of The Queen Of Navarro
Her ruf1s were made ottthe finest cut-work, en-
rcbcd with goldysSilyer, and even precious
stones. She used up endless yards Of cut-Work, !,
nnrle. needle-work lace, bone lace of gold, of
silver, enriched with pearls, and bugles, and
spangles, intbe fabrication of her three piled
riff. But she isternly refused such license to
her people, as is we'll known by ordering grave
citizens to stand at the gates Of thescity and lay
hands on the wearers ct all r1fs beyond q GER
tain length, in order to cut them down to di-
meusions decent in subject. II 49,
In the time of Louis XIV. five thousand
pounds worth of lace and linen was a common
item of trousseau; and inl those days soldiers
weGt to battle in point lace and wore hair
powder Fr@.s
The gery appearance of beauty in lace and
distress had something so eindescrlbably touch
ing in it, that even jurors of the Old Bailey
were moved to tears by the agitations of the
elegantly laced stomacher, lace founces, and
weeping rufhes Of pretty Miss Margaret Caro-
line Rudd, when standing at the bar tor forgery.
The triumph of lace, however, was incomplete,
Tor she was hanged iI spite of rufHes, hounces,
and stomacher. iiTus lpq Ii. aas&E.g!tgs |
The officers of the customs were very zeal
Gus, and had spies on the watch warned
BY experience, they neither respected the
the channel. Even his grace the Duke of
Devonshire was, after death, pokea into at
Dover with stick, to the disgust of his ser
wants. to make sure that he was real. Forty
wears indeed before that She body Of a de-
ceased clergyman was found to have been re-
placed by bulk of Flanders lace of immense
value. The smuggers had cut away the trunk
from the head and hands and feet, and removed
it; and the discovery of this trick caused the
ienominious treatment Of the Duke of Devon
shire. Nevertheless the high sheriff of West
minister ran comfortably e6O0 worth of French
lace into the coffin Of Bishop Atterbury, who
died in Paris, when he was brought over, count
ing probably on dead bishop inspiring more
awe than deceased duke s;ll"o9 ea 2&9
Mrs. Palliser has in her possession Brus-
sells veil OF great beauty, which had a narrow
escape from the custom house officers at this
time. It belonged to a lady who was the vile
of a member of one OF the ciGque ports. The
day after an electionssheswas to- start with her
husband for London. When at a dinner party
she heard in the course OF conversation that
Lady Peterborough, wife Of the Lord Chief
Justice, had been stopped near D0yeF, and
quantity of valuable lace concealed in the, lin
ing of her carriage taken from her, the owner
of the Brussels veil, having just bough it Of a
smugger ior a hundred guineas, took fright
for her purchase, and confded her distress to
her ncighbor, at table, who being an unmar- =!
London, saying, - No one would suspect a
bachelor Happening to turn around she OBJ
served waiter smile, ard putting him down
at once fora spy, she graciously accepted the
offer in a load tone OF voice; but that night
she had the veil sewed up in the back Of her
husband waistcoat, and got it safe through,
while the custom. house eoffcerrigorously, ruth
lessly, and desperately overhauled her unfortu-
nate bachelor friend and his baggage en- route
behind her at every town.