Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-09-13

The dress of Queen Charlotte tne
bride of the period, is thus descIloeJd
Sv the chroniclers On her PowdeISsa
hair she wore q fiy-cap OF lace. .ne
iatast mode from France, and coronee
&c d;emonds on her brow. Her dress
- Us of white satin brOcaded with goiu'
va We. s,omacber covered with DIAMONDS.
War Iono violet velvet train. loOpeo 70
her sbonlders with lunches OF pearls,
was horne by ten bridesmaids. ING
Gress of the bridegroom was OF tne
Greatest richness-a coat OF veiVet vi
satin. embroidered all around Will
flowers in colOred silks, and heighteneu
with spangles, gold or silver. ana u, past
buttons; the white satin wS waisoIoaSs
deliberately embroidered and enricnetH t,
with similar ornaments. A swo1u, VIII
richly-cut steel hilt, lace rumes anu
shirt-frill, with DIAMOND pug Hieu @
shoes, completed his attire. Snouiu We
S;ne life of this fashionable couple. we
find il painfully portrayed by the
powerful pencil of HOgarth IN his MAR
r;a9e a la Mode.n There the wife Is
vawnine over her chocolate while the
husband has carelessly thrown himself
into a chair. Cards and card tables
show the occupation of the night. Inc
old faithful steward is leaving the
room with looks of despair. Hoping
that this and its sad finale Is an ex.
aegerated picture of the manners Oh
the time. vet there is no doubt but that
society at this period had taken up the
vanity. freedom and Improbable mode
of existence of the Regency of Louis
XIV. The toilet was the great sum anu
business of life. the adjustment OF the
hair the principle employment. IaAe,
| for instance, how a lady OF fashion
passed her day: At ten, after her
'dish of BOhea," as 1t was called, gen
orally taken before rising, the lazy
ar ranged herself in q muslin pe'gnor,
or wrapper. and had q regular reGep-
ton of her friends, while with her hair
disheyeled, she was submitted, for the
first time in the day. to the hands OF
her hairdresser; for usually she dresses
four or five times q day. Her hair,
dragged off her face, covered with
powder, plastered with pOmatum, and
| frizzled in stiff curls, was raised,
by means of gauze, feathers and flow
ers. into an edifice often equal to her
height. Four ellis of gauze have been
contained in sOme of these erectlons.
with butterflies, birds, and feathers in
trOduced-the last of the most prepos-
ferrous height of, it is recorded, about
a ward. After an hours plasterlng
and frizzing, the hair-dressers task
was over, and a weary one 1t was,
though enlivened by the animated con-
yersatiOn of the visitors. The remain
der of tine toilet was finished, the
most important of which was the ar
rangement of the patches-a point OF
great interest. These were made OF
black silk gummed and cut into stars,
crescent and other forms. Patches
had originated in France under Louis
XIV, with a view to show OFF the white
ness of the complexion, but they were
never worn by women of dark skins.
Great was the art in placing these
patches near the eye, the corner of the
mouth, the forehead and the temple. A
lady of the world would wear seven or
eight, and each had Its special deslg-
nation. She never went without box
of patches to replace any that might
accidentally fall OFF; and these little
boxes, generally of Battersea enamel.
finely painted by some eminent artist,
had usually q tiny lOoking-glass in
serted within the lid to help her to re-
pair the accident. Nor was the rouge
pot forgotten, rouge at that time being
an indispensable adjunct to the tOile
so indispensable, that when Marie
AntOinette came over to France to
marry Louis XVI, and begged to dis
pense with wearing it, family con-
ciave was held at Versailles on the
subject, followed by formal order
from the King to put it on-a command
which she had no alternative but to
Obey.-LOndOn Society.