The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-03-17
iasten in place. A writer of that century
puts 1t in rhyme like this:

iasten in place. A writer of that century
puts 1t in rhyme like this:
a cap like a bat
Which was once a cravatl,
arr gracefully platted and pinned is:
Part stuck upon gauZe,
Resembles macaws
ana all the fine birds of the indies.
But above all the rest
bold amazon's crest
waves nodding from shoulder 10 shoulder;
At once to surprise
And to ravish all eyes,
10 brighten and charm the peholder.
This was the commencement of the
tneater-goers' martyrdom. In letter
bearing the date OF the inception of this
fashion, complaint is made against the
manner of dressing the hair: 81 often
frequent the playhouse, but really the
ladies' heads have become so enormous
OF late that in order TO get a glimpse of
the stage L am often Obliged to raise to
my icet." This style OF dressing the hair
was not abandoned until 1885, and then
only to permit the wearing of the latest
TAD in bonnets, great wide affair decked
out with feathers and ribbons, making
1t, If anything, more impossible to get
view OF the tootlights.
The hoopskirt, which is evidently
about to be revived, seems to have been
an extension of the false hip. They have
come in fashion at least once in every
score of years since first adopted and
have undergone remarkable changes at
different times. A writer of the eigh-
teenth century says: The hoop has been
known TO expand and contract from the
size OF churn to the circumference of
three hogsheads." At one time it was
sloped from the waist il a pyramidal
form; at others it was bent upward like
bow, and the two angles, when squeezed
upon by both hands, almost came in con-
tact with the ears, and again it is nearly
oval in form and scarce measures from
end to end above twice the length of the
wearer. The last time hoopsklrts became
fashionable they were ushered i'll by
Empress Eugene at the time of her mar
riage with Napoleon Ill.
But the female sex do not, by any
means, constitute all the victims of fash
ION, for every once in a while men carry
the thing TO an extreme rarely reached by
women. Thus in 1911 it became the style
to wear breeches almost capable of hold
ing a busheI OF wheat; in fact, they were
Of such proportions that alterations had
TO be made in the seats III the British
Parliament to accommodate the MEM
Ders. 1t IS related of society man of
TINS time that on rising to conclude
visit OF ceremony he tore his trousers on
nail protroding from the chair. so that
by the time he reached the door the
escape OF bran was so rapid as to cause a
complete collapse.
"A law was made against such as did
stuff their breecheS to make them stand
out, whereupon," says an ancient writer,
"a certain prisoner was accused of wear
ing such breeches contrary to law; he be-
gan to excuse himself of the otTense and
endeavored little by little to remove that
which he did wear within them. He
drew out pair of sheets, two tablecloths,
MI IA
comb and night caps, with MANY other
things of use, saying: Your worship
may understand that because l have no
safer storehouse big enough for them.
these breeches do serve for room to Law
my goods IN, and l have yet many things
OF value within them And so he was
discharged and commanded that he
should not alter the furniture of his store
house."
The most costly wardrobe ever owned
by any man was that of the Prince of
Wales, who was afterward George ".
HIS wardrobe originally cost $500. 900
ana brought at auction, after his death
$4,000. He was the first to adopt buck
skin brooches as an indispensable morn
ing garment and of these had an assort-
ment Of 200 pairs.
a clipping from a London paper dated
July 5, 49, clearly shows that a proper
dress for gentlemen's hair was also a
source OF no little trouble: 1--WE hear an
academy Will soon be established at the
court end Of town for the purpose of
teaching young gentlemen to curl and
paper their hair in order to qualify them
for posts in the army
The only really happy, comfortable
people-ln dress at least-are the middle
aged. There are no styles or fashions for
them.-Edwin Wilson, in Chicago Inter-
Ocean.