Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-08

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| pigtails disappeared by general order July 90
| 1SOS. Trousers came into use for general
| wear with the French revolution. The gentle
men, the supporters OF royalty and sound con.
| stltutlonal principles. wore breaches. The
| sans culOttes," who denounced every one who
wore breeches. finally went beyond their op.
| ponents aud wore twice much cloth around
| their legs. in a word. adopted the modern
trousers and made them the badge Of party.
| Napoleon. who was too thin at one period oil
his Life and too stout at another to look his
best in small clothes, nevertheless wore them
| on state occasions after he had been crowned
| emperor. His army was the first that wore
trousers, and they kept progress step by step
| with the march OF the French legions. The
French trousers were seen in Egypt, in Spain,
in Italy, in Germany, in Poland and in Russia
and with them the neat gaiter. People thought
| that the manner in which great conquered
nation clad its legs was the correct model, and
| when the trousers wearers marched over the
wearers of pigtails and knee brooches at Jena
| and Auerstadt decision was given from which
| the world did not care to appeal
Linen was first made in London as an indus
| try in 1858, and blankets followed in 1910, and
| came into general use at once.
| WE OWE THE HAT TO ASIA.
We owe the hat to Asia, for it was in tina,
| country that the art of telling wool was first
known, and from the most remote periods the
art WAS carried on by the orientals. In India,
| China, Burmah and Siam hats are made OF
straw, Of rattan, Of bamboo. Of plth, Of the Leaf
| OF the Tallport palm and OF large variety OF
grasses. The Japanese made their hats OF
paper. The modern hat can be traced back to
| the petasurs, worn by the ancient Romans when
| on a journey; and hats with brims were also
used by the earlier Greeks. 1t was not until
after the Roman conquest that the use Of hats
| began in England. A "hstte Of biever,
about the middle Of the twelfth century, was
worn by one Of the mobiles Of the land. Frais-
sort describes hats and plumes which were worn
| at Edwards court in 1910, when the Garter
| order was instituted. The merchant in Chau-
| GERS Canterbury Tales had ION his head a
Flaunderish beaver hat" and from that period
| onward there is frequent mention OF felt
| hattes." In the thirteenth century the use of
| the scarlet hat, which distinguished cardinals,
was sanctioned by Pope Innocent Nv. Through
| out medieval times the wearing Of q hat WAS re-
| garded as q mark Of rank and distinction Dur
| ing the reign Of Charles the Puritans affected
a steeple crown and broad brimmed hat, while
| the cavaliers adopted lower crown and a
| broader brim, ornamented with feathers.
In the early part Of the reign Of
Henry V hats became to be popular,
| and in the time Of the wars OF the
Rose, all men, of high and low degree with
| the exception Of 'prentices, who wore caps)
wore hats. The cooked hat made it appearance
| In the reign OF James II, and could be converted
| into variety Of shapes. 1t was known under
several names, the Brigadjer. the Families,
| the Regent and the Frederick. Even to the
present day the naval full dress is incomplete
| without the cooked hat and on the continent
| many functionaries, civil as well as military,
continue to wear it. Our old militia, line and
| field officers, Of forty years ago, used to wear
| them ont Of immense proportions. The round
| hat. such as Ben Franklin wore. was taken
to Paris from this country by the young
| ofhcers who fought Tor our independ-
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PROOF that IL existed previously to the fifteenth
| century, and the oldest known painting in
which it appears Ia portrait Of a lady In the
academy at Venice painted by Caspaccio, who
died about 1923. The legend concerning the
origin Of the art is as follows: young fisher
man Of the Adriatic was betrothed to q Young
| and beautiful girl Of one Of the isles Of the
| lagoon. Industrious as she was beautiful the
! girl made q new net Cor her lover. who took
X "'th hiln on BOARD ms boat The hrss time
onisits wracI ,rass Sh;ch hn ai'
to present to his fiancee. But war breaking
| out the fisherman was pressed into the service
OF the Venetian navy. The poor girl wept at
the departure OK her lover and contemplated
his last GIT to her. But while absorbed In fol-
lowing the intricate tracery OF the wraek grass
| she began to twist and plate the threads
weighted with small beads which hung around
her net. Little by little she wrought an imita-
ton OF the petrincation and thus was created
| the bobbin lace. The history OF lace contains
many curious facts, and while essentially a
! womanly adornment In its earlier development
| was almost exclusively appropriated by the
| sterner sex. Cling Mars left at his death more
| than 200 sets OF lace collars and f0ffs