Morning journal and courier., 1893-03-18

that is of comparatively recent date. The Broadway dandy" of 1s53, grandfather, possibly, of the ''dude" of to. day. This is description of him from e journal of that date. "He wore fine patent leather boots, large striped trousers, tightly it. ting except around the boot; 8 hashy short waistcoat, with watch chain and seal and bunch of charms; fancy broad tio, standing collar, and a sack coat with large, loose sleeves. His hair, much befrizzled, was topped of the left, and carrying walking stick under his arm, he ambled along Broadway very daintily on the tips of his toes." In those days women wore dropping curls in front of their ears, leg O mutton sleeves, aounees, shawls, and wide spreading cIino- line. One cannot help wondering whether, should the last mentioned article again be adopted. all the other ecoentrioities of male and female attire of that period would not follow in its train. Worse yet, there was time when women wore fsrthin- gales, real cages of wire, and moved very stifay, looking like animated bells. Then the men adopted trunk hose, because they too would be admired. These reached from the waist to the knee and were dis tended with bran. Imagine the sorrows of an unhappy youth who "whilst in deep conversation with some ladies, unluckily caught his garment upon a nail, unen in stantly all the bran escaped and the enor- nous puffs became suddenly fattened." !" It is said that this practice was prohibited by law, and that young man, being ar rested and brought to trial for this of fence, pleaded that his stufing was not composed of any prohibited article, inas- much as 1t consisted merely of 8 pair of oI aaka kxxrr ka1 14S1 Aav, shirts, bruah, glass, comb and a nightcsp."
 No. it is not true that vanity, love of inery end perverse fancy for the extrav agant, the tasteless, even the unoomfort- able in dress, are characteristics of women alone. Men of the present day, generally speaking, are not so fond of fppery as their progenito1s were, but their wives and sisters know too much about their love of fine clothes and extrsvsgances of their war2robes to believe that all the grumb- ling that has been done for "thous snds of years" has been fttingly and properly done by the spsar-half of the family.
 rREpIcAMENTs.
 If an amusing game is asked for when the young people are all at home of an evening, and neighbor or two drops in, and the old people and the children wish to join in mild rsvelry, try "Predica- ments." It will improve the memory, ex- cite imagination, and provoke good deaf of laughter.
 In the first place, A whispers to B, his left-hand neighbor, a question, called in this game @ 'predicament." Let us sup pose it to be this: "What would you do if you were dumped in @ snowdrifti" B in turn propounds another question to O, O whispers another to D, and so on around the circle until the last player asks A what he would do if he were in such or such a predieament.
 Now the whispers are resumed. This time each one tells the neighbor on the right hand what he would do under the circumstances, proposing "remedy" for predicament unknown to the one giving the advice. Each player must free his mind entirely of the predicament and remedy proposed by him and remember only those that have been given to him by others.
 The merriment begins when A questions with the predicament given to him, A, by the. last player. It might be this: "What would you do if you were an ele phants' B responds with the remedy SNen py Nl PhoApSiy hoPAJthS, snsao my face in hot water and take nsp." B then turns to 0 with the question given her in the first round by A, "What would you do if you were dumped in a snow drift" and 0 Is ready with this practical bit of advice, "Id appeal to the legisla- turel" 0 then asks D, "What would you do if you were in @ balloon without any ballastP and D replies, 'Td put mort gage on itl"
 So 1t goes on. Silly? Well, possibly 1t Is, nevertheless, Laughter, holding both his sidss,n Is hearty and helpful oompsn- ion oftentimes, and now, as of old, Ca merry heart doeth good like @ medicine" It is only necessary sanitary measure to frolic little upon occasions, and between the natural massage of laughter, the brain and wit stimulation, and the exercise of memory, perhaps even such a game as Establishments" is not SO foolish, after all.
 HILARY,