The times., 1898-08-03
THE LIMP IN FAVOR.
According to Experience the
Princes Walk VIII Be a End.


Many surgeons do not think the Prince
of Wales will ever recover from his in
jury so as TO be able 10 walk without a
limp. II the imitatoTs of that gentleman
in other respects adopt his limp. 1t will
be according to precedent. II is recalled
by the New York Herald that in 1871 the
wife of the Prince hurt her knee. Only
a slight limp was the result. but this limp
was caught up and initiated by the ladies
OF the court, and then by all the fool
women of England. Not few of the
women of America aped the fashion. His
tory Is full OF similar anecdotes. Alex
anJler the Great had a twist in his neck.
1t was. therefore. fashionable for every
one in that monarch's court to carry his
neck awry. One day Francis 1. of France
was struck on the chin with piece of
tile. To hide the resultant scar he allow
ed his beard to grow His corrtiers all
followed his example. Thus boards came
back into fashion. after having been out
for nearly a century.
Charles VII. of France had a pair of
i'll made legs. He wore a long coat to
conceal them Result, everybody else
wore long coats. The peruke is said 10 be
due TO the misfortune of Philip, Duke of
Burgundy. His hair fell out, and his
physicians advised him to cover his head
with artificial hair, which he did, and thus
set the fashion.
At the battle of Steinkirk, which took
place on the morning OF August 5, 1899,
the French mobiles were surprised in their
sleep, and hastily rushing out Of their
tents they arranged their lace cravats
In the most careless manner. The French
were victorious. and TO commemorate their
victory it became the fashion after this
to wear the neck cloth in negligee man
ner. Hence the origin OF the Steinkirk
cravat
During the reign of George III. his
Royal Highness the Duke of York had
duel with Col. Lennox. and the worthy
colonel succeeded in shooting away one
of the Dukes curls Hence 1t became
the correct thing to wear a curl on one
side of the temple only.
When Fox, the first of Quakers, was
sitting in church and the preacher said
anything which he didn't like he moved
soemnly. put on his hat and kept ii on
Hence arose the Quaker custom Of wear
ing hats in church
A curious instance of how a fashion
was nipped In the bud took place in New
York during the early part of this cen
tury. A party of young swells-possibly
the advance guards of the present army
of Anglomania cs-one day rigged up a
coach and six and drove around town
in style. This incited another clique of
young men, who, not TO be outdone at
this sort of thing, Immediately fitted out
a coach and eight and appeared upon the
principal streets in great spiendor. So
amusing was this to the workmen of the
town that party of sixteen carmen. de-
termining to burlesque the whole affair
dressed themselves in clean white frocks
and appeared in the most fashionable
parts of the town in a new coach, which
was driven by no less than sixteen
horses tandem. Eacn man had his hair
powdered. Thirteen acted as Positions
and the extraordinary appearance of this
singular vehicle sent a loud guffaw from
one end of the town TO the other. So
ridiculous did the carmen make this alb
surd custom of emulation appear that
no further attempt was made on the
part of the young swells. who. however,
took the thing in such good part that
one of them wrote an ode called Carmen
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