The Eddy current., 1898-09-24


Many surgeons think The prince of
Wales will never recover from his In
Jury so ns to be- able 20 walk without
n limp n the imilators Of that gen
tleman In other respects adopt MS
limp. it will be- according 90 precedent
u Is recalled By the New YORK Herald
that In 1874 the wife of The prince hurt
her knee. only q slight limp was the
result but this limp was caught up and
initiated by the ladies of the court. ana
then by All Of the fool women of Eng
iaad. Not few Of The women NJ Am.
erica apod the fashion History s fun
of similar anecdotes Alexander the
Great had o twist in his neck if was
therefore. fashionable for every one Ia
that m0narch's court 90 carry bis neck
nwry One dny Francis ! OF France
was s,ruck on the chin with q piece OF
tile 10 hide the resultant scar he
allowed his beard to grow iis rour-
tiers all followed his example Thus
bcards came back into fashion after
having been out Tor nearly century
says the Washington Times
Charles VII Of France had % pair of
ill-mado legs. lle wore q long coat 90
conceal them Result everybody else
wore long coats. The peruke is said t1
be- due 90 the misfortune of phillp
duke of Bergundy Ills hair fell out.
und his physicians advised him 10 COW
er his head with artificial hair. which
he did and thus set the fashion A.
the battle Of SteinkIfk. which took
place on the morning " Aug Q 1899
the French mobiles were surprised IN
their sleeps, and hastily rushing out
OF their tents they arranged their lace
crhvaia IN the most careless manner.
The French were victorious and 20
commemorate their victory h became
the fashion after this 10 wear tho
neck cloth In nogllgec manner. Hence
the origin of the Stelnklrk cravat
During tho reign of George M his
royal highncss the duke Ut York hai
a duel with Col tonnux. and the
worthy colonel succeeded In shouting
away one Of the dukes curls Hence
II became the correct thing ~ wear
eurl ON one Side Of the tcmplo only
When Fox, the first Of Quakers. was
sitting in church and the preacher said
anything which be- didn't like he mo-,
ed soiemnly. put on hls hat and kent n
on unt'l the dlsagreeahle ramarks con.
clndod llenG" arose tne Quaker Gus.
tom Of wearing hats In church
curious Instance OF how a fashion was
nippod IN the bud took place In New
York during ~ early part of this con.
tury. party of young sWells pos
sibly tho advance guards Of the pr.s.
ent army Of Anglomaniacs one dav
rigged up "a coach ana slx and drove
around town Ia style This melted an
other clique of young men. who not
20 be- outdonc at this sort of thing
Immediately lifted ont ronrb ana
eight ana appeared upon the principal
streets in great aplendor So nmuslng
was this to the workmen Of tho town
that party ~ sixteen carmen. detsr.
mining 20 burlcsque the whole AFFAIR
dressed themselves ln clean white
frocks and appeared In the most fash.
ionable parts Of tho town in now
coach, which was driven by mo- fewer
than sixteen horses tandem Each
man had his hair powdered Thirteen
acted as positions. aud the extraordi-
nary appearance of this singular ve-
hicle sent a loud gunnw from one eud
of the town 10 the other So ridiculous
dld tho carmen make this absurd Gus
tom Of emulation appear that NO FUR
ther attempt was made on the part Of
the young swells who. however. took
the thing IN such good part mat ono
~ them wrote au ode called earn o.
Triumph