The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-10-01
LIMP rs IN FASHION.
ACCIDENT TO WALES RECALLS
MISFORTUNE TO PRINCESS.
Aped by the Whole Court-Aany Of the
Eccentric Styles Of History Had
Their Origin In Some Unfortunate
Hopl,enlnE to Royalty.

Many surgeons think the prince of
Wales will never recover from his in
jury SO as to be able to walk without
a limp. II the imitators of that 6oh-
tleman in other respects adopt hts
limp, it will be according to precedent.
1t 10 recalled by the New York Herald
that in 1874 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 Of the fool women of Eng
land. Not few of the women Of Am.
erica aped the fashion. History il full
OF similar anecdotes. Alexander 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 a piece OF
tile. To hide the resultant scar he
allowed his beard to grow. His cour
tiers all followed his example. Thus
boards came back into fashion, after
having been out for nearly a century.
says the Washington Times.
Charles VII Of France had a pair OF
ill-made legs. He wore a long coat to
conceal them. Result, everybody else
wore long coats. The peruke is said to
be due to the misfortune of Philip.
duke of Bergundy. His hair fell out,
and his physicians advised him to COW
er 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 Aug. 3, 1892,
the French mobiles were surprised in
their sleeps. 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 tho
neck cloth In a negligee manner Hence
the origin of the Steinkirk cravat.
royal highness the duke of York bad
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 NOV
ed solemnly, put on his hat and kept it
On until the disagreeable remarks con-
Guided. Hence arose the Quaker Gus
tom OF wearing 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
fury. A party of young swells, pos
s1bly the advance guards of the pres
ent army Of Anglomaniacs-one day
around town in style. This melted an
other 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 splendor. So amusing
was this to the workmen of the town
that a party Of sixteen carmen. deter
mining to burlesque the whole affair.
dressed themselves in clean white
froc<s and appeared in the most fash
ionable parts OF the town in new
coach, which was driven by no fewer
than sixteen horses tandem. Each
man had his hair powdered. Thirteen
acted as Positions. and the extraordi-
nary appearance of this singular We
hic1e sent loud guffaw from one end
OF the town to the other. So ridiculous
did the 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 that one
of them wrote an ode called Carmen
Triumph"