The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-23

miral Crichton" experienced little diff
ficulty in obtaining the entree to Dew
onShire House, where he was intro
duced to- the Prince Regent, who gave
him a commission in the Tenth Eus-
sars.
Until BrummelN came upon the scene
the Prince, though not remarkable for
his taste, had, thanks to his rank, been
constituted the t'master of the elegan-
cies." or leader of the handles, but he
was at once dethroned by the superior
genius of Brummell, who retained the
sovereignty until the year 1917. During
this period he became the model of
all men who wished to dress well, and
when he had struck out new idea he
would smile at its gradual progress
downward from the highest to the low
est, classes. To the last of his stay in
England he continued TO wear pow
der. rather priding himself upon pre-
serving this remnant of the vielle cour.
His clothes were perfect study The
coat was generally of blue cloth, and
it's collar raised against the back of
the head like the hood of a monk
a style familiar to us in pictures and
miniatures of the, period-the buckskin
or nankeen breaches were so incredibly
tight that they could only be got on
with immense labor and could only be
taken off in the same manner as an
eel is Invested of its skin.
Hessian Boots and Muslin These.
Then came a waistcoat about four
inches long, open on the chest, display
ing a stiff white muslin cravat Hes
sian boots completed the costume and
to these the Beau paid particular at
tention. They were commonly report
ed as being blackened "au win de cham
pagne;" at any rate two shoemakers
were supposed to insure the perfect
ness of their fit, one made the right
and the other the left foot. He had
three glovers for his gloves, one of
whom was exclusively charged with
the cutting out of his thumbs. Three
hairdressers were likewise engaged to
dress his hair. AS for the personal ap-
pearance of this sublime dandy, his
face" we read was rather long, his
features neither plain nor ugly, his
forehead unusually high, hair light
brown, whiskers inclined to be sandy
eyes gray and full of oddity." His
conversation, without having the wit
and humor of Lord Alvanley, another
of the dandies, was highly agreeable
and amusing; indeed, Brummel has
never been surpassed or equaled since
The Prince of Wales would frequent
ly come of a morning to the Beaus
house in Chesterfield street to witness
MS toilet, ana TO acquire the art of
tying his own neckerchief, "a la mode"
For many years, Notwithstanding the
great disparity of rank, Brummel con-
tinued the princes intimate friend. At
last, however. a GOODNESS sprang up
between them, and the mirror of fash
ion" was forbidden the royal presence.
The prince-then king-saw the poor
dandy once more years after when
passing through Calais. Thackeray
says; 1.-THE bankrupt Beau sent him
then snuffbox with some of the SNUFF
he used to love, as a piteous token of
remembrance and submission. and the
king took the snuff and ordered his
horses and drove on and had not the
grace to notice his old companion ia
vorite, rival. enemy, superior" Brum-
mel. of course. had many successors,
but the old order changeth," and none
OF them ever attained to the Olympian
heights of his dandyism, not even the
elegant d,Orsay, who for a time was
constituted the king of fashion and held
poor BrummelPs sceptre