The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-14
THE MuFFS men WORE
They Were Oeoked With Lace
and Bows Of Ribbon.

ivy WV Vo Vvssss INV
and Bows Of Ribbon.
A FASHION OF OTHER DAYS.
rhsir Use was owits cem@eM Tess
and Not Confined 20 Feps and Dam
die-Dsubis Mus:s Nsrs Once In
vegue-Extresnes Of 0tyso In Si4ss.
Nuts were .nvenrcd for the use q .
man. AT least % the legend Coca Ie
seems classic shade found the air of
the world SO bcastly cold when he Ne
escended TO earth after his death that
his hands were almost frozen.
Consequently IL was deereed that the
slayer Of the poor young gentleman
should Kill enough subsequently,
sables were appreciated even IN those
carly days-to make covering foe ths
frosted fingers. He did II. and that
was the origin OF the muff.
Even II one Is not prepared to ac-
ccpt this account OF the nrst mu6 n
authoritative there h one thing that -
certain. II h only in very modern
times that muifs have been the sxelu.
sivc property Of women. Up to the
third quarter Of the eighteenth cen
fury men were quite ~ addicted 10
them as women were.
In the wardrobe accounts Of Henry.
prince Of Wales. for 1908 the pricee Of
two mufYs are set down. TIE most ex-
pcnsivc cost e. a very big sum IN
those days. ard Is described a. being
made Of cloth Of silver wrought with
puris. plates and Venice twists Of SD
yer and eo!d. The other was q COM
paratively plain one OF black satin en-
broidcred with black silk. and tn prize
was proportionately less. only % shin.
lings.
At the time Of Charles I and Charles
II. there WAS q curious fashion Of dou-
BILE NUTS. n small one for each hand.
something like a big loose cut. The
single or ordinary NUNS carried BY the
English ladies Of Hollar's etchinss are
Of medium size and made entirely Of
smooth fur. arranged. a. a rule. with
the hair running round the mu3
At the extreme end Of the century.
after the advent OF william Of OFanee.
mems mufHs were still small and were
generally suspended from q ribbon
round the neck. but In 100 Il seems TO
have been more usual to loop the mu3
to q coat button. There n q widely
prevalent idea. I think. that masculino
muir wearess Invariably belonged to !
~ ~
macaroriesLbut this was not actually
the case. although the fashion WAS
certainly scolEed at BY some contempo-
F1Yy writers.
Staid and elderly gentlemen carried
NUTS hab1tUally. For instance. DR..
Jssiah Tucker. dean Of Gloucester and
q famous political economist. was 20
attached to Ais huge fur mu6 that he
carried II even when o61ciating at the
cathedral services. Englishmen. how
ever. do not seem ever to have favored
lace frilled muffb such rs were affected
by Frenchmen during the early part OF
the eighteenth century. but contracted
with trimmings Of ribbon
Terminate. one would think.
Nuts. both ladies' and eentlemen's.
varied much In size at different times
from the reign Of Queen Anne onward.
In 1710 they were very tiny. but grew
somewhat larger during the following
couple Of decades. In 174O. however.
they had decreased again. and q little
later Horace walpole writes Of send
ing George Montagu - decent small
ish mum that yen may pat In your
pocket. and II cost bat IL shillinGo."
But by 170O both sexes were caSyying
such capacious nuns that pet dogs
were often concealed in their warm r.
ceseea. About this time. By the way.
duced by reason. Il IN said. Of IN un-
usual scarcity Of furs in the market.
In 11SG ladies' muffs-men. except
such eccentric fogies - Dean Tucker.
had BY this time given mp wearing
such thinzs-were decidedly diminu-
tive However. at the beginning Of tbs
century they were again OF
monster proportions and % continued
for about thirty years
Two NUTS Of the year 1900 shown IN
a fashion plate OF that year are OF
long. shaggy fur. and In the print one
Is colored yellow ana has q bow OF
purple ribbon In the center. while the
other Is deep brown and has no trim
ming Another huge mum Of foneh.
dark fur IN shown In q ct Of fAshioo
plates for 1905
A few years nearer our own time the
modish mum was large. nat ana %
widely open At the ends that Il co1ld
have Afforded but scanty protection to
The wrists. One example WAS made Of
efmine. q fur which was IN high favor
from this time up TO the mid-victoe1An
Queen.
Buried Treasures In Moroeeo.
In Morocco II = customary for q
man TO bury most Of his riches In
place known only to himself. THIS eus-
a. 49, -