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Show ORIGIN OK FASHION'S. Most ftshions owe their origin in an attempt to give prominence to the strong point or hide the weak point of a king or queen. Thus powder came into vogue to conceal a queen's gray hair, and large peruques because a king was bald. We learn, however, from a Belgian paper that the custom of ladies exhibiting their busts in all the beauty of nature has a 1 ar more romantic origin. In a battle in which the French were engaged (all dates, we may mention, are reserved) their ranks were broken and they were routed. When they retreated their women bared their breasts and entreated en-treated them to pierce them r her than permit them to tall iuto the hands , of the enemy. This was too much for the gallant Gauls, Nerved with fresh 1 courage, they turned, renewed the combat and were victorious. From I that hour French women have on fe-tal ' occasions always been aeeu-tomed to : wear their dress low. In fact, when ! you see one who appears to have forgotten for-gotten the upper part oi' her d:ess, it is no proof of indelicacy, but -imply an ' indication of the power of national sentiment. This satisfactorily explains what many iennranr people have taken for impropriety. W e live and learn. Ex. |