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Show OLD-TIME MANNERS. Tho Dress of Men and Women in the Reign of George I. In "Social England" the following appears ap-pears as Indicating the exaggerated courtesy of fashionable people eurly In the eighteenth century, "Chesterfield teaches that It Is boorish to congratulate congratu-late a friend on his approaching marriage mar-riage with merely 'I wish you joy,' when he should have said: 'Believe me, my dear sir, I have scarcely words to express the Joy I feel upon your happy alliance with such and such a family.' The 'compliment of condolence' on a bereavement should be, not 'I am sorry for your loss,' but, 'I hope, sir, you will do me the justice to be persuaded that I am not Insensible of your unhappl-ness. unhappl-ness. that I take part In your distress, and shall ever be affected when you are so.' His child began his lessons In 'breeding' at 9 years old. having till then learned Latin, Greek, French, history his-tory arid geography. He Is warned to beware of using proverbial sayings In his speech, such as 'One man's meat Is another man's poison,' or 'Every one to his taste, as the good man said when he kissed the cow.' He must attend the graceful motion of his arms, tl:e manner of putting on his hat and giv ing jus naiiu. iiorace waipoie s entrance en-trance Into a room is described by an eye-witness as 'In the style of affected delicacy which fashion has made almost al-most natural, chapeau bras, between his hands, as if he wished to compress It, or under his arm, and feet on tiptoes as If afraid of a wet lloor.' " During tho reign of King George I., Lord Hervey, a cultured man, gave this description of the fine dress of a- distinguished dis-tinguished woman: "The Duchess of Queensbery's clothes pleased me most; they were while satin embroidered, the bottom of the petticoat brown hills, covered with all sorts of weeds, and every breadth had an old stump of a tree that ran up almost to the top of the petticoat, broken and ragged and worked with brown chenilles, round which twined nasturtiums, Ivy, honeysuckles, honey-suckles, periwinkles, convolvouses and all sorts of twining vines, which spread and covered the petticoat. Many of the leaves were finished In gold, and part of the stumps of trees looked like Ihe gliding of the sun." At the same period, says the author of "Social England," a fashionable gentleman gen-tleman ordinarily "wore a toupee of curls raised high over his forehead. For dally wear most gentlemen were dressed like George I. dark tie, wig. plain coat, wnist-coat and breeches of snuff-colored cloth and stockings of the same color: for ceremony, like Horac Walnplc. In a lavender suit, the waistcoat waist-coat embroidered with a little silver, or of white silk embroidered In the tambour tam-bour frame, partridge silk stockings gold buckles, rufiles, lace frill and powdered pow-dered wig. The linen for shirts wns bought In Holland, costing from 10 to 14 shillings the Englissh ell." Chicago News. |