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Show TBOUSEBa) AND IOTJND HATS! Ths Quaker dress wbirk Joseph Peass wore is parliament until his retirement retire-ment in 1N41 included knee breeches, for trousers were banned br the stricter nt em hers of thst sect antil the middle of th. nineteenth century. Round hats, toe, they regarded with disfavor for many years, and this ohiertioa was shared by John ' Wesley. These hats, wbirh originated la France, were Introduced Intro-duced into this rountrr by some ef the dandies abont 17N0. When the Innovation Innova-tion began to spread among; all classes, Wesley, who wore a wig and a eoehad hat to" the last, said ia on. of his "conferences," "con-ferences," "I do not like my preachers preach-ers who wear round hats. They look too httrki.h." London t'hronlcle. |