Show the evolution of dress it would be interesting to know what mother evo eve would think could hbo abo witness the eccentricities of f fashion and the evolution of dress since lev her earthly sojourn iier her poor little fig cg leaf girdle would pale into significance by contrast with the present glory of womans comans raiment and she would hang her pretty head for very shame at the tha smallness sm illness of her dressmakers yearly account we have statues of tho the ancient greeks and romans w N herein they are portrayed as aa having very little covering their bodies tor has handed down to us tho the beautiful figure of his venus ivenus do deto milo mil 0 whose w h 0 s e I 1 beauty or of outline has haa made her immortal imi I 1 tho the scanty 11 drapery of which lias shocked 3 01 ed the ability of 0 more ni oro T 1 than ono modestly disposed soul theold tho old lady from OF TENTH ct clothe rural district TURY turns her herd head aside with a blush then looks again and declares that it is an insult to human nature that such monstrosities ties are exhibited to the public gaze then with a sigh sich and it a last backward look sho bile rejoins her friends frienda and meditates on the wickedness of the world at largo large and the directors of that museum in particular cut but could she sha have seen the grotesque costumes that iw liano c been worn by many of eves descendants it in past ages aio it not wame llimo tho the sculptor for clothing his masterpiece ill at the french costume of the ho tenth century somewhat that of the modern greeks but it had not the short pelisse in its place the ladies a long veil which covered tho the head and readied reached neatly neaily to the lie feet tho white under tinder drapery is a confined at tho the waist aich is short by abroad girdle which appears appeal a to encircle it more than once and adds to the apparent length of the waist tho the open jack jacket t without a collar falls gracefully from the shoulders and conceals iho limits of the waist everything is easy casy natural aud graceful the gieck gill painted by sir charles eastlake was based on this unique costume rr ANCES PAGE |