Show fashions long kept up the british admirals admi annual order for black silk handkerchiefs for the navy recently placed for led to inquiry why black it is said to be as mourning for nelsons belsons Nel sons death at trafalgar another instance of long continued mourning is shoula shon in the dark clothes officially worn by the anglo saxon race at the decease of the duke of gloucester queen annes heir apparent the bar went into mourning and has never doffed coffed this though the lapse of the stuart dynasty on the british throne was scarcely to be regretted Doub tleta the largest following ol of one fashion by men was after alexander set the style of having the face clean shaven this was kept up by the gracco roman world for five hundred years |