Show wiss are very ancient the wig Is older than civilization tor the savage used one to make him more formidable on the field ol 01 battle just as the judge does today to day to in creace the terrors of the law accord ang to the london chronicle tt was the french revolution that maled the wig what the article cost the mummy and the assar an notable Is not known but before he guillotine ell in france the wig which adorned the heads of its victims cost 30 to 40 guineas the costi decoration lingered a long time on official heads in england so recently as 1858 archbishop sumner found it necessary to wear one at the marriage of the princess royal nowadays clergymen clery men of all ranks are tree 0 the incumbrance which is the dignified burden of the speaker of the house of commons and the gentlemen of the law even the most glorious and sub servient of footmen need but powder th hair of his own upraising |