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Show The Approach to Hoop. "Now buckram dames do walk & rweet Mayf air, " and in the streets fit Boston too. Fashions have stiffened aa linings grown heroio of haircloth tl tuoh a degree of late that 'tis rumored that the penance of her carriage or hJ oaliing gown is Lenten to ladies wm , on the promena? rejoice in the ariar ' that is concealed even in silk attirr The effect of the enlarging sleeves fi balanced, to a fine perception, by tbt counterpoise afforded by all the stiffen ing the goddess of fashion indulges ifl Trust not the soft exterior of the most gentle maid or matron who has traffii With fashion in these days. There U costly weight of woe to be carried aboui when buckram rules. Neither the notions no-tions of the oloister nor the manners oi the old days when the stuff was of Z costlier kind than now are copied by those who wear haircloth today, Bo ton Transcript. "How do-as Midgely get the reputation reputa-tion of being such an angel?" "Oh, he just looks unhappy and speaks of his wife always in such high terms that all the other women are willing will-ing to swear she's a tartar." New |