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Show BEYOND MERE MAN. ARE THE ADORNMENTS INSISTED ON BY FEMININITY. In All Ages Practically the 8ame Complaint Com-plaint Has Been Made, But Victory Vic-tory Has Always Been with the Fair Sex. Not a few things nro past tliu comprehension com-prehension of moro mnn, and one of these Is tho mysteries of fomlnlno apparel ap-parel the fnshlounblo raiment and tho ramifications with which she per slats In "ndornlng" herself. Grnndness and extravagance of stylo aro nlwuys backed up by a con-, scions superiority on tho part of the f om In I tin mind that puts the male oh Jector promptly out of business. Tho nrdent wooer of Queen Elizabeth's Eliza-beth's day no doubt railed bitterly against tho huge ruff that stood out about his lady's neck like n repelling picket fence. Ho could seo no moro iisii m It thnn his descendant of to-day sees In tho enormous picture hat nor could ho get around or over It. Hut tho ruff remained, and men of tho period had to do ns well with It as thoy could, which wo not very well. Frequently they got a tnsto of ruffles ruf-fles In their mouths Instead of tho nectar nec-tar of ruby Hps. Hcally shocking to man's sensibilities, sensibili-ties, howovor, wns tho extraordinary horned headplcco that women of tho fourteenth century perched upon themselves. Thin consisted of n partly cone-shaped cone-shaped bonnot stnrtlng from brow and Tbr Prnoslerous Homed lfelWif 1 of tho rTM-Ccnlunj Shocked I w. enrB and running thence about west northwest, half west. From tho tinder aldo a pair of horns sprang up In u gentlo but extended curve, mnking a general course of northeast by north. Now this "plcturo hat" of tho period wns, no doubt, n thing of Joy to tho woman of thnt day, but It caused a notable enlargement of tho prevalent preva-lent vocabulary of profanity. Then thoro wns tho extraordinary French stylo of coiffure that produced u towering bulk ot hair upon tho head, like piling a luxuriant, Huffy I'ollon upon u fair, Intellectual Ossu of marble mar-ble brow. Away back tn ages past a little book made Its nppearanco "Qulppes for Upstart Newfangled Gentlewomen." Now, tho tltlo of tho work wns unkind, un-kind, In tho first place, and tho nnl-moslty nnl-moslty displayed therein wns certainly certain-ly not calculated to win mcmbors ot Iks Vmn ludn ol Queen Diiabelhs Tune tho fair sex from their nllcglanco to tho Damo Fashion of tho period, no matter how much her decrees Jarred upon the masculine mind. When It Is said that this learned treatment of nn Important Btibjcct wim doubtless without effect, It Is meant that history does not recortl tho ensuing sweep of any dress reform about that period. |