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Show CHANGING FA8HIONS FOR MEN. When Use of Powder and of 8nuW Boxes Died Out. The French revolution had Ita effect ef-fect upon the fashions of 1800, ns well ns upon mnttcra of moro weighty Import, Im-port, tho tendency being greatly to simplify costumes, snys tho English "illustrated Mngnzlno. Young men In England adopted tho short coat, light waistcoat and pantaloons Inaugurated In Paris by n cortaln set who affocted to desire tho old court fashions. Tho uso of powder, made moro expensive ex-pensive by taxation, quite died out and short hair becamo universal. Trousers and Wellington boots, at first worn only by tho military, woro ' adopted by civilians about 1814, and tho dandy of tho early Victorian era woro his tightly strapped down. He also prided himself on his starched collar, which had gono out of favor undor Gcorgo IV., who preferred a ' black silk korchlcf or stock. Tho snuff box vanished and tho characteristic char-acteristic ornament of tho ago was tho bunch of seals hanging from the watch chain. Various modifications took placo from tlmo to tlmo during Queen Victoria's long reign, but the form of men's dress, practically remained re-mained unaltered. The knickerbockers nnd tweed suit of the country gentleman aro of comparatively com-paratively modern dnto, ns well ns tho wlde awalto and cloth cnp. |