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Show CHARMS OF DAINTY CAP ; AND APRON ARJ MANY Vlih Their Dtcline Cjme the Wsne of Domesticity Attrsctie Garments Worn by the Grandmothers ol the Present Geuer-tlon Geuer-tlon Are Now Seldom Seen. J ' Wii j a," 'ii a 1 1 iiu It son not tnoro flume of i h to nuy thnl a man wan lied tu e womiitfn nprou 1 ti In or tlmt b in a Hi. ti Inn! ml her 1 an lor a io...l,l,. hwoothenrt. Tho ( wipri'H'ilnni n-.tiil ti in nn undeni able If Unify foundation if lawn ami laio. In ll:,,,o I it k Him i-lnry o( ironil lioufi'ki ih it nn ii (.-uldiui: mnr fur won:an mot nini HlilnliiK hrliiiiiy lit the tlriiiitin. nl. Tniliiy, ni- onllng to II. n Inim utilllwin nr I lid mri-nimui. the derllne of ,l,,nn l!r . -11111111 Hi In matter fur wry n.-ilmin uiiri Ii ii -li. 11. Many rinxoim nro nr-dcni-d for the trouble, miiny n-i Ilci nurt'.eiOcd. ( lint two fin In an. obvious. Kirn, t till t Iouk itfo eft ih m il nprnnn were fii' li-kinnlilo li-kinnlilo ninl n in domi-'tli- scntl-mi-lit; m-eond. Unit nuwudnyn enpn ami apriiiiH nn- oik of divnr ixi.pl a Hi. -i.v. nn. I I). .in.- Ilf.- la on tlm wane. 'I'liu 1 1 1 1 l. hi tuny therefore lio drnivn llml wh.-n wearing those ui-fiil riirn.ontn an rlnrllli-'l symlndn of iloiTii Hilriiy a wiinuiii, no innttcr bow fllKhly, i-oiilii ararroly Ignore- dommllo aontlmnnt In tln-ory at leant, 4 whllo wlllioul them sho ran oanlly ' 1 .protend Uiat aha never hoard of such U'.Iiik aa aentluieut of any sort. In 1744 aprona were woru ao long tliat they almost toui-lird tlio ground. J ,. i They were neat ahortr-ncd and then lengthened again before 1752. an a Inly la made to en-lalm In "dray's Inn Journal" No. 7. ttiat "nhort aprona aro coining Into fitnhlon again." In "the lleau's llooelpt fur a lady 'a Irinn." an i-xr.-ili-nt epitome of faith-Ion faith-Ion In 17..3. a woman In told to "furl off your lawn apron, with ftouiiri-n In rown." No lnwn wit too flno or Ini-o tno delicate for aprutin Ihi-n, lull apparently ap-parently thi-y wi-ru -.ml alwayn whlto. aa Mannlnger In hln "lity Minium," printed lu Hr.ll, tt-lln of yotinK woiiu-n wearing green aprona wlilt-h Iht-y wore orilt-ri-il to tear off an being no longer fuMhliu-uhlo. Ili-KlunlnK aliotit IMS nhort full lip mTrant n n tl u 1. 1 -fM y dona an aprtm on o i iixIniiH, Mm alwayn It off lirin -tnu: vhllorn. Thn fusltinniiNi' cm:in, of roumt, fid (valet (No waring nt mim and firmm to h r mtuiri iimM, who at iir nMly lilir.tl to (h-Ir rluirniK ari'l w.MiMu t Mi-ur thim If th.y rr.nl. I ln'J. Ii. Tmtii'l inn y Aro (tin only Wfimrwi tu iliiy w hu have wit n'nl rn.in.Mi .l.-niMMiii'ly In a-Wpl tin Mtji ml iiprott ii a purt if th-it 'rrMii uifti an itiinltlvo Biiprrrla-ti.m Biiprrrla-ti.m of (!..' i4 if. r II in- i, h i,r the ftur-ni'-nin for (tin (lit! r and wonianly n at urn of t)i-lr prf nMhni, An apiun nmy i xr hM all ik h pat r f 1 1 k h'Mi:Mh4il Irt m it nn purity. j I- Tied to a Woman's Apron Strings. thrift. Ri-m-ronlty, dalnllnonn twK rapalilllty, and who ahall in-ak rii-rlnlvi-ly of a man tli-d to the atrlnsn of an apron sm-a aa thlnl As for rapa, tliiro In hnnlly any limit to what may be expn-nm-d pnyrholoal cally by a rap, Krotn a dotnvtiiio IMilnt of Tlnw iK-rhaps Its mont plt-us-Inar expnuiitlnn In lliul of - modi-nty rellovi-d by nprlKhtllnt-nn, and a trap for thn rlKht sort of young man and aonittlini-n for thn wrotiif sort It hua proved efli-ctlve In tho etrem. The di-nornllon of women who ran fling awny rontemptiioiiHly the rhurniB of tlio rup anil apron neem to havo lont tlio domi-ntu- neutlmt-ut In di-tid. 1 ppi& . - i apron uf Htrlp tl nr.d pul mL-n ti KautfM mid hi 11m won tint'd niul trim ' J mcil Willi bilk rord, wlillo tattT, In 4 thn &Ott, tin dtM'lliio of tnsto wan hoi n In tho pondi'roiiHly piai-drnl tliu k atlk aprona, l runted, trlmmH with vvlviH and cmlin-UUTiM,. Tlil wua 1 Ui holiniliiK 'f tho ond. ; ?uth'rlno llydn. Matt Pryir'n "Kilty, bountiful and ynutm," had Iwr piirtiult imlnlftl liy Charloa JervaH. ,i It hHUKH now In tho National 1'ortiult j ;allry In I-oihI-hi, and nho who iih i DurhoHB of Quooimborry and tho duuKhter uf thn Karl uf Clarendon and Itoxherttor an tu rn wrurln tho alinpUtH of lacu cnpH and a lawn apron. That wu In tho oarly oir;ht- vrntb century. Now u hat fii-slilon-ahle yuuiiK wornun would ihtuk of . haviriK h'T portrait piilntod In am U ! 1 a coHlume? Thu iikhIitii inald-of ull- i work ran rarely lie hi rod tu wour a " rap, and wlillo the mixtri'tia of one She Set Her Cap for Him. |