Show EASTER OF 1776 feminine finery hard to lo procure in that year of revolutionary lutio nary war HERE waa ft famine of finery in T emeal an jm immediate a prospect tor for the wow worn en or of it the american col colonies lIl it at ea easter ter tide la in the year 1776 they were des tined thereafter that after through a long and very cry dark levied period to undergo many ae vere deprivations in this thin respect rat not the least of them being lack of pins think aye 0 ye fair ones one ot at tr to ing to get along wt without but U it had to in tie be done for or the colonies colome were dependent in upon an E europe rope tor for their supply of pipe as w well all w Z tor for many other things rod and was cut off by the war mar even the most t fashionable ladies die of beat boston rod and other centers of population were war corn I 1 I 1 caters palled belled to have resort mean to the thorns tor or the tha fee fastening toning of their garments and ad ble bit to tory tell tells us a that the spines of certain cacti actually sera utilized to a consad erable crabl extent ours Is IN supposed to be the age ol of luxury par im excellence in dress no aa in other mat matters era and yet the women of today or are not tt more beautifully attired phoui were set those th of the he well ell todo class clasa tn in the colonies dna d na the period just before the revolution they wore won bilks batina and laces as exquisite as any that can be found la in our modem ad aps fetched of course by trading vessels fro from france together age th er with ith 11 all 11 sorts of other costly f feminine ea cholm mer gear I 1 in eluding ribbons trimmings Bloc kings glove clovea shoes and dainty materials mater tala for the making of undergarments undergarment there them we were however a great grant many women in the various varion C colonies a who long before the coming ot of I 1 the he war had bad made up their minds t to do w without at pt pretty things NO eo tar far as am we waa arao timble we read mad or of pretty patty par P sons during the british occupancy of Phil philadelphia delphia who she cut up the em am brol dered are if eky 1 the blue a satin waistcoat which aich her bar grandfather tied had w worn it at the english F h court A and d made out of it a amade lochey ky did deemed by 7 admirers dm irU most moat becoming and of another girl a friend at 0 patty who converted a trac trooper ar s scarlet coat at jet into a jacket using the leftover laft otar pieces to make ins sk a pair of warm gloves glove which h she bound with gray squirrel fur III the collar and ad on culfa ff of the jacket were ilk likewise vi of fur which excellently matched ft gray homp homespun hom p kirt in those times it was BO a very art aerl out at undertaking tor for a young woman ore barer to make a pair of gloves glove for herself if indeed though fine and gloves w am imported from fr francs france or ones onea lor for every it day y wear war were commonly manufactured at home mrs al alice M imi earle to al whose books ot high b historic Is a value in the writer ac knowledge indebtedness ednes asas that of if a all deprivations deprivation a offered buffered hy by women during the Rel revolution luti none no waa BO an se verd rare as that of gauze at that ra period 1 cid the fashions fashion demanded th this me material t 9 r a ter lor an astonishing variety of purposes purpose there tl were m gauze caps gauze bonnets im gauze uz aprons igau sauce gauze ribbons gauze flounced financed gauze petticoats and it even gowns gown of gieze gueze most up of I 1 all 11 was wa gauze te needed dd tor let t the h a high sh beed bead dr dresses of 1 the that epoch which could hardly be put together ta together gether and held in IB place without t it plaza so BA late at a BB as the year rear 1782 la in a lead londen fashion journal a voted ton BO rial tk mounil advertising s a new method of stuccoing coing the hair in the wool thoat fashionable taste to last with try cry little repair pair during the whole whale a eion of parliament prim price only five go in N 11 he takes takei but one hour to b build the head and two for baking it the th cortum at of a lady ladr la in 1716 when she walked on the street was likely to include a manic it of ahlf hit or colored lend uk it if abe he red rode on he borso back aha he would old wea wear tilla k and the very vary latest po fashion tables at that period was much auch a mask maak tuavi provided ded with a get flitt olver plot plate to be held between the tooth teeth for entering it 1 in position petition it should hould be b understood understand how however that tafta it were 1 worn ra not net for a ua dahs rule a zt but to protect the comp complexion complex lel th women or of today sun atall wear weal ask for the a bame purpose pur poBe but call them ten denb and they are an made of net or r lace ism of ik wk |