The Family Tourist a Visit to the Principal Cities of the Western Continent
The Family Tourist a Visit to the Principal Cities of the Western Continent
Goodrich, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1790-1862
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" Until the period of the Revolution, every person who wore a fur hat, had it always of entire beaver. Every ap- prentice, at receiving his ' freedom, ' received a real beaver, 334 FAMILY TOURIST. PHILADELPHIA. at a cost of six dollars. Their every day hats were of wool, called felts. What were called roram hats, being fur faced upon wool felts, came into use directly after the peace, and excited much surprise, as to the invention. Gen- tlemen's hats, of entire beaver, universally cost eight do...llars. " The use of lace veils to ladies' faces is but a modern fashion, not of more than twenty to thirty years standing. Now they wear black, white, and green, the last only lately introduced as summer veil. In olden time, none wore a veil but as a mark and badge of mourning, and then, as now, of crape in preference to lace. " Ancient ladies remembered a time in their early life, when the ladies wore blue stockings and party-colored clocks of very striking appearance. May not that fashion, as an extreme ton of the upper circle in life, explain the adoption of the term ' Blue-stocking Club ?
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