The Household History of the United States And Its People: for Young Americans
The Household History of the United States And Its People: for Young Americans
Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902
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Ladies dressed their hair in a lofty tower. One fine lady of the time paid six hundred dollars a year to her hair-dresser. Gentlemen, as well as ladies, wore bright colors and a variety of rich fabrics, so that a fashionable assembly pre- sented a gay appearance. "Short-clothes," or breeches coming to the knee only, were still fashionable ; only very plain men wore long trousers, and even these were obliged to put on short-clothes if they wished to attend a concert or ball. But, with all this g...ayety in the upper ranks of so- ciety, life was less comfortable then than now. The Comparative dis- commou pcoplc Hvcd hardly, with few comforts and fewer luxuries. Even the rich, with all their loaded tables and fine show, lacked some of the substantial comforts of our modern life. There was more drinking to excess then, and there was less refinement in speech and manners, than there is now. HIGH HEAD-DRESS OF THE TIME. comfort of the life of the time Digitized by VjOOQ IC WASHINGTON'S PRESIDENCY.
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