nches of ribbons
or points.]

The insides of the tops of these boots were lined with lace or silk,
and the dandy turned them down to give full show to the lining--this
turning of broad tops was such an inconvenience that he was forced to
use a straddled walk when he wore his boots thus.

Canes were carried with gold, silver, or bone heads, and were
ornamented further by bunches of ribbon.

Coming again to the head, we find ribbon also in use to tie up locks
of hair; delicate shades of ribbon belonging to some fair lady were
used to tie up locks to show delicate shades of love. Some men wore
two long love-locks on either side of the face, others wore two
elaborately-curled locks on one side only.

The hats, as the drawings will show, are broad in the brim and of an
average height in the crown, but a dandy, here and there, wore a hat
with next to no brim and a high crown. Most hats were feathered.

There is a washing tally in existence of this time belonging, I think,
to the Duke of Rutland, which is very interesting. It is made of
beech-wood covered with linen, and is divided into fifteen squares. In
the centre of each square there is a circle cut, and in the circle are
numbers. Over the number is a plate with a pin for pivot in the
centre, a handle to turn, and a hole to expose a number. Above each
circle are the names of the articles in this order:

Ruffs. Bandes. Cuffes. Handkercher. Cappes.
Shirtes. Halfshirts. Boote Hose. Topps. Sockes.
Sheetes. Pillowberes. Table Clothes. Napkins. Towells.

Topps are linen boot-frills, and halfshirts are stomachers.

There remains little to be said except that black was a favourite
dress for men, also light blue and cream-coloured satin. Bristol paste
diamonds were in great demand, and turquoise rings were very
fashionable.

For the rest, Vandyck's pictures are available to most people, or good
reproductions of them, and those, with a knowledge of how such dress
came into being, are all that can be needed.

THE WOMEN

There is one new thing you must be prepared to meet in this reign, and
that will best be described by quoting the title of a book written at
this time: 'A Wonder of Wonders, or a Metamorphosis of Fair Faces into
Foul Visages; an invective against black-spotted faces.'

By this you may see at once that every humour was let loose in the
shapes of stars, and moons, crowns, slashes, lozenges, and even