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MKS. MARTHA, HOUSEKEEPER (U,
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There is a surprising varicty of hats and bonnets and caps. A prince of caps1s worn by “Mrs. Martha, Housekeeper” (82). Sheis a bigger and more substantial doll than the rest, with a fat, round, good-humourced face,
a broad nosce, and an air of prosperous com-
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placeney which send your thoughts back to oak chests,
lavender - pressed sheets, and the attractive ““ family housckeeper” of a certain - type of
domestic novel. [Her dress 1s o as appropriate and
“real 7 as it could be :oa long, (ull white lawn frock, full bodice, with sleeves drawn in at the wrist, and a long pinked-out
apron of that delicious old- fashioned shade
of decep rich purple which s
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1.LADY ARNOLD (100).
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almost unknown in modern stuffs. A white net cap, with white lace frills and flying pimk ribbons, s ticd on under her round ching and it there were many such pleasant-faced, bhuxom housckeepers in the olden days, it is no wonder that the romancers make so much of then,
The prettiest and most perfeet thing in the way of hatsis a crcam satin one the name cf which I know not, though it often figures in [“rench pictures of cighteenth century belles. [thas a very broad brim, narrowing to the side, and a crown which rises high and broad at the back and slants down towards the front. T'he broad brim is lined with pink satin, and narrow pink ribbon is twisted about the crown and ticd into a big bow at the left side, the corresponding side having a knot
LADY BULKLEY'S HAT (107).
of lace and pink ribbon—altogether a very smart and dashing picce of millinery.
A much more sober piece of goods—but quitec as beautifully made —is a white watered silk hat worn by Lady Bulkley (107). It s smaller 1in shape, with a broad brim nar- rowing behind, and a crown which 1s squarc and high m front and low and narrow be- nind. It s ele- cantly trimmed with Spanish lace and white roses, and has white lace lappets tied with white ribbons. Both hats arc firm- ly made on card- board and are neatly lined and finished.
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