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as much delight the Rational Dress Socicty as it would pain the wmsthetic sensibilitics of a Parisian mothcer. There are the httle I’ulteneys, daughters ol Tady Pultencey, who 15 hersell ex-

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VISCOUNTESS STUART (U3)

quisitely attired by the Princess in white silk, strewn with tiny flowers of pink ribbon (97) —wearing sensible, full, loosc [rocks of checked silk (98 and 99); another httle child, the daughter of a Countess, 15 - a flowing frock of yellow silk with a sash (61); whilst in curious contrast to thesc young persons arc two quaint little children (3 and 4), designated in the book as the children of the Iarl and Countess of Dudley. They wear the elaborate cos- tume that babies wore carly 1 the eighteenth cen- tury, with long white satin skirts rcaching below their feet, and short pointed bo- dices, one of blue the other of pink satin, with long coats to match, and tight, close-fit- ting little caps.

This doecs not ncarly ex- haust thegalaxy of fair Court

MISS £0DOLE (40)

ladics, but I hope 1 have given sufficiently exact details to give my rcaders some notion of the ingenuity and taste and thought and artistic skill that have been expended upon their costumes, no two of which arc

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COUNTESS OF ROTHESAY, AND CHILDREN (00).

precisely similar, there being always some slight distinction in the colour or mode of trimming, or the fashioning of a sleeve or apron (aprons, it must be re- membered, g played an 1m- e fENRE portant part in R a fashionable

lady’s toilette in those days), which gives - dividuality to the wearer. A moment's cglance at the style of decora- tion cmployed m - Lady Aga- thina Arnold’s skirt (100), and that of lady Nina Morton

DUCHESS OF WORCESTER (88).