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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1860, Edition 1 of 1, Page 108, 108 DOMESTIC MFE OF GERMAN LADIES

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    • 108 DOMESTIC MFE OF GERMAN LADIES

      108 DOMESTIC MFE OF GERMAN LADIES

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      wordconfessed the truthand craved pardon for her husband axrdO herself unexpected , . ] _STo denouement doubt the of emperor , the romance was somewhat but he taken behaved aback famousl at this y

      ; on the occasion le with . tears He gave in his Ms pardon all , and the courtiers blessing * wep at once t outri to g the ht ,

      their _young especiall hands coup y , we . may The suppose confirmed , those eyes who ; the had marriage daughters , and of the their archduke own on . pope

      took his beautiful duchess to his castle near Innsbruck , where they lived as happily as the prince and princess of a fairy tale . One more love-story of the curious house than of Haps the _^ urg foregoing ; if not quite Helena so

      had romantic Scharseg two , , suitors it a is natural ; even one daug more Rauber hter the of Strong the Emperor , imperial . Maximi counsellor . lian IL of ,

      warwho boasted a beard five feet and a half long . His rival was tween a Spaniard , the size of of gigantic the ! Spaniard dimensions and . the The beard lady of ' s heart the German wavered ; she befinallsettled

      found it difficult to make her choice . The affair was y by a prize off victorious -fight between put his the two igantic rivals adversary , in which into Rauber a huge the sack Strong , laid

      it came at the feet of the , fair Helena g and received her hand as guerdon . German The world lad of of the those toilette days filled pretty , up much the time as it and always thoug has hts of in the all y

      engravings countrie styles were s and of in ages the vogue period occup , as ied we A , the see portrait attention from contemporary of of the the Duchess fair sex paintings . Dorothea Different and of

      Prussiastill in an admiraBle . state of preservation in the castle is of enveloped Fridenstein , in , represents a green robe her in , not a state unlike costume an old . - The fashioned whole fi cloak gure ,

      it and opens shows at a the low waist black , with velvet an ermine bodice cap . The e falling neck over is entirel the shoulders y covered , the throat with

      with narrow muslin frillover plaited this in is disp fine layed folds an finished amber _^ at necklace , composed of a

      several rows , of beadsinterlaced in an intricate fashion , so as to ornament the whole of , the * muslin . The skirtwhich would be

      prob nounced ell-shaped by , a opening modern in dressmaker front just enoug " decidedl h to show y , short its and ermine the skimp facings sleeve , 'Vis ,

      • and ornamented with a wide border of gold arabesque ; s large hair , is tapering letel to the concealed wrists , where under they a close flat black with pearl velvet bracelets cap , slouched . The y

      fountain pearls down . on comp he Even the ad ri of g in ht fashion the side sixteenth , and the on pattern century the left of Paris adorned a hang was ing looked with sleeve a up plume to or as a and coif the

      vantage from . France - when was obtained a prize . ; eagerl The y head sought -dress , and in turned this portrait to the best of ad the - the of

      which duchess she may received , for aug from ht we the know Duchess , be the of very Munsterberg same as pattern " a rare after it had

      been and entirel copied y for new her French own use invention , by a special , " and messenger despatched , to the Queen .

      108 Domestic Mfe Of German Ladies

      108 DOMESTIC MFE OF _GERMAN LADIES

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    • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1860, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041860/page/36/