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    238 THE TOMAHAWK. June 13, 1868.3

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    WANTED—A PEW FIG-LEAVES.

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    ere Paterfamilias many seasons may are o...

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    a . Members shall meet once a year for the purpose of enjoying a bear fight . b . The Government and Opposition shall make their customary charges against each other of dishonesty and ^ national » ^ - ^^^ ^ ^ m - ^ r ^ b ^^ v ^^ h pocket h - ^^ h ^ ^ m ^ v var ^ m -p m- ^ r icking ^ - *^ ^» ^ " ^ b ^ ft » ^ fc ^ p ^> . V

    c . the And purpose that one of personal assuring division the world , at least at , large be taken that , for a British Member of Parliament prefers his party to his country , and himself to both .

    238 The Tomahawk. June 13, 1868.3

    238 THE TOMAHAWK . June 13 , 1868 . 3

    Wanted—A Pew Fig-Leaves.

    WANTED—A PEW FIG-LEAVES .

    Ere Paterfamilias Many Seasons May Are O...

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    hundred for for of sad future future retirement and occasions occasions sixty , to -ei take g . . ht , Yes Yes her Her . , share Majesty in in this this in the returns year vear receptions of of , after grace errace of many the eighteen eig Court hteen years —that Court which once was renowned for its morals and good drawing taste—and the Her presence Majesty of the is Royal gratifie example d by finding of domestic that , by virtues with- , vanity and immodesty have taken the bit in their mouths and are Uf running VBV *» ¦ 1 BBk ¦ with self bbt -respect and good Vth Vi ^ B breeding h .

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    > midway some ten above vertebrae her when . corsage she , and is not in even whose stoop back ing . you There may count is the most Hon . disreputable Mrs . Molespeckle way , , and who would boils be over much as to more her presentable flesh in the if she had a fig-leaf attached io her necklace instead of a locket . Then fidgets there to pull is Miss up above Callep her idge elbows herself ; , whose and young dress Lady one ' s Mary hand Barebones , whom no ensign can look at without blushing ; so

    that speculation turns red at the idea of what the ' . Court beheld and the Queen rebuked . And this brings us to consider the subject of dress—a subject which which has has always perhaps proved never all occup -engrossing ied so much to the of female woman mind ' s time , but , or , been of day intellectual . such Here a is consistent ri woman htswhile clamouring drain she on is man all for ' s the suffrage pocket while , and as sacrificing at a recognition the present

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    Modesty really seems to be a thing out of fashion . That is just thing it , : as the a rule fashion . As . we If heard it is the a lady fashion remark , woman to another will do , " any My - 1 dear , dresses are going lower and lower—where will they stop V

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    this in the fashion park , of or short wherever petticoats we may . meet a well-dressed crowd , by absurd For the breaking last forty out years of crinoline , with , the which sing onl le y exception influenced of the an existing change in fashion dress ; by but its the size female , there costume has been of little the present or no positive epoch , type dating of both as from that those of the periods Louis beginning XV . There . or of Charles sixty is as -seven II much ., and , is false has as the hair distinct weaknesses disp in layed its as as ever Rowley appeared could have under desired powder in , and his as loosest little days of the . bust covered

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    papers Paris . can boastwith a good deal of reason , of its pretty feetj stocking and certainly and boot the , Parisian than the foot Eng is lish far , but neater in no as city it appears in the world in its are heel so throws many the pedicures toes forward to be found and corn as s in follo Lutetia w as . a The natural high effect a late ; number but we of may Le hope Charivari , as our , , to clever see false friend feet Cham attached suggests to the in hem ( B >« M ^ M ^ •¦ 4 . * WJ of ^^ " the VJp f * ^ U 0 short twV *** BI ^* iar 1 * W skirts W ^ BJ | 4 b « Bt VT B ) tV ^ in P ^ P W > front ^ B . B > ^ T ^» ^ " BP as ^^ - ^ ^^ r an ^^^ ^ ^ h additio ^^ . ^ ^^> v ¦ ^^^^ ^ V ¦ V ^* ^^^^ ^ nal ™^» ^^» grace ^ p ^ h ^~ " ^» ~~~ ^^^ to v ~^^ those " ~~ ^^ —~ - ^

    ladies who are denied elegant extremities . hips years probable It ; . is the The productive eccentricities shoulders petticoats of are are some which creep returning amusement fashion ing up to and may to the swelling reserve speculate days over of for on M future at arie the the Antoinette next season , and is over will ; probably the chignon be fitted has arrived with muslin at the wings crown before , and head will indeed , ere ; the only long mantilla exists , be gathered as is a flower taking into on the a a tuft graceful place of tulle of norn the . Even bonnet over the the , which shap fore e - of otherwise parasols than has of changed oldbut , not simp to ly hint to that the b sun taking casts his the ¦ ray old - ¦¦¦¦—» s

    Wp Egyptian * Vb ¦» •>!•* ¦•» ¦ form •* *> *» »^¦ » •» , "J that * T » ^ B »«»» *«»»» there , P 1 B » » J » BJF is WBBBBMBI nothing I »¦ ^ B- new prove | V B V W under ^ T , ¦— ' y the ^¦^^• m—^ sun — — J ^^ . - — What ¦— ' — will the next change be ? Whatever the change may be , let us hope it will be quieter presence and more among inclined the to flowers modesty of her and Court good would taste be . Her of the Majesty greatest ' s impossible service in bringing for a young about princess such a to dchiouement take the , for same it would notice be of g admit laring . inconv And one enance now that sees our how Queen much ' s maturity of the simp and licity position of a na exam tion p le s set dress by the and hi manners ghest lady in the be land due . to the domestic

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), June 13, 1868, page 238, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_13061868/page/4/