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MASKS ON PAIR FACES.
tchd Against In the Pulpit aad Pro
hibited by PmrlUmeot.
scording to M. Engorand, the
i which wa known in Italy from
:3to aos wa first introduced into
. izceatthe commencement of the
pljenth century, when it replaced
l veil hitherto worn hy women.
6vious to this date it only served
travesty, and a certain preacher,
Hcaot was very indignant that b
jr -an should disguise herself as a
mJhj wearing a mask when playing
tX cards and dominoes.'
,, la 1514, we are told, an act of par
lisient prohibited the sale of this
cxticle. It was square in form, and
trcj attaohed to other head-gear by
cirlappets, hanging down thence to
the length of tho beard.
When adopted by women the form
changed somewhat and eventually
concealed only the upper part of the
I t jtce. the material being of perfumed
1 jijaather, covered with black velvet or
7 Shun. A tailor s account made out to
jj ( Francois L Informs us that he paid
seven livres de tours to a painter fur
nishing a dozen fine masks lined with
silver to his majesty. ,
The touret de nez was useful some
times for concealing a disfigurement
as when Philippe de Cleves by this
v means nid his broken nose from view,
- and again it served as a screen for in
opportune mirth, for which reason
the poet Desperrien advised his fair
. readers not to forget their tourets
de nez when they went in to town, for
that they were very handy for laugh
ing at many things without being per
celved."
in ioo me wearing oi a masK was
only permitted to the dames de qualite.
The same was generally made of black
velvet lined with white satin, and
covered a part of the forehead and the
eyes, for which two hples were left
When the lady conversed with a gen
tleman. the mask was thrown half
hack on to the wide border of the lace
ruff surrounding her neck.
It was worn," says the narrator,
by day-time tp protect the face from
the sun and the wind, and by night
time to keep the composition for the
complexion in its place." Henry III,
and his mignons, we are told, profited
by this fashion to amuse themselves
m divers ways in the streets during
the carnival, and a satirist of that epoch
represents this effeminate monarch as
employing the Poppsean mask every
night, and wearing gloves to preserve
.. the whiteness of his bands.
In the seventeenth century a great
variety of masks were worn. Ladies
who had "coraline" lips preferred
them short, as was natural; for others.
V who wished to hide the lower part of
Mhe face, the mask was completed by
chin-piece of linen, which after-,-i'iard
passed under the chin and over
the ear.
Z In 1682; says M. Engerand, a new
mask called the mimi, from the Italian
mimics, were all the rage and
threatened to usurp the place of the
black one; it was even the cause of
violent quarrels between the ladies
who held to the latter and those who
preferred the latest novelty.
gome years later it became the
fashion to trim the upper part of the
mask with a ruche of lace, to
lengthen it with a beard of the same
material and to even cover it more
or less with lace to the borders of the
eye-holes.
Young ladies of this period, how
ever, frequently contented them
selves with covering the face
eljpiy with a piece of black crape
for. coquetry's sake and appear the
fairer. j"
ai Never, perhaps, was the usage of
the mask more general than at this
bch; it was always in request for
e promenade, for visiting and in the
house , if a gentleman arrived un
expectedly. In consequence of thJsconUnual
covering of the face the ladies' com
plexions when not ruined by cos
metics were, says the chronicler,
tnarvelously fair and delicate and re
tained their brilliancy often to an
advanced age. Witness Ninon, who.
when 80 years old. was still good
looking enough to attract everybody's
attention."
The following discription of two
exquisite engravings by fionnard for
the year 1687 is an interesting illus
tration of the fashionable dress of the
period: "The first represented a
young lady of graceful carriage and
elegant appearance holding an umbrella-parasol
(or en-toutras, as it
would now be called) in her right
hand, with the left leaning on a cane,
wearing gloves, color gray pearl
seamed in blaok, a veil covering half
the face, a fly planted on the cheek
and a mask of slate-gray color with
ear -lappets hanging from the waist
The second represented a lady with
hair dressed a la Fontayne, the face
riddled with flies and holding a brick-
colored loup, or mask, in her hand
It seems strange to think of the
mask being as indispensable a piece of
wearing apparel as the hat or bonnet
is now; and to read that children ued
to put on their mothers' masks some
times to frighten each other vith.
Seeing, however, how splendidly it
preserved the complexion we could
soarcely blame the ladies if one day
they should endeavor to introduce
this bygone and dramatic mode again.
The country maiden's rosy cheeks
, were not of course appreciated dur
ing this fureur for lily and delicate
pink complexions; on the contrary,
women from the provinces who ob
jected to tho uncomfortable mask
were joked by their town friends for
their brown skins and red cheeks.
scorched and swollen with the strong
country air.
In the eighteenth century the velvet
mask was renounced for the so-called
fly mask which, as its name implies,
was composed of flies only. And,
according to one authority, the ladies
put on such an enormous quantity of
these beauty spots as to be sometimes
rcarcely recognizable.
Fall Force.
Mr. W. J. D. Leavitt, who was for
several years one of the regular players
upon the great Music hall organ in
Boston, contributes to the Globe of that
city an account of some of his experi
ences. One day, he says, after the
regular noon recital, a considerable
part of the small audience came upon
the platform, as usual, and plied him
with questions. He answered them by
rote, having been asked the same
things many times before, until a
solemn-looking1 man with a tall hat
and umbrella elbowed his way to the
front.
"You didn't use the full power of the
organ, did you?" inquired the stranger.
"Yes, sir; several times. The last
piece was, nearly all of it, played with
full organ."
The questioner looked first at the
organist and then at the audience.
Then he shook his head slowly.
I guess not," he said. "I under
stand this organ isn't allowed to be
played full force in this hall. It's too
powerful."
Mr. Leavitt was too polite to con
tradict a stranger.
"Well, sir," said he, "between you
and me, confidentially, it never was
played full force but once, and Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes has recorded
the fact that it killed nearlv all the
fish in the harbor."
Hat, umbrella and man disappeared.
and the other members of the company
were able to resume their interroga
tions.
Do and Dare.
The following is a good motto fn
the People's party ites:
JJare to be a Daniel,
Dare to stand alone !
Dare to have a purpose firm,
Dare to make it known I
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