Immodest English Fashion

Mrs. Anna Coi a Mowatt Ritcliie irrites frota Englaad to tbs San Fran:ico Chronacle, tliat upon tlio dr&wing■oom table of a lady of rank in Loidon - a lady of high position and irreproachiblo cbaracter - may be eeen, bcneath a ?lass case, a loveiy dimpled little foot, ielieate ínklc, aud rounded calf, up lo Lhc knee joint; it is llie cast of the leg Df Lady , the hostess. In Soho square ihereis a small rather Himble-lookinp: fh'p, in whioh you can ïut'.. a e, for live shilling, a cast of on? of t!:o most exquisite of !egs; tbo original (in tlie flesh) bclongs to Lady cie G and Ii, wbo went to this liitle 8hop incog., and had her perfect leg mou'ided, and afierwards generouily javo tlie shopinan the privilege of selling copies of the cast, whioh ho does daily, for it was quickly discovered to whom the beauteous leg belonged. One lady, the wife of a Mayor of a town ia tne provinces, caine 10 Xionaon and had two casis taken oí hor leg : one nude, and one with the neut little sboe, stocki.-ig, and garter. Snange to Eay (though no artist will cali it, i-trangt), the U'g with thestocking and garter produced an effect niucli furlher removed from modesty than the leg quite unclad Brucci;ii)i, the cast-vender in the Convent Garden, drives a briek irade in casting kdies' lej;s, and has any quautity of models of all descriptions taken froin Ufe, and ohiefly from noble life, for Sïle. How this leg inania originated vo have not heard, but thero is certainly soine explanation for this sudden passiou among the aristocratie fair to have their legs recognized ; perhaps it is only because " a thing of beauty is a joy forever."