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Old Clothes And English Statesmen

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
June
Year
1872
Copyright
Public Domain
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It is a singular thiiig, by the Wuy, that tö see genuino curiosities of old-t'tisaïbned oostumes, thcro is no piaoe so good as the of Lords, or perliaips, the House ot Gommoos. Tbre"8wplenty of oli mn iu either house who soom tb hivo porinaïui'tly adopted soine fnvorito fusliion ot' their youth and cluni to it t'ondlv and faithfaïly througb ;U tune and ohanga as more romnntic souls ding to the mt-inory of a lost lovo. titivnd any day nhout foor o'clook t tho rear entrance of AVcst níirr'rter Hall and note sonie of tlio - tumos which yuss you ; youngor men, of e, and many of tho oldsters, ure up to tho hour by Poolo, tho foshionablt tailor, who cuts the clothes aud sometiim s KanirK (tin bilis of the uristoorivcy. But I p 1. - . ■ - _____ __. never mirid thoso ceftimon jibice oorrect ones. Look at the tooping par, the collar of whose coat comes up üehiiid SÖ fitt as ulmost to touch thd cuny brim ot' his high-ciowned hut. Ibe coat hus.a fur cotliii ; it is long m tho waiet and long iu the slcirtS, plnmpoct out in front likt) the broast ot' ;■- p geori or a pftntomiiue prinoe. I suppoío that coat v. ion wlien George the Pomth wus n horo. 8üc fcrerf) a tall old Uummonei in a bluct coat with gilt buttons, iv butl' wiiíhí cout, and tight, gray trousers. Look at another, who wears whito "di.cks," as they aaed to bo called in tho dnys of our fLth.T-i. lisrhtlv stTftODed drr.vn over his bots - that man begn to dr:ïs, I supposu, 1 ai'ter tho fashion of tho d'uko of , ton, and has QOt noticed any chango since then Talk of tlm ÖOBtume ut' iloraco ürnelcy. Why, o'ur brave aud iluar friend would be a glas.s ot' fatshion and u model of form whcn öompared with souio of theso legisltttive eccontticitis. As a matter of tact, hardly itny of ourleadin' itatesmen evet dress well. GHádstoue's oioftheB seem to be thrcwn on with a pitchfork, as the old phras I was. Disraeliislike au ancient pictur.i ot' a dnndy from a book of mouldy fashijns. Biiglit dresses liko a plain country mannfaoturer. Tho Marqtua ot Salisbury is as phabby-looking as un old i clotb.es man. Earl Grenvillo and tLo duke oí' Argyll alono scem to care, much about maintuining the sartorial diguity

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