True Style In 1850

lhere is a ejood oíd gentleman in Boston who was a strappine youiig society man as far back as 1850. and he glvcs the Herald of that city sorue interesting rocollections of life there at tbat perlod: The furniturc In c'ty houses especially, often costly enough, was almost wltliout exception dreadfu!. The carpets of enormous patterns and diseordant colora, and the furnlture of excessively varnished rosewood of sorue liko material, and always in "sets," wero thlngs to shudder at. The costumes of the women were in kooping with the houses. Kot only did the ladies wear long trousers of soine white material that carne so low that it was impossible for the wearers to walk without getltng them in the dust or miro, but tbe smal! girl was rigged out in the same preposterous garmonts, it being tuought hlghly immoral for a tot of aix to expose her ankles. Tbe ladies' boots, made usually of cloth, wore heelless, laced at the side and camo not quite to the ankle bono, wbile the one-button gloves left the wrist entirely bare. 'Ihe nourei' the female forehead reacjied to tbe back of the head the lovcller, many even shaving the central portiou to enbauco their "beanty." Any hair tüat was golden or yellow was thought almbst a ileformity and a girl wilh sunny tressus was looked tip on as hideous, was taunted as a "red head," and gonerally usd alead comb or ome wash to make her golden trosses conform as neariy as possible to the prevailiog stundaid. All wouieu plasterud their hair in a hard, flat mnss tight to the sknll with bundoline or somt: other ïutiolaginous sub.stanco as low down as :uu ears and thun had it twisted iu stitf, wire-like sp.ruU or puil'uil out liko blindurs. I cn LCt no rcMic.lv alnst tl. Is cuntumpttoii of tbe pur.-e; üorrowin only liucrü au.I lingera It out, 'ut the tl aease Is Incurable -