. Deux siècles de costume en Amérique, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . re tendance des lettres des fils, ainsi que ses directions expresses, montreraient que ces articles étaient pour ses mères usage personnel.quand la finerie a été envoyée pour la fille de madams, il était si spécifié; En 1675, la fille de Wnen tne est devenue à l'abride, frère John lui a envoyé ses gants de mariage, toujours un cadeau de sentiment. Une paire de gangmesde mariage de cette date se trouve maintenant devant moi. Ils sont des mittsplutôt que des gants, étant sans doigts. Ils sont d'enfants blancs, et sont vingt-deux pouces de long. Theyare très large au sommet, et ont trois dessins - UN puritain Grandmothe

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. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . re trend of the sons letters, aswell as his express directions, would show that allthese articles were for his mothers personal use.When finery was sent for madams daughter, it wasso specified; in 1675, wnen tne daughter became abride, Brother John sent her her wedding gloves, ever a gift of sentiment. A pair of wedding glovesof that date lies now before me. They are mittsrather than gloves, being fingerless. They are ofwhite kid, and are twenty-two inches long. Theyare very wide at the top, and have three drawing- A Vain Puritan Grandmother 5i strings with gilt tassels ; these are run in welts abouttwo inches apart, and were evidently drawn into puffsabove the elbow when worn. A full edging of whiteSwiss lace and a pretty design of dots made in goldthread on the back of the hand, form altogether avery costly, elegant, and decorative article of dress.1 should fancy they cost several pounds. Mensgloves were equally rich. Here are the gold-fringedgloves of Governor Leverett worn in 1640.. Gold-fringed Gloves of Governor Leverett. Of course the only head-gear of Madam Symondsfor outdoor wear was a hood. Hats were falling indisfavor. I shall tell in a special chapter of thedominance at this date and the importance of theFrench hood. Its heavy black folds are shown inthe portraits of Rebecca Rawson (facing page 66), of Madam Simeon Stoddard (facing page 76), andon other heads in this book. Such a hood probablycovered Madam Symondss head heavily and fully, 152 Two Centuries of Costume wheneer she walked abroad ; certainly it did whenshe rode a pillion-back. She had other fashionablehoods — all the fashionable hoods, in fact, that wereworn in England at that time; hoods of lustring, of tiffany, of birds-eye — precisely the same ashad Madam Pepys, and one of spotted gauze, thelast a pretty vanity for summer wear. We mayremember, in fact, that Madam Symonds was acontemporary — across-seas — of Madam Pepys, and wore t

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