Vieux monuments et personnages historiques de Boston . sedays, est décrit par Longfellow comme double et flexible de Cladin, avec des bottes de cuir de Cor-dovan ; glancing complaisance =jat ses bras sur le mur, cutlass et gjjcorslet de l'acier, et son fidèle épée de ^^SCmdamascus, avec son point incurvé et cavalier. Inscription arabe. La façon de porter les cheveux becamavery tôt une pomme de discorde. Ceux de la secte la plus traiteuse, l'andit peut-être des cheveux les plus droits, couper leurs verrous dans l'essoufflement des cocardes ; tandis que d'autres, à qui la nature avait, peut-être, été plus somptueux à cet égard, portait le

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Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston . sedays, is described by Longfellow as cladin doublet and hose, with boots of Cor-dovan leather ; glancing complacently =jat his arms on the wall, cutlass and gjjcorslet of steel, and his trusty sword of ^^SCmDamascus, with its curved point and cavalier. Arabic inscription. The manner of wearing the hair becamevery early an apple of discord. Those of the straitest sect, andit may be of the straightest hair, cut their locks in the shortfashion of the roundheads ; while others, to whom nature had, perhaps, been more lavish in this respect, wore their hair long.The wearing of veils by ladies when abroad was the subjectof a crusade by Eev. John Cotton, though championed byEndicott. In 1750 cocked-hats, wigs, and red cloaks were usuallyworn by gentlemen. Except among military men, boots wererarely seen. In winter, round coats were worn, made stiff withbuckram, and coming down to the knees in front. B03-S worewigs and cocked-hats until about 1790. Powder was worn bygentlemen until after 1S00.. 12 LANDMARKS OF BOSTON. The toilets of ladies were elaborate, especially the hair, whichwas arranged on crape cushions so as to stand up high. Some-times ladies were dressed the day before a party, and slept ineasy-chairs to keep their hair in condition. Hoops were indis-pensable in full dress until after 1790. The usual dinner hourwas two oclock. Drinking punch in the forenoon, in publichouses, was the common practice. Wine was little used, con-vivial parties drinking punch or toddy. The bearing of the townspeople in public was grave andaustere. How could it be otherwise under the oyjeration ofsuch ordinances as the following. No strangers were permittedto live within the town without giving bonds to save the townharmless from all damage and charge for entertaining them. For galloping through the streets, except upon days of mili-tary exercise or any extraordinary case require, was twoshillings fine. Football was prohibited in the str

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