Paris herself again in 1878-9 . A PETIT CREVE. applaud ; the femmcs honnHcs in the boxes will be envious of thedazzling dresses—and their wearers ; but the Laws of the Ephe- 214 TARIS HERSELF meral are inexorable. Froufrou and Niniche, Dora and Cora, to this complexion you must come at last—to the com-plexion of the old-clothes pegs ; to the booth of a revendeusc a latoilette in the Marche du Temple. Ere I bid farewell to this remarkable Exhibition of Old Clothes,I may remark that the assortment of comic trousers is quite sur-prising in its abundance and its variety. Never before did I
Paris herself again in 1878-9 . A PETIT CREVE. applaud ; the femmcs honnHcs in the boxes will be envious of thedazzling dresses—and their wearers ; but the Laws of the Ephe- 214 TARIS HERSELF meral are inexorable. Froufrou and Niniche, Dora and Cora, to this complexion you must come at last—to the com-plexion of the old-clothes pegs ; to the booth of a revendeusc a latoilette in the Marche du Temple. Ere I bid farewell to this remarkable Exhibition of Old Clothes,I may remark that the assortment of comic trousers is quite sur-prising in its abundance and its variety. Never before did I seteyes on such an assemblage of facetious pantaloons. Of course,you know the type of the comic trouser. The garment should be,in colour and pattern, what the French paradoxically term impos-sible —that is to say, preposterously and fantastically outre andextravagant. Inconceivably absurd plaids, never-before-heard-ofstripes or spots, should preferably form the pattern; pea-green,rose-pink, glaring yellow, deep orange, sky-blue, are the coloursmost adapted to the comic trouser, which should always be toohigh in the waist and too short in the leg. It may be renderedadditionally and indeed
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