. London . st. jamess palace—march of the guards anything to do with trade. They were simply occasions forholiday-making and indulgence in undisguised licence andprofligacy. They had bull and bear baiting, cock-fighting,prize-fighting, cudgel-playing—these of course. They alsohad their theatres and their shows and their jugglers. Theyhad races of women, fights of women, and dancing of girls fora prize. They continued the old morris dance of five men, 560 LONDON Maid Marian and Tom Fool, the last with a fox-brush in his hat and hells on his legs and his coat tails. They were fondof rope-dancing
. London . st. jamess palace—march of the guards anything to do with trade. They were simply occasions forholiday-making and indulgence in undisguised licence andprofligacy. They had bull and bear baiting, cock-fighting,prize-fighting, cudgel-playing—these of course. They alsohad their theatres and their shows and their jugglers. Theyhad races of women, fights of women, and dancing of girls fora prize. They continued the old morris dance of five men, 560 LONDON Maid Marian and Tom Fool, the last with a fox-brush in his hat and hells on his legs and his coat tails. They were fondof rope-dancing—in a word, the fairs drew together all therascality of the town and the country around. May Fair wasstopped in the year 1708, hut was revived some years after-ward. Southwark Fair, which was opened by the LordMayor and Sheriffs riding over the bridge through theBorough, was not suppressed till 1763. The only good thing. 4 :<r^\ tfiSh WW it did was to collect money for the poor prisoners of Mar-shalsea prison. Bartholomew- and Greenwich Fair continuedtill thirty or forty years ago. The picturcsqueness of the time is greatly due to thedress. We all knowr how effective on the stage or at a fancyball is the dress of the year 1750. Never had gallant youtha better chance of displaying his manly charms. The floweredwaistcoat tight to the figure, the white satin coat, the gold- GEORGE THE SECOND 36i laced hat, the ruffles and dainty necktie, the sword and thesword-sash, the powdered wig, the shaven face, the silkstockings and gold-buckled shoes—with what an air theyourrg coxcomb advances, and with what a grace he handleshis clouded cane and proffers his snuff-box ! Nothing like itremains in this century of ours. And the ladies matched themen in splendour of dress, until the swing swang of the ai- ==V. c.
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