. History of lace . ace toMrs. Abigail, her woman.—Addison,in Guardiav, No. 17. 17l;-5. ? In the next reign, George Qiieen Charlotte often conde-scended to become sponsors to thechildren of the aristocracy. To onechild their presence was fatal. In1778 they stood to the infantdauglitor of the last Duke and Puchess of Chandos. Cornwallis, Archbishop ofCanterbury, officiated. The baby, over-whelmed by whole mountains of lace^lay in a dead faint. Her mother wasso tender on the point of etiquette,that she would not let the little inci-dent trouble a ceremony at which aking and queen were ab
. History of lace . ace toMrs. Abigail, her woman.—Addison,in Guardiav, No. 17. 17l;-5. ? In the next reign, George Qiieen Charlotte often conde-scended to become sponsors to thechildren of the aristocracy. To onechild their presence was fatal. In1778 they stood to the infantdauglitor of the last Duke and Puchess of Chandos. Cornwallis, Archbishop ofCanterbury, officiated. The baby, over-whelmed by whole mountains of lace^lay in a dead faint. Her mother wasso tender on the point of etiquette,that she would not let the little inci-dent trouble a ceremony at which aking and queen were about to endowher child with the names of GeorgianaCharlotte. As Cornwallis gave backthe infant to her nurse, he remarkedthat it was tlie quietest baby he hadever held. Poor victim of ceremony IIt was not quite dead, but dying; in afew unconscious hours it calmly sleptaway.—A Gossip on Royal Christen-ings. Cornliill Magazine. April,1864. * Furniture of a AVomans Mind.• Dean Swift to a Young Ladv. Plate John Law, the Paris Banker, Author of the Mississippi Scheme, 1671-1729.— In cravat of Point de France, between 1708-20. Painted by Belle. National Portrait Gallery. Photo by Walker and Cockerell, T(i faro paiji 352, GEORGE I 353 your heroic spirit will prefer a lieaus hand iu Brussels laceto a stubborn Sc?evola without an arm. In the middle of the nineteenth century it was thefashion that no young lady should wear lace previous toher marriage. In the reign of (jleorge 11. etiquette was<lifferent, for we find the Duchess of Portland presentingMrs, Montague, then a girl, with a lace head and ruffles. WrathfuUy do the satirists of the day rail against theexpense of The powder, patches, and the pins,The ribbon, jewels, and the rings,The lace, th§ paint, and warlike thingsThat make up all their magazines,^ and the consequent distress of the lace merchants, to whomladies are indebted for thousands. After a drawing-room, inwhich the fair population appeared in borrow
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