Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . roll went out to watch the men at work. He had tolearn how to manage a plantation. 115 MARYLAND That night their father came home and promised thatthe next day they should go to AnnapoHs. So they tooktheir candles off the table in the great hall and wentoff happily to bed. Their candles were made from ^^candle-berries orbay-berries. You would wonder atthe clothes they tookoff on going to bed. Inthose days even littleboys and girls dressedlike the grown boys wore opencoats, with long tailsreaching to the the coatwas
Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . roll went out to watch the men at work. He had tolearn how to manage a plantation. 115 MARYLAND That night their father came home and promised thatthe next day they should go to AnnapoHs. So they tooktheir candles off the table in the great hall and wentoff happily to bed. Their candles were made from ^^candle-berries orbay-berries. You would wonder atthe clothes they tookoff on going to bed. Inthose days even littleboys and girls dressedlike the grown boys wore opencoats, with long tailsreaching to the the coatwas a very long waist-coat, buttoned high the neck and wTistswere ruffles of linen orlace. They wore kneebreeches, silk or cottonstockings, and low shoes with buckles. Some of the boyseven had their heads shaved and wore wigs. The little girls dresses were low-necked and short-sleeved. They wore high-heeled shoes. But what strikesus most of all about their dress are the stays, or were made of strips of board and steel held together. BOY IN COLONIAL CLOTHING ii6 BJ-epi a fuch at theirvuh Workmenfon Yard., , in Anfwcr«wo o/ (heirrpofe. Upper Hour*,7i/. ?f. Sier-I. Levin Ga/e,1 of it W35 broughtleir A/Tent to brought from ouf: lafi ] per Hoga Negative : Ul<ntjancei oA; wi(h fomc -owcf Houfe ppcr Houfe,f Weft Ineia)i-d rcturndthe Duly ono rfffray theIt vf which,mes tre paidaval OfRcersSogftiead on out of the ee» ou^h •*dlf, »nd they verit w uke Waurc Tu-^fday laft we l^d iere a very hW ThunclefGuft, ...ended »Kb » heavy Rain, when th. iX d^m ged K in feveral Place? ^
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