. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . r velvet. THE FASHION OF THE DAY 57 Perhaps one may think such attire hardly befittinga wild place like this, yet I know of nothing whichserves to set off a mans figure, making him seemof importance in the world, better than that he be clad with due regard to thefashion of the day. Master Win-throp would not present thegentlemanly appearance whichhe does if he wore,as do the commonpeople here, a band,or a flat collar withcord and tassels,breeches of leather,and a leather girdle aroundhis waist. If he had, as dothey, heavy shoes with h
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . r velvet. THE FASHION OF THE DAY 57 Perhaps one may think such attire hardly befittinga wild place like this, yet I know of nothing whichserves to set off a mans figure, making him seemof importance in the world, better than that he be clad with due regard to thefashion of the day. Master Win-throp would not present thegentlemanly appearance whichhe does if he wore,as do the commonpeople here, a band,or a flat collar withcord and tassels,breeches of leather,and a leather girdle aroundhis waist. If he had, as dothey, heavy shoes with heelsof wood, or if his clothing werefastened together with hooks and eyes, instead of silkenpoints, and if his hat were of leather, would we bepleased to call him Governor ? My mother often says that it is unseemly in a childlike me to speak of the clothing worn by gentlemen,and yet I have noticed often and again, that she is ascareful of my fathers attire wrhen he goes out of doorsas she was at home in England, where all gentlemenwere dressed becomingly:. RUTH OF BOSTON Verily one need not go abroad in tatters, or oddities,simply because of having come into this New World,where much of work is required, and he who cares forhis personal appearance, to my way of thinking, is tobe given due credit. Surely so the Massachusetts Bay Company thought,for they furnished to every man who came from Eng-land to settle here, save it be those who could affordsuch things for themselves, four pairs of shoes and thesame number of stockings; four shirts; two suits ofdoublet, and hose of leather lined with oiled skin; awoolen suit, lined with leather, together with four bands and two handkerchiefs, a green cot-ton waistcoat, two pairs of gloves,a leather belt, a woolen cap and twored knit caps, a mandilion linedwith cotton, and also an extra pairof breeches. Of course such anoutfit was for the common people,not the gentlefolk. In our company, the boys areclothed exactly as are their fathers,and
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