MrPunch's history of modern England . ILLUSTRATION FROM AN UNPUBLISHED NOVEL 260 Aids to Bemity which Punch has lived to see a most acute and wholesome re-action. A sentimental Buoy at the Nore writes to put onrecord a protest against the enormous sunbonnets whichcovered up the dear heads of beauties on the Ramsgatesands. In those days the use of cosmetics and pigments wasfar less general; veils and bonnets and sunshades, notably theprojection aptly nicknamed the Ugly, were in great WHAT MUST BE THE NEXT FASHION IN BONNETS The resources of civilization were employed to preserve com-pl
MrPunch's history of modern England . ILLUSTRATION FROM AN UNPUBLISHED NOVEL 260 Aids to Bemity which Punch has lived to see a most acute and wholesome re-action. A sentimental Buoy at the Nore writes to put onrecord a protest against the enormous sunbonnets whichcovered up the dear heads of beauties on the Ramsgatesands. In those days the use of cosmetics and pigments wasfar less general; veils and bonnets and sunshades, notably theprojection aptly nicknamed the Ugly, were in great WHAT MUST BE THE NEXT FASHION IN BONNETS The resources of civilization were employed to preserve com-plexions rather than to supply artificial substitutes. So we findPunch in 1855 describing with much gusto a young ladyat the seaside wearing : (i) A huge, round hat doubled downto eclipse all but her chin, (2) an Ugly of similar magnitude,(3) a veil, and (4) a parasol. These huge, round hats, likeshallow bowls, were worn by little girls, who were often dressedlike their parents with flounces and voluminous skirts. Butextremes meet, and along with the monstrous seaside hats—bigenough to be used as a substitute for an archery target by un-disciplined younger brothers—small bonnets, worn on the backof the head, and tiny parasols were in vogue in 1853. A certain 261 Mr. PiincJis History of Modern England
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