The presidents of the United States : from Washington to Fillmore . uwould always find a bevy of youthful faces around her, allwhose pleasures seemed to be her own. JAMES MADISON. 139 In almost every picture of Mrs. Madison, whether minia-ture or portrait, she is drawn with a turban; and very pro-perly ; for it was, I believe, her constant head dress. How-ever the fashions might change, and however, in other re-spects, she conformed to them, she still retained this pecu-liarity. It became her well, nor could she, probably, havelaid it aside for anything that would have set off her featuresto b
The presidents of the United States : from Washington to Fillmore . uwould always find a bevy of youthful faces around her, allwhose pleasures seemed to be her own. JAMES MADISON. 139 In almost every picture of Mrs. Madison, whether minia-ture or portrait, she is drawn with a turban; and very pro-perly ; for it was, I believe, her constant head dress. How-ever the fashions might change, and however, in other re-spects, she conformed to them, she still retained this pecu-liarity. It became her well, nor could she, probably, havelaid it aside for anything that would have set off her featuresto better advantage. So much was the eye accustomed tosee it that it became in fact, a part of her figure. It was,to her, much what old Fredericks three cornered hat was tohim; and one would as soon expect to find Mrs. Madisonwithout her turban, as the Prussian army would to see theirking without his hat. She rouged, too, very freely; nordid she lay aside her turban, her rouge, her courtly manners,cheerful spirits, or her fondness for company, to the day ofher
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