Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . nishwomen were happily freefrom the tyrannyThe Cult of of the Sundavthe Black , , , , . Silk Dress. hat and bonnet,and the temp-tation to mingle devotionwith a study of the latestfashions. A dress of soberblack, and a black lace man-tilla were considered the onlyreverent wear in the houseof God. This costume isstill seen at the early Masses,though at High Mass Parisianhats and fashions prevail,for the idea of irreverenceattached to receiving HolyCommunion in a coloureddress is not easily overcome.
Women of all nations; a record of their characteristics, habits, manners, customs and influence . nishwomen were happily freefrom the tyrannyThe Cult of of the Sundavthe Black , , , , . Silk Dress. hat and bonnet,and the temp-tation to mingle devotionwith a study of the latestfashions. A dress of soberblack, and a black lace man-tilla were considered the onlyreverent wear in the houseof God. This costume isstill seen at the early Masses,though at High Mass Parisianhats and fashions prevail,for the idea of irreverenceattached to receiving HolyCommunion in a coloureddress is not easily this reason the weddingdress of the Spanish bride isstill of black satin with amantilla of black lace, evenamong the upper classes,though the aristocracy andall those who aspire to theranks of high fashion haveadopted the conventionalwhite and orange Holy Week no lady woulda plain woman pretty, and a pretty one dream of appearing in anything but airresistible ; but though the basquiha has black dress and mantilla, either at churchpractically vanished, and the or in the SPANISH PEASANTS FROM SEGOVIA. Decline ofthe Mantilla mantilla is relegated to specialoccasions, the beauty is stillconspicuous. Women of the upper andmiddle classes now wear the ordinary Parisfashions. The lower classes and the peas- It is when attending the performance inthe bull ring that the Spanish woman nowappears in her most national aspect. Awhite lace mantilla draped over a highcomb, and a flower in the hair, are seen on antry are still faithful to the picturesque every head, flowers are in the bosom of costumes of the different provinces, some every dress ; and in every hand a fan opens of which are shown in our illustrations, and shuts like a hovering butterfly, empha- As her waving feather to the English sising every word and gesture as only coster girl is the bright flower in her Spanish fingers can make to the Spanish work-girl. The wear- ing of a hat is the badge of
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