alen-ciennes lace. Fig. 3.—Linen collar and pointed chemisette, trimmedwith fluted ruffling. Fig. 4.—The Victoria bertha, made of pnffed muslinand pieces of blue ribbon braided with black, and edgedwith black lace. The bertha and ends are trimmed withwide blonde lace. Fig. 5.—Breakfast cap of white… … These anklets are to protect the stockings and anklesfrom the wet and cold, which is very desirable, and es-pecially it protects from the wet skirts in bad weather.It is in fact a high boot, but can be worn with any pairof bootees which one possesses.
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