Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 202
ous amount ofstarch is used to stiffen it. When ready to put on,it is like sheet-iron. You may imagine how thedandy in the picture feels in this strait-jacket.When he walks, it rustles like ten old ladies inblack silk, or a breeze in a row of poplar-trees. i88o.) A JAPANESE MILITARY NOBLE IN COURT… … FHE COURT DRESS OF A JAPANESE MILITARY NOBLE OF THE FIFTH RANK. When he sits down—which he does on his kneesand heels—he will need four feet square to spreadhimself upon. The reason is this : In Europe, when you arepresented to the king, or kiss the queens hand,you must walk out backward, so as to…
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