Here is the account of Miss Snobky's dress, and that of her mother, Lady
Snobky, from the papers:--
'MISS SNOBKY.
Habit de Cour, composed of a yellow nankeen illusion dress over a
slip of rich pea-green corduroy, trimmed en tablier, with bouquets
of Brussels sprouts: the body and sleeves handsomely trimmed with
calimanco, and festooned with a pink train and white radishes.
Head-dress, carrots and lappets.
'LADY SNOBKY.
'Costume de Cour, composed of a train of the most superb Pekin
bandannas, elegantly trimmed with spangles, tinfoil, and red-tape.
Bodice and underdress of sky-blue velveteen, trimmed with bouffants and
noeuds of bell-pulls. Stomacher a muffin. Head-dress a bird's nest,
with a bird of paradise, over a rich brass knocker en ferroniere. This
splendid costume, by Madame Crinoline, of Regent Street, was the object
of universal admiration.'
This is what you read. Oh, Mrs. Ellis! Oh, mothers, daughters, aunts,
grandmothers of England, this is the sort of writing which is put in the
newspapers for you! How can you help being the mothers, daughters, &c.
of Snobs, so long as this balderdash is set before you?
You stuff the little rosy foot of a Chinese young lady of fashion into a
slipper that is about the size of a salt-cruet, and keep the poor little
toes there imprisoned and twisted up so long that the dwarfishness
becomes irremediable.
Pages:
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35