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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 112, 8 November 1910, Page 9

'lhe familiar saying that "history repeats itaell" is equally true of fashions. ; Almost evpry modern fashion that comes in is a revival of something that has gone- before. The large hats tilted at the side that we see so often are re vivals of a fashion that prevailed about •the year 1778. Peplums were revived in 1869, and the same classk-al garments appear at the present ■ day in various forms and shapes adapted to show the figure, and always with a border, often of a key pattern. The long coats now so prevalent have a sorb oi" resemblance to the pelisses of our great grandmothers. Satin pelisses and huge muffs, such as that shown in the fashion of 1805. were once quite the thing to wear ; so also were toques with drooping feathers at one side. There was a whisper not long ago that caps wei'e to come into fashion, and this is, as we all know, a revival of a fashion which prevailed in the 18th century, when every woman, young and old, wore a cap. Dr. Johnson, who was a great critic of women's dress, after looking steadfastly at Fanny Burney — "the sly young rogue, the charactermonger," as he called her— burst out with "Yes, it's very handsome." "What, sir?" cried Fanny amazed. "Why, your cap ! I have looked at it for some time, and I liko it much ; it has not that vile bandeau across it that I have so often cursed." Near-sighted as the great j man was, nothing in the way of dress escaped him, and lie gave a certain Miss Brown no ueace about her "vile cap." Once he cried to Mrs. Burney (Fanny Burney's stepmother), who was going to church in a linen jacket, "Why, madam, this won't do! You must not go to church so!"' Caps were of all sizes andshapes — worn at right angle, worn over the front curls, worn tilted back— and to some- faces they were very becoming. Jane Austen is represented in the best portrait of her that we have as wearing a^cap^though at that time she was qutto a youffg woman. Somenow it suited the bright archness of her face. She was often much exercised about the choice of her caps. When she was only 25 she wrote from Bath, then the seat of fashion : "1 am not to wear my white-satin cap to-night after all. I am to wear a tnamelouc cap instead, which Charles Fowle sent to Mary, and which she lends me. It ie all the fashion now., worn at the" opera, and by Lady Mildmay at Hackwood bails." It would be strange indeed if the fashion of wearing caps by quite young girls should bo again revived. Turbans, too, may get another lease of their lives. Mme. de Stael is generally re-presented as wearing a huge tuvban, and the charming Pamela —Lady Edward Fitzgerald — never looked so well as in a turban, the brilliant colours of it contrasting well with her brim verb eyes and arched eyebrows. It is always advisable to refer to the fashions of former days. On© is generally sure to find something which suggest* ideas. Many of the great French dress experts go to picture galleries in order to consulb the cut and fit of the garments worn by bygone beauties. Perhaps it was some such study which brought back to the light of day the Empire and Directoire styles. What are they but revivals of last century's fashions — fashions which that arch-priestess of dress, lhe Empress Joisephine, wore with such grace and dignity.— Transvaal Weekly. Oft have we heard *of "The Harp that once- through Tara's Halls the Soul of Music Shed." But no instrument ever stirred the Soul of Music so strongly as does the Bluthner Piano. So markedly sweet and resonant are its tones that Mark Rambourg selected tho Bluthner to accompany him on his world's tour. Imagine it in all climes, torrid, temperate and frigid, touching responsive chords in the breasts of music-lovers of every nationality. The Bluthner Piano may easily be possessed by anyone, so convenient are the terms as arranged, by the Wellington Piano Co., Ltd., 124, Lambton-quay. — Advt. 2 The .excellence of Godber's wedding cakes cannot be over-estimated. The demand is increasing not only in Wellington, bub all over New Zealand, due to the select recipe from which they have been prepared by members of the firm for over thirty years. — Advt. Miss Cooper, floral artiste, 16, Mannersstreet, is prepared to execute orders for floral emblems of all descriptions, bouquets, etc. All work designed in the most graceful style. 'Phone 882. — Advt. Floral art in its perfection is seen at Miss Murray's, vice-regal florist, Wiliis-st. Exquisite baskets, posies, and floral devices ot choicest flowers in beautiful colour schemes. Decorations for dinners, at homes, and weddmss. — Advt.