This, in turn, was superseded by the "queue de Paris," an abridged edition of the " bishop," and not unlike the "bustle" of our day. The press, during all this time, tried in vain to exercise its nascent power by denouncing folly. An editor gives vent to his indignation in the following outburst (1754) : "These foreign invaders first made their attack upon the stays, so as to diminish them half down the waist, exposing the breast and shoulders. Next to the caps ; cut off the flappets and tabs, bored and padlocked the ears. Next came the wide hoops and French pocket-holes; and, last of all, have lately shortened the rear, so that the heels and ancles are exposed, even to the very gusset and clock ! 0, shame ! shame !" The indignant editf)r should have reflected that when stockings are made of a " lively green" color, with "great red clocks," like the pair worn by a very worthy lady of that period on her weddingday, it was intended, probably, that they should be seen, as high, at least, as the gusset and clock. Ladies' shoes were of calf-skin, with a white band of sheep-skin attached to the top. This was a neat dress shoe.

In the matter of bonnets and hats, the shapes, for a long time, were far from graceful. The prettiest was the "skimmer" hat, made of some shining material like silver tinsel, with a flat crown and large brim ; the "horse-hair" bonnet was very light, but stifl'; the bath-bonnet, made upon the principle of the modern gentleman's crush-hat, -- one could sit on it, -- was more becoming than the mush-melon bonnet, ribbed and stiff-looking, which was in use just before the Revolution ; the whalebone bonnet was an improvement upon the last-named; it was stiffened only in front.