DRESS OF THE NEW ENGLANDs

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The boots and shoes worn by the,ear1 Tier settlers of New England, were coarsey clumped. square-toed, and adorned, with enormous buckles. If any boots nude their appearance. prodigious was the humping as they passed up the aisles,of the chufch--tor a pair of boots was exS pected to ias, mnn s life. The tops were short, but very wide--fofmed, one might suppose,. with special ada ptation to rainy wea'hes--coliecting lhe water asit fell, and holding an ample bath for the feet and ankles ~

 The women, old and young, worc fam rel gowns in winter The young women wore, in the summer, wtapperssors shep- herdress-and about their ordinary busi< ness, did not wear stockings and shoes. They, were usuJly contented with one calico gown-bu they generally had a calimanco gown, another of camlet. and some mad them made of poplin. The sleeves were short, and did not come be- low the elbow. On holidays, they wore one, two or three rufies on each arm--the deepest of which were sometimes nine to trn inches. They wore long gloves com- ing up to the elbow. Round gowns had not then come in fashion-so they wore aprons. The shoes were either of thick or thin len,hcr,s r,sbroadcloth, or wors,ed stuff. all with heels an inch and half high, with peaked toes turned upain q point. They generally had small. very small mutis. and some wore masks.t [Iiall's Book of the Feet