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COSTUME
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played stiff pointed bodices with stomachers, held with little tied bows of velvet, and paniers bunched liberally on the hips to show the under-dress of

MARIE ANTOINETTE.

lace, bordered with flounces, headed and festooned with roses. The décolletage was square, and the elbow sleeves had frills of lace.

The paniers grew daily in size, and evoked the inevitable denunciation which waits punctually