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FANCY DRESSES DESCRIBED.

COLE, KING. (See Baby Opera.)

COLUMBINE. Pink silk stockings, white satin shoes; tulle skirt, short and full; cuirass bodice bordered with flowers; wreath of flowers in hand.

COOK, BOY. All in white; shoes, stockings, knee-breeches; loose blouse, with frilled collar; round cap; apron, the corner tucked in at waist.

CUPID. Dress of blue and silver gauze, smothered in roses; bow and arrow, and silver gauze wings.

CURLY LOCKS. This should be adopted by a child with hair in ringlets. She wears a blue frock with white quilted front, and large lace collar.

DICK TURPIN. Scarlet coat and waistcoat, with gold braid and buttons; lace cravat and ruffles; high jack-boots; leather breeches; three-cornered hat and flowing wig; belt and pistols.

DUTCH FISHER BOY. Wooden shoes; full breeches, coarse knitted stockings; striped blouse; red tie and cap. (See Plate XVI., Fig. 62.)

FAIRY. (See description in body of book, and Illustration, Plate XVI., Fig. 61.)

FRANCIS I. A flat-brimmed cap, sometimes jewelled, and always bordered with an ostrich feather; doublet of plain or figured silk, with slashed puff sleeves to the elbow, and tight to the wrist; over the doublet a breastplate as part armour; Norman chausses or hose, striped and fitting exactly to the limbs; broad-toed shoes with slashed tips.

FERAMOZ (Poet of Cashmere). White gauze and silver turban, with jewels; satin jacket embroidered, having hanging-over sleeves; under-vest and sleeves of brocade; full white lawn shirt, showing Indian scarf round waist; velvet breeches, with silver buttons to the knee; silk stockings, small low shoes; a guitar in hand.

FIANCÉ, VILLAGE (Boy). Striped blue and white silk trousers, silk stockings of a darker shade of blue; black shoes with buckles; red silk waistcoat; white shirt; dark blue cloth jacket, with revers and large buttons; large bouquet of flowers, fastened to the jacket with a bunch of ribbons; high