DRESS. 129

me, do. you not think some of our ladies are
_about as foolish ?

But we must not laugh at the ladies only,
for the other sex deserve a share of our
notice. Foppery is not confined to any
country. A young savage of the western
woods has often the ambition to figure as a
gay fellow, as well as the New York or
Boston dandy. He does not go to the tailor,
to be made a man of, but he relies upon his
own skill. He paints himself over with
clay, of various colours, mixed with bears’
grease. One side of his face is made blue,
and another yellow... On his breast, a ser-
pent is figured; on his back, a buffalo or a
wolf. On his head, he wears the feathers of
an eagle; around his neck, the claws of the
grisly bear ; on his back is a bundle of scalps,
and on his arms the skin of a polecat. Over
his shoulder is a buffalo-robe decorated with
a frill of quills, and ornamented with beads.
Such is your dandy of savage life. ©

But, as we are not writing an article on
the fashions, it is our duty only to lay down
a few simple rules touching this affair of
dress. Without enlarging upon the subject,