A Pretty Sight in Paris
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Phrenology, Gender, Amusement |
Discusses the latest Parisian fashion in hair—having one's hair 'simply braided'. Suggests that a phrenologist seeing the braids would conclude that his subject had prominent faculties 'of modesty and candour' but mere cavities for 'vanity and folly'. | |
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