Next
day the whole of the members of the bar appeared without their
professional badges, but only on this occasion, although on the previous
day a hope had been expressed that the time was not far distant when the
mummeries of costume would be entirely discarded.
We learn from a report in the _Times_ of July 24th, 1868, that on
account of the unprecedented heat of the weather on the day before, in
the Court of Probate and Divorce the learned judge and bar appeared
without wigs.
On July 22nd, 1873, it is recorded that Dr Kenealy rose to open the case
for the defence in the Tichborne suit; he sought and obtained permission
to remove his wig on account of the excessive heat.
Towards the close of the eighteenth century few were the young men at
the Universities who ventured to wear their own hair, and such as did
were designated Apollos. Women, as well as men, called into requisition,
to add to their charms, artificial accessories in the form of wigs and
curls. Ladies' hair was curled and frizzed with considerable care, and
frequently false curls were worn under the name of heart-breakers.
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