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will be seen from the illustration we give that these curls increased
the beauty of a pretty face.
Queen Elizabeth, we gather from Hentzner and other authorities, wore
false hair. We are told that ladies, in compliment to her, dyed their
hair a sandy hue, the natural colour of the queen's locks.
[Illustration: Heart-Breakers.]
It is recorded that Mary Queen of Scots obtained wigs from Edinburgh not
merely while in Scotland, but during her long and weary captivity in
England. From "The True Report of the Last Moments of Mary Stuart," it
appears that when the executioner lifted the head by the hair to show it
to the spectators, it fell from his hands owing to the hair being
false.
We have previously mentioned Pepys' allusions to women and wigs in 1666.
Coming down to later times, we read in the _Whitehall Evening Post_ of
August 17th, 1727, that when the King, George II., reviewed the Guards,
the three eldest Princesses "went to Richmond in riding habits, with
hats, and feathers, and periwigs."
[Illustration: With and Without a Wig.
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