Druitt, Mr., on academical dress, 210 -- -- -- boys dressed in petticoats, 165 -- -- -- the coif, 216 Drummer, extra of Third Hussars, 244 Dutch settler's wife, Miss Alice Morse Earle on the dress of, 359 -- skeleton dress, 145, =145=, 272 Dyes for tartans obtained from native plants, 313 Eagles on coronation robe, 222 Ear drops, 112 Ears, perforated for rings, 112 Earle, Miss Alice Morse, on the costume of the wife of a Dutch settler, 359 Eckenstein, Miss Lina, on horse brasses, 293 Edward II, beard of, 130 -- III, badge of, 91 -- -- beard of, 129 -- IV, beard of, closely shaven, 130 -- VII, robes worn at the coronation of, 222 Egypt, finger rings in, 114 Egyptian graves, models of servants put into, 268 -- pins, 105 -- rings of blue pottery, 116 Egyptians, ancient, bury amulets with their dead, 122 -- blackening eyelids, 270 -- early, tattooing practised by, 277 -- modern, tattooing practised by, 277 -- prehistoric, beads of, 112 Elizabeth, statute cap of, 168 -- Queen, stocking of, 68 Elizabeth's coronation glove, stitching carried on to the back of, =97=, 98 -- reign, ruffs of, 48 Elsyng, brass in church at, 86, =86= Elves' arrows as pendants, 123 Elworthy, Mr., on horns of honour, 117 Embroidery carried on to the backs of gloves, 98, =99= Emeralds always fashionable, 123 Epaulettes, 238 -- worn by the Gentlemen-at-Arms, 238 -- -- -- officers of the Yeomen of the Guard, 238 -- -- -- the Lords-Lieutenant of Counties, 238 -- -- in the Navy, 238 Ermine, 222 -- bands of, indicate rank, 223 Eskimos descendants of the cave men, 10 -- shoes, piece of old, worn by, to ensure fruitfulness, 178 Essex, fish-hooks made of thorns in, 125 Eton, gowns worn by scholars at, 169 -- jacket, 169 -- white tie at, 169 Etruscan brooch, safety-pin like an, 102, =103= Eutropius, St., ceremony of garters, 71 Evolution, the principles applied to clothes, 1 Ewart, Sergeant, captures a French eagle, 245 Eyelashes, removal of, 128 -- lid, blackening of, by Egyptians, 270 -- sacred on rings, 117 -- stone or opal, 124 -- third in slow worm, 3 Executions, clothes worn at, become unfashionable, 353 Face plate of horse, amulets on, 294 -- sooty, of harlequin, 283 Facings, regimental, abolished in 1881, 238 -- why a different colour from that of the coat, 34 Fairholt on bandaged stockings, 67, =67= -- -- the origin of the mortar-board, 214 Fans called sunshades, 280 -- for blowing up a fire, 280 -- origin of, 280 Farces, Atella, celebrated for Italian, 254 Farthingale, 337 Fashion determines the amount of the body which is to be covered, 14 Fashions due to royal peculiarities, 131 -- gay, follow periods of depression, 345 -- in hair arrangement, 126 -- kept up by superstitions, 349 -- origin of, difficult to trace, 354 -- the killing of, 352 Favours, 192 Fawkes, Guy, 225