Nuns, 201, 203 -- aprons of, 202 -- breast cloth of, 202, =203= -- cap of, 202, =203=, 204 -- collar of, 202 -- costume of, 198 -- cross of, 202 -- frontal of, =203=, 204 -- hood of, 202, =203= -- not allowed to wear gloves, 204 -- scapular of, 202 -- veil of, 202, =203= -- wear wedding-rings, 204 Nurse, hospital, uniform of, 150 Nurses, domestic, imitating hospital nurses' dress, 150 O'Connor, Dr. Bernard, on bloomers, 361 -- -- -- -- woman's dress for active exercises, 361 Officers, commanding, choice of uniform, 242, 243 -- non-commissioned, stripes on sleeves of, 114 Opal, supposed powers of the, 124 Opals, always fashionable, 123 -- and bad luck, 124 Openwork mittens, 99 -- of Roman shoe, 62, =63= -- stocking, 69, =69= Ophal, 124 Orange blossom, 180 Orang-utan, hair of, 6 Oraria, distribution of, by Aurelian, 192 Orarium, 191, 195 Order of the Coif, 216 Origin of fashions difficult to trace, 354 -- -- mayoral chains, 113 -- -- the clock, 68 Ornament, love of, among simple races, 8 Ornamentation of modern boots, 62, =63= -- -- -- shoes, 62 Ornaments as currencies, 112 -- of Stone Age, 112 -- serve for identification, 10 -- shells as, 112 -- why they survive, 111 -- worn even if there are little clothes, 9; see Plate II, facing page 9 Orphrey, the apparel of the chasuble, 196 Ostrich feathers, 122 Oxford University, Chancellor of, hanging sleeve of, 210, =211= -- -- undergraduate's gown, 210 Overcoat, 149 Pads in hair dressing, 131 Padding, 338 Page-boy, buttons of, 144, =145= -- -- livery of, 145, =145= Pageants, success of, a sign of the craving for colour, 306 Paint on face of clowns, 269 -- use of, by women in Japan, 275 -- -- -- -- -- -- China, 275 -- -- -- at a corroboree, 272 -- -- -- in war to terrify, 273 Painted pasteboard figures burnt at funerals in China, 274 Painting, 13 -- by native races, 272 -- follows the bones of the body, 272 -- of clowns likened to that once in vogue in China and Japan, 276 -- -- the body by cave men, 270 -- practised by civilized men, 280 -- the body among Andaman Islanders, 276 -- -- -- Professor Moseley on, 272 -- -- eyes, practised by the prehistoric Egyptian, 6000 B.C., 271 -- -- face to hide the ravages of time, 278 -- -- -- -- heighten its beauty, 278 -- -- -- deaths due to, 279 -- -- -- of Japanese children, 273 -- -- -- -- -- actors, 273 -- -- feet scarlet by Hindu women, 273 Palettes, slate, in the form of two birds in prehistoric Egypt, 295 -- -- of the New Race, 271 Pall, 197 -- manufacture of, 196 Pallium, 195 -- development of the, 196 Palmerston's, Lord, broad-toed shoes, 335 Panache derived from the horn, 117 Pantaloon, 254, 261, 283, 285 -- Elizabethan costume of, 269, 285, =285= Pantomimes, 269, 282 Pantomimi, 282 Papoose, swathing of American Indian, 164