"more fcientifically, than my great mafter, tr by reducing it into a form like that adopted "by the profeffors of the other sciences, and ર " even borrowing from then fome of the terms "by which I mean to illustrate it.

"This rule of falfe (to adopt an algebraical term) I fhall divide into two parts; that "which regards the external figure of the man or woman; and that which is neceffary "in the accomplishment of the mind, and its "feeming developement to others.

"Fafbion may be termed the regulator of "the first, decorum of the latter. But I must "take this opportunity of informing my au"dience, that the fignification of words, "when applied to perfons of condition, is of"ten quite different from that which they are "understood to bear in the ordinary stand"ard of language. With fuch persons, (if E may be allowed fo bold an expreffion) it often be the fabion to be unfafbionable, "and decorum to act against all propriety;

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good breeding may confift in rudeness, and "politeness in being very impertinent. This "will hold in the passive, as well as in the ac"tive of our art; people of fashion will be pleased with fuch treatment from people of

"fashion, the natural feelings, in this, as in "the other fine arts, giving way, amongst "connoiffeurs, to knowledge and taste.

"Having made this preliminary obferva❝tion, I return to my fubject of Simulation.

"It will be found, that appearing what one "is not, is, in both divifions of my fubject, "the criterion of politenefs. The man who "is rich enough to afford fine cloaths, is, by "this rule of falfe, intitled to wear very fhab"by ones; while he who has a narrow for"tune is to be dreffed in the inverse ratio to "his finances. One corollary from this pro"pofition is obvious: He who takes off his "fuit on credit, and has neither inclination "nor ability to pay for it, is to be dreffed the "moft expenfively of the three. The fame "rule holds in houfes, dinners, fervants, "horfes, equipages, &c. and is to be follow"ed as far as the law will allow, even the "length of bankruptcy, or, perhaps, a little "beyond it.

"On the fame principle, a fimple Gentle"man or Efquire, muft, at all places of public "refort, be apparelled like a Gentleman or Efquire. A Baronet may take the liberty "of a dirty fhirt; a Lord need not fhew any « fhirt

"fhirt at all, but wear a handkerchief round "his neck in its ftead; an Earl may add to "all this a bunch of uncombed hair hanging "down his back; and a Duke, over and a"bove the privileges above mentioned, is in"titled to appear in boots and buck-fkin "breeches.

"Following the fame rule of inverfion, the "fcholar of a provincial dancing-mafter muft "bow at coming into and going out of a drawing-room, and that pretty low too. "The pupil of Gallini is to push forward with "the rough ftride of a porter, and make on"ly a flight inclination "of his head when he "has got into the middle of the room. At going out of it, he is to take no notice of the company at all.

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"In the externals of the female world, from "the great complication of the machine, it is not easy to lay down precife regulations. "Still, however, the rule of false may be tra "ced as the governing principle. It is very "feminine to wear a riding habit, and a fmart "cocked hat one half of the day; because that "drefs, approaches nearer to the mafculineapparel than any other. It is very modeft to lay open the greatest part of the neck " and

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"and bofom to the view of the beholders; "and it is incumbent on thofe ladies who oc"cupy the front-row of a box at the play, to "wear high feathers, and to wave them more "unceafingly than any other ladies, because "otherwise the company who fit behind might "be fuppofed to have fome defire of seeing "the ftage. Since I have mentioned the "theatre, I may remark, (though it is foreign "to this part of my difcourfe), that, in the "most affecting fcenes of a tragedy, it is po"lite to laugh; whereas, in the ordinary de"tail of the two firft acts, it is not required "that a lady fhould make any greater noise "than to talk aloud to every one around her. "Simulation of Perfon, which is only, in"deed, a fort of drefs, is alfo neceffary among ladies of fashion. Nature is to be falfified, #6 as well in thofe parts of the fhape which the has left fmall, as in thofe fhe has made "large.

"The Simulation of Face, I am happy to "find, from an examination of the books of "fome perfumers and colour-men of my ac<< quaintance, is daily gaining ground among "the politer females of this country. But it "has hitherto been regulated by principles. ❝ fomewhat

"fomewhat different from those which govern other parts of external appearance, "laid down in the beginning of this paper, as "it is generally practifed by those who are most "under the neceffity of practising it. I would, "therefore, humbly recommend to that beau"tiful young lady whom I faw at the laft af"fembly of the feafon, with a coat of rouge

on her cheeks, to lay it afide for these three "or four years at leaft, at prefent, it too "much resembles their natural colour to be

" proper for her to wear -- though, on fe"cond thoughts, I believe I may retract my "advice, as the laying it on for a little while "longer will reduce her fkin to that dingy

appearance which the rule of falfe allows to "be converted, by paint, into the complexion "of lilies and rofes."

The fecond part of my obfervations on this fubject I fhall fend you at fome future period, if I find you fo far approve of my defign as to favour this with a speedy infertion. I am, &c.

SIMULATOR.

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