Freaks of Fashion.
--An excitement occurred in Philadelphia over a case of ladies' belt buckles, in this wise, as described by a local editor:‘ We saw yesterday, at the house of an extensive importer, a case of ladies' belt buckles. They are of the widest dimensions, carry a ribbon full three inches wide. They were worn in the times when ladies' waists were located but a few inches below the Akela. They remained unsold when the fashions changed, just twenty-eight years ago.--They were then packed up and consigned to a garret. They were yesterday reproduced for sale, and were taken by the retail trade with such rapidity, that in a little while but few remained. The buckles in question sold at a price sufficient to pay twenty-eight years interest on their original cost and leave a very handsome profit besides.
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