In closing this lesson, we must observe, that although we have specified the colour which fashion seems to have patronized for each particular style of Cravat, we do not (in any instance) intend to exclude the chaste simplicity of white, which may be introduced in any of them.
LESSON XVI.
AND LAST.
Important and necessary Observations.
In all cases of apoplexy, fainting, or illness in general, it is requisite to loosen or even remove the Cravat immediately.
The greatest insult that can be offered to a man, comme il faut, is to seize him by the Cravat; in this case blood only can wash out the stain upon the honour of either party.
The Cravat should invariably be loosened before the commencement of study, or of any important business.
Those who have a short neck, high shoulders, a round, full, and fresh coloured face, and who are at all subject to head aches, beatings of the temples, &c. should be most careful to wear the Cravat loose; the neglect of this precaution will generally produce an attack of the complaint to which they may be liable.
Those who are accustomed to sleep in the Cravat, should be most careful in examining whether it be loose. In all cases of organic diseases of the heart, or large vessels, &c. it should be entirely prohibited.
Lastly.—Every person at all accustomed to travel, and who has the least respect for his appearance, should provide himself with a box for containing a collection of Cravats.