Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1897 — The Code of Patches. [ARTICLE]

The Code of Patches.

The old code explaining the significance of a patch on a certain part of the face was as follows: "The ‘‘impassioned” patch was fixed nt the corner of the eye; the ‘'gallant,” In the middle of the cheek, the receleuse (or receiver of stolen goods), on n spot or pimple; the effrentee, or hold-faced, on the nose, and the “coquette" on the lips. A round patch was called “the assassin.” The .great Massillon preached a sermon In which he anatliematlsed patches. The effect produced by his discourse was rather unexpected; patches were worn in greater number than ever and known ns mouclies de Massillon.