Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1918 — Now They're Mollycoddles. [ARTICLE]

Now They're Mollycoddles.

Dandies who are making their reappearance at the Royalty theater, were fast disappearing when Queen Victoria began her reign, says the London Times. Extravagance in dress and manners did not of course originate with them, but in earlier times there were other names for those who were noted for similar eccentricities. They were called beaux in the days of Queen Anne and the earlier Georges, “fops” and “sparks” being scornful synonyms. In the latter half of the eighteenth century these fashionable fops were known as macaronis, and the dandies may be said to have come in during the regency.