Lynn Thompson
speaker
669 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 20 Jul
Lynn Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Isabella was not Queen of Spain.
Fashion has been reignant over all the earth, and lords and dukes, kings and queens have been the subjects of her realm.
She arranged the mantle of the patriarch and the toga of the Romans.
The small shoe of the Chinese women and the turban of the Turks
The furs of the Laplander
And the Calamet of Indian chieftains
Hottentot and Siberian obey the mandate, as well as Englishmen and American.
Her laws are written on parchment and palm leaf.
On broken arch and cathedral tracery
She arranged how the Egyptian mummy should be wound, and how Caesar should ride, and how the Athenians should speak, and how through the Venetian canals the gondolers should row their pleasure boat.
Her hand hath hung in pillars with embroidery, and strewn the floor with plush, and
Her loom hath woven fabrics graceful as snow, and pure as delight.
Her voice is heard in the gold mart, in the roar of the street, in the shuffle of the crowded bazaars, in the rattle of the steam presses, and in the songs of the churches.
You have limited your observation of the sway of fashion if you have considered it only as it decides individual and national costumes.
It makes the rules of behaviour.
It wields an influence in artistic spheres, but
On deciding what pictures shall hang in the house, what music shall be played, what ornaments shall stand upon the mantle.
The poor man will not have on his wall the cheap wood cut that he can afford.
Because he cannot have a great daub like that which hangs on a rich man's wall.
And costing three hundred dollars.
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