Lesson X Cravate de Bal
The Cravate de Bal should not be tied, but fastened with pins to the braces, or to the shirt, in the same way as the Bergami. Some pass the ends under the arms, and tie them on the back; but as this method is inconvenient, from the handkerchief moving with the body in dancing, we would recommend the two first.
It should be simply and plainly folded, (as shewn in plate B, fig. 6), and must be tolerably large.
The Cravate de Bal, when carefully put on is delightfully elegant; it partakes of the elegant sévérité of the Mathématique, combined with the laissez-aller of the Bergami, whilst it unites the advantages of both; it is in fact, a derivation from them.
We must here enter an entire prohibition against colours of every kind for the Cravate de Bal—white must reign alone.
The Cravat should be but slightly starched.
See plate referred to.