Rules of Bath (1771) [ Practices ]
… it being found very inconvenient to have seats called for and placed before the company, after the ball has begun. That gentlemen who dance minuets, do wear a full-trimmed suit of clothes, or French frock, hair or wig dressed with a bag. … navy or army in their uniforms are desired to wear their hair or wig en queue. Ladies are not to appear with hats, nor gentlemen with boots, in an evening, after the balls are begun for the season; nor the gentlemen with spurs in the Pump Room in a morning. The subscription balls will begin as soon as possible after six …
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