Fallacies wrote:

On 8/9/05, John Campbell <jdc.rpv@cox.net> wrote:
 

a small female child clad in a black dress of Victorian make
     

You make the girl sound like a car.  "Small female child of Victorian
make"  
   

The dress is of Victorian make.
 

Yes, I recognized that, I quoted the line before I mangled it.  I 
understood what you meant.  I was just pointing out that it I thought 
the phrasing was odd, and gave me an unusual impression that you might 
not have intended. 

Actually neither children or dresses have "makes," dresses have "styles" 
or "designs," I'm not sure what children have.  "Make" implies being 
stamped out in a factory somewhere.

I'm not sure why you want a "female child" rather than a "little girl" 
but OK.  I'd say it should be "clad in a black Victorian styled dress"

A "staff hat" would be a hat normally worn by a staff officer in the
military?
   

You work as staff at certain jobs and they give you a hat. It's part
of the uniform.

Isn't that the "food services" industry?  I'd never heard the phrase 
except in reference to military caps.  Or when someone says "I'm putting 
on my 'manager's hat'"

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