SENSIBLE DRESSING.
There is a class of women one meets with every day whose dressing is above reproach. They go out for a walk, not to show their clothes, but to add to their fine stock of health. They look as if they could sit a horse well, and as if they often used the luxury of a bath. They wear thick soled shoes, with low, broad heels, shapely and well fitting. Their walking and church suits are of cloth, plainly made, but of exquisite fit. Their gloves and bonnet strings are above reproach. Their hair, well cared for, is prettily waved or ourled about the forehead, and worn low, to show the shapo of the head —a style that artists love. Unless Nature has been very niggardly, no false hair is allowable. The bonnet is close, and very becoming, and the faoe is protected by a veil. An ample parasol or umbrella is ready as protection against sun and rain. What fault can the most censorious man find with a oostume like this P
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2255, 24 June 1881, Page 3
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175SENSIBLE DRESSING. Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2255, 24 June 1881, Page 3
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