The extreme scantiness of attire affected by some notover-particnlar ladies m high society (says " Lynx " m the • Tasifnanian Mail)|is a notorious fact,; and. one that is said to be particularly) distasteful to -the ' Princfes'B- of Wales. .Women- appear m a state' of indejicate ■undress -at large balls that they would B*n udder to show out m at the home breakfast-table. -| A gjari^g i jllustration of this was afford eel m a <: ' passing.- coq-j versatioh betijieen a;husl|ftnd^ and ; wife, the other day : — Mrs De Ponsonby Tompkyns: "Are you ready for the dance, dear ?i": Mr D Ponsonby Tompkyns : '; Yes, long ; ago : and I thought you were-;- getting: feady^Ht is tiiie to start. Why dont yon put on your dress or" something? Some one 'nja^y se6 you through the windows"' iMrs'Dd-Popson-'■by -Tompkyns : " How near sijghted you are becoming, dear. My dress* is on." - .. >„..-■* • •?---!
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 15, 16 December 1884, Page 2
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