Ladies Smoking.
L.vhv John Manners, in the "National Magazine," has touched a tender chord in denouncing the extravagance of the rich. Her ladyship's ' ' dormant talent " is roused at the waste that goes on arouud her. She finds the wealthy growing effeminate — the younger men beginning the day with soda nnd bi'andy, the women nursing themselves in bed until the morning is shed ; the breakfast table covered with a meal of solids, and the sideboard at 10 a.m. supplied with wines ; the first meal of the day prolonged until nearly noon, the luncheon a repetition of overloaded meat, dinner always a luxurious feast, Ladies smoking, gentlemen drinking until the small hour." ; and her ladyship denounces the whole fashion with the heartiness that shows how the old simplicity of the ancient aristocracy— the simplicity that gave It its charm— is not quite killed by the rise of the plutocracy.
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Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 49, 10 May 1884, Page 4
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147Ladies Smoking. Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 49, 10 May 1884, Page 4
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