OVER-DRESSING GIRLS.
la the dressing of girls there has been « popular change lor the better. It has always been customary among the very 'highest classes for girls to dress simply, u\t we have a class of people in the cou^ try» sPrunR fr°m umble conditions, who LVave become possessed of wealth, »nH th« overdressed young lady always dress. The daughter' 18," mply "H to hare everything tha* e/erybodj else has and be amcnf tl *• *<>*> *° J»P^ anew fashion, whether iv ' »■ BU. lcable fo her age or not. This R ive« Wtb«Mtur« class of ftirls in society whit f foreigner are so surprised to find, girls w *U b tlie »ir of leaders and the assurance of t ht' wwm of two husbands. Slowly and *utH *™ culty it is beginning to dawn cv on UPO' these obtuse minds that they are di iicouflt ing their future in a way that is not wisi or profitable, or perhaps the idea d« ">es no enter their minds at all, and it .U 1 h«n>P«] because it is becoming fashionable in ihei circle to affect the simple style. _
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3104, 29 January 1879, Page 1
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183OVER-DRESSING GIRLS. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3104, 29 January 1879, Page 1
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