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NEW THINGS. 249
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«^- Of Course Some Old Things Are Good: ...
preferable to _tliose terrific four-posters hung with , stifling moreen , The and large suffocating mirrors ly demonstrative tooare better of than grey those geese small and their black feathers square .
, , beauties or atrocities shut honestl perched And y , the wh upon dainty erei hi n g toilette h drawer ances tables tre stands sses of , to our which ok modern cog would nisance houses never of , t open with heir
than their the flowing . naked drapery , square , and uncompromising suggestive muslin planks , which Then are more no our one lau modern soug dabl ht to beautifand thought unlovel .
y , no one y ground carpets , , . with or their their beautiful simple stars flowers or that spots do , s reall cattere y look d over like which a flowers deeper ,
our may what bed yet an -hang see improvement in ings the : old who -fashioned they does are not on " p know ar the lors floral the " in fearful geometry the country aggravation " ! And we to brown of
a sick head-ache in the rhubarb-colored , sickly , yellow brain the typ over ical the moreen grinning four-post faces er ? and Or flowers unearthl who has y not the monsters tortured faded chintz to his be fev ? made ered At
least out of we every have fantastic done bunch with these of eerie on monstrosities , and though it garlands may be round doubtful taste away beds to and strew against one's our carpet walls with be roses that , or as to it hang may ,
our , the taste cannot be so bad when the execution is so perfect . Housesfurnitureornamentsand adornments , china excepted ,
b are y dai on ly our use , s , ide de . spite So , their are jewel having s , , which so most long get beautiful ser dimmed ved as when proverb and lustreless s of tar
innish destructibilit best and with scratch y . proviso All not ornaments enhancing in favor loveliness are of old coats in old general shoes . , and New new old clothes : hats - .
But are think , of an a ancient velvet side by side with , one just fresh : and lustrous from the loom : look at the crisped curled feather , bright show
in hue and elastic in fibreas it waves in the milliner ' s -room , unsullied yet by human we , arand that same featherlimpstained ,
; , , bedragg of a second led - and hand besmirched worn out bonnet , drooping ! All sadl fineries y from are the best battered new : crown silks blonde and
fl and y-away artificial head flowers -dresses , , white my daug gloves hter and ' s muslin white s shoes and my , sister' caps s satins ,
mention my boy ' s the lace homelier -cornered things cravat ranged and my on own the fine wardrobe linen bands above ; not —the to woollen
soft blue flannels for the rheumaticsthe knitted mysteries for of them these the their chill things sole -blooded worth old , and the Put p worn lush them pad are into , for valueless the the Pap delicate , their in ' s di of newness gester chest . of g time Any ives
bundle and age of , and fibres they with come the . out juices absolutel extracted y good . for nothing , a mere these is
essential turned Meat into , . bread Stale foulness , butter eggs by and , milk age old , and and meat long eggs are keep : types to in each g of . usefulness And of those newness and delicious of worth them
penny raspberry tarts , fit for a queen when fresh ; think
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New Things. 249
NEW THINGS . 249
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1859, page 249, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061859/page/33/
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