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A SEASON WITH THE DBESSMAKERS. 183
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Chapter'vi. • I " Milliners Have Already...
particular this is the that only hers one should I know dress of who all alik adop e ted , viz a ., in livery white " , as but a
mark all had of distinction come out . of But their with hard their earnings tickets ; as and with thoug "their h , dress they , two clock the
mi same As ght morning I at have night here saw "be alluded seen them at still the to poring the concert dress over , probabl of their these y needle young o . ' people ,
I and niay doubt as well not say that another many word will upon be greatl that y subject surprised in , general if not , few readers have not
at amused some at time the or facts other . I visited presume the show of - my rooms of one of with the
what large a fashionable degree of elegance linen drapers and good and taste silk mercers their female , and assistants seen and
at are the dressed same , time especiall what y must the chief be the among amount them of , their wondering salaries to wonder then will
cover such an outlay on dress . Those who so in probabl the y majority be not a of littl cases of e the surprised , the property to hear le of th during at the such establishment business dresses hours are , ,
mouths onl supp y . lied are These when for the dresses the mad use old e are in ones the rep young hav laced latest e to peop by fashion be new given to ones up fit . every exquisitel Of course three y , they always ,
over the and show padded they -room have without a to s resume ort limit of living their so that model own the more . wearer When homely business may dress represent hours . Think are in
of this , thenreaderswhenever in such show-rooms you are tempted to exclaim , lishl , , _" What and an exquisite irls always figure dress that ! what girl l is !"
or , " How styy So--So's g arge who salaries pay they adequatel must have y , leaving ! " Some the few young there may peop . be le , indeed to provide are , of the hous
their own dresses , according to the regulations e , keep but A th ing very ese are few the nice years exceptions carriage ago there —the and others lived possessing a the lad rule y also . at a Bromp large ton col- ,
millinery _lection of a , very very dressmaking similar valuable , p and at ictures , lace . establishmen This besides lady owned t , in ing a Begent large also
Streetand a one Liverpool , occupy large exhibited , space most in costl the y Crystal porcelain Palace and other , at Sy articles denham of , vertu where . She she in her show
was rooms suitabl extremel should but y she dress particular nicel ired y that and nothing all in her good extravagant attendants taste , and or wh paid at could them
be construed y ; as unsuited requ to their positions . As to herself , she was the common the personification remarkthat of " plainness to look at in her her no dress one , would indeed suppose it was
3 and he when could her give will change was , opened for a , shilling it was . found " She to contain died _^ suddenly a clause ,
A Season With The Dbessmakers. 183
A SEASON WITH THE DBESSMAKERS . 183
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 2, 1863, page 183, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02111863/page/39/
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