Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 169
st fitted to his sur-roundings ; now the billycock hat,a devil-derived offspring from aGreek source, the Sunday suit ofshiny black with purple trousers,the satin tie of Cambridge blue,and the stiff shirt, have almostrobbed the peasant of his poeticalappearance. Civilization seems to havearrived at… … THE COUNTRY FOLK 77 The weeks workdays still show a sense of thepicturesque in corduroys and jerseys or blue shirts,but the landscape is blotted with men wearing outold Sunday clothes, so that the painter of ruralscenes with rural characters must either he orgo abroad. As for the countrywoman, she,…
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