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Dress, and how to improve it (1897)

Parker, Frances (Stuart) 1847-1899 · Chicago, Chicago Legal News Co. · leaf 15

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ber three was made, and it was failure number three, aswell. J]y this time, my dressmakers patience and my pocketbookwere exhausted. I could not afford to replace the gown withanother, and so for one winter I sutfeicd martyrdom wearing-out that dress. It was wholly unbecoming both in color andform,… … Alas, years afterward, a friend kindly told me INFrs. A. badconfided to her that she thought Mrs. Parker had injuredthe cause of dress reform more by the back of that coat thananv and evervthing else combined !!! Mrs. A. did not men- (8) tion the matter to me, of course, her position being typical…

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