Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange), 1858-1918 · Boston, Arena Pub. Co. · leaf 18
ofslaves,Though weary and jaded in sinew and marrow.She never complains. Women rent in theirgraves. Twin victims, for which have wo tenderestpity—For mother and wife toiling on till she dies,Or the frivolous butterfly child of the city. All blind to the glory of earth and of skies?Is it fate, or… … 12 Such have been the in-consistencies, incongruities,and absurdities of fashionas illustrated in the pastthree decades, in view ofwhich one may well askwhether in fashions eyeswomen are such paragons ofugliness that these ever-varying styles (introduced,we are seriously informed,to conserve to her…
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