French, Lillie Hamilton, 1854-1939 · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 39
ich that formal visitshould be made. At one time in this countrythere was a great outcry againstthe best parlors of small country houses, thosevault-like chambers in which no sun ever shone,and into which the occasional visitor was invariablyushered, to shiver or to wilt according to his… … 17 2.7 HOMES AND THEIR DECORATION instant been vacated by a mistress. It was fash-ionable to see an open book laid upside down ona sofa, or a few sheets of music spread carelesslyon the open piano, and I remember a certain parlorin Boston in which a ladys worsted work alwaysappeared on a particular…
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