Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 457
Sj i I1-- our school, \ \ j| / ; For our Colonial Tea \ $ I Say quaint old gowns will There is our grand French ancestress, rhey re all the latest style that s out—What everybody wears! \J ■■■ Madame la Comtesse B- be the rule;So some came home I thought, of course, her bridal dress with me. Would… … A DISAPPOINTED DAUGHTER. 977 I shook it out and brought it down.Mama, to my dismay,T was just a white silk Empire gown —One sees them every day! And so we dont know what to do;T would vex a very saint!How, when things century-old look new,Can we be odd or quaint ?
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