The woman's book : dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 403
r a hot day in thecars, than to slip for the night into asilky garment which neither heats norchills the skin, nor retains the dust andwrinkles of a previous wearing, as wouldcambric or linen. this convenience, if intended for hardusage, is a bengaline silk, which doesnot crumple, and, like Mrs.… … An English Sleeping-Car. The ideal travelling gown is un-doubtedly a very plain tailor skirt andcoat of some neutral-tinted serge ortweed, with a silk bodice, as it canstand the stress of weather, of sea-damps, and railway dust, is easy of fit,and can be adapted to the tropics byremoving the coat,…
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