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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
211
"But
is
it
so?
The
beauty
of
every
thing
is
fitness.
Is
the
half-fine,
unlady-like,
yet
lady-like
creature,
who
answers
to
your
dressing-room
bell,
half
so
respectable
as
the
old-fashioned,
plainly
dressed,
careful,
homely
maiden
of
your
young
days?
Is
it
not
with
a
feeling
of
disgust
that
you
turn
from
the
attempted
finery,
and
sigh
for
plain
collars,
and
caps
undecked
by
flowers,
again?
I
think,
among
the
best-bred,
the
most
sensible,
and,
indeed,
the
most
highly
born
people
of
a
superior
stamp,
this
disgust
is
so
strong
that,
in
some
families,
a
grave
and
suitable
costume
is
introduced
for
the
female
servants,
and
the
effect
is
satisfactory,
both
on
the
appearance
and
on
the
mode
of
thinking
of
these
persons.
But
this
wise,
and
therefore
kind
plan,
is
far
from
being
general;
and
I
have
heard
that
a
lady's-maid
complained
to
her
mistress
that
she
found
herself
the
subject
of
ridicule,
owing
to
her
not
wearing
silks,
and
indeed
satins,
as
the
other
ladies'-maids
did.
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