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Vance, who not only knew of it as an entity, but had often been in it, going purposely to see and be seen, to create a stir with her beauty and dispel any tendency to fall short in dressiness by contrasting herself with the beauty and fashion of the town.
"Now, then," he said, leading the way up the foyer into the theatre. If ever there was dressiness it was here. It was the personification of the old term spick and span. "Did you ever see Jefferson?" he questioned, as he leaned toward Carrie in the box. "I never did," she returned. "He's delightful, delightful," he went on, giving the commonplace rendition of approval which such men know.
"Only that I am going on the same errand," said the confirmed bachelor, with desperate calmness. The Major looked at him, and for the first time noticed an unusual neatness and dressiness in his friend's attire.
On one side of her hat was a red bird, battered and bruised, and at this comic effort at dressiness, which poor people cling to with such pathetic persistence, I smiled, and then in alarm leaned closer to the window. They had begun their walk again, and were now at the end of the path opening on to the pavement.
" Now, then," he said, leading the way up the foyer into the theater. If ever there was dressiness it was here. It was the personification of the old term spick and span. " Did you ever see Jefferson?" he questioned, as he leaned toward Carrie in the box. " I never did," she returned. " He's delightful, delightful," he went on giving the commonplace rendition of approval which such men know.
"Match pockets, change pockets, pencil pockets, fountain pen pockets, improved secret money pocket, right here; see?" The speaker indicated the last mentioned item. "Flower holder up here under the lapel." He revealed it. "I have 'em make a vestee," said Bean; "goes on with gold pins; adds dressiness, the man says." The Pitcher revealed a vestee, adjusted with gold pins.
"Only that I am going on the same errand," said the confirmed bachelor, with desperate calmness. The Major looked at him, and for the first time noticed an unusual neatness and dressiness in his friend's attire.
In the doorway, candle in hand, appeared Mrs. Lange. Despite her efforts at "dressiness" she was in her best hour homely and nearly shapeless. In night dress and released from corsets she was hideous and monstrous. "I thought so!" she shrieked. "I thought so!" "I heard a burglar, mother," whined Lange, an abject and guilty figure. "Shut your mouth, you loafer!" shrieked Mrs. Lange.
Vance, who not only knew of it as an entity, but had often been in it, going purposely to see and be seen, to create a stir with her beauty and dispel any tendency to fall short in dressiness by contrasting herself with the beauty and fashion of the town.
Many women obtained finery they could ill afford, to take part in these demonstrations, and minced their steps as womanly as possible to freedom.... It would be easy to overstate the efflorescence of distinctively feminine emotion, dressiness, mysticism, and vanity upon the suffrage movement. Those things showed for anyone to see. This was the froth of the whirlpool.
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