non-quaker

Updated: August 1, 2026

But before a woman becomes a genuine admitted non-Quaker, the rough, gray woolen dress shades off by almost imperceptible degrees into a dainty silken lilac, whose generous folds have a most peculiar and seductive rustle; the bonnet becomes smaller, and pertly assumes a becoming ruche, from under which steal forth daring, winsome ringlets; while at the neck, purest of cream-white kerchiefs jealously conceal the charms that a mere worldly woman might reveal.

Elbert Hubbard - Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 : Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women