toiletted

Updated: May 24, 2025

She fell to noting how each man was accompanied by a woman a gorgeously dressed woman, a woman revealing, proclaiming, in every line, in every movement, that she was thus elaborately and beautifully toiletted to please man, to appeal to his senses, to gain his gracious approval. It was the world in miniature; it was an illustration of the position of woman of her own position. Favorite; pet.

David Graham Phillips - Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise