“ Most of us find money enough for our little vanities and pleasures, but feel dreadfully poor when we come to pay for work, sewing especially. ”
Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl (1869). copy citation
| Author | Louisa May Alcott |
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| Source | An Old-Fashioned Girl |
| Topic | vanity sewing |
| Date | 1869 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2787/2787-h/2787-h.htm |
Context
“We all complain about bad servants, most as much as if we were house-keepers ourselves; but it never occurs to us to try and mend the matter, by getting up a better spirit between mistress and maid. Then there's another thing we can do,” added Polly, warming up. “Most of us find money enough for our little vanities and pleasures, but feel dreadfully poor when we come to pay for work, sewing especially. Could n't we give up a few of the vanities, and pay the seamstresses better?”
“I declare I will!” cried Belle, whose conscience suddenly woke, and smote her for beating down the woman who did her plain sewing, in order that she might have an extra flounce on a new dress.”
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