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I could write pages and pages about the vagaries of fashion, and how what looks _chic_ one year may be vulgar the next, but we have not time or space for that. I COULD WRITE PAGES AND PAGES ABOUT THE VAGARIES OF FASHION AND HOW WHAT LOOKS SHEEP ONE YEAR MAY BE VULGAR THAN NEXT BUT WE HAVE NOT TIME OR SPACE FOR THAT
 putting her arm akimbo and crossing her legs! You may say every girl does them--which may be true, but that is no proof that they are pretty or desirable habits! To digress a moment--I went to a party the other night, a musical party where the guests were obliged to sit still round the room quietly; and I counted no less than thirteen of the younger women with their legs crossed, which in some cases, on account of these very narrow skirts we are all wearing, caused the sights to be perfectly grotesque. There is something so cheap about exposing one’s ankles, to say nothing of calf, and almost the knee, to any casual observer--don’t you think so? But now to return to the girl in the picture! We have dissected the details and got to her style, and the effect she produces. Her style, I must frankly say, is common, Caroline, and the effect she produces is unprepossessing, because it is incongruous; and incongruity in all simple, morning, utility clothes is only another word for bad taste. F THE MOST UNGRACEFUL THINGS PUTTING HER ARM AKIMBO AND CROSSING HER LEGS YOU MAY SAY EVERY GIRL DOES THEM WHICH MAY BE TRUE BUT THAT IS NO PROOF THAT THEY ARE PRETTY OR DESIRABLE HABITS TO DIGRESS A MOMENT I WENT TO A PARTY THE OTHER NIGHT A MUSICAL PARTY WHERE THE GUESTS WERE OBLIGED TO SIT STILL ROUND THE ROOM QUIETLY AND I COUNTED NO LESS THAN THIRTEEN OF THE YOUNGER WOMEN WITH THEIR LEGS CROSSED WHICH IN SOME CASES ON ACCOUNT OF THESE VERY NARROW SKIRTS WE ARE ALL WEARING CAUSE THE SIGHTS TO BE PERFECTLY GROTESQUE THERE IS SOMETHING SO CHEAP ABOUT EXPOSING ONE'S ANKLES TO SAY NOTHING OF CALF AND ALMOST THE KNEE TO ANY CASUAL OBSERVER DON'T YOU THINK SO BUT NOW TO RETURN TO THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE WE HAVE DISSECTED THE DETAILS AND GOT TO HER STYLE AND THE EFFECT SHE PRODUCES HER STYLE I MUST FRANKLY SAY IS COMMON CAROLINE AND THE EFFECT SHE PRODUCES IS UNPREPOSSESSING BECAUSE IT IS INCONGRUOUS AND INCONGRUITY IN ALL SIMPLE MOURNING UTILITY CLOTHES IS ONLY ANOTHER WORD FOR BAD TASTE
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