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A THING PUNCH WANTS TO KNOW

WHY YOUNG LADIES - AY, AND YOUNG WIVES, FOR THE MATTER OF THAT - WILL ENCUMBER THEMSELVES WITH GARMENTS THAT ARE A GRIEVANCE TO THOSE THAT WEAR, AND STILL MORE TO THOSE THAT PAY FOR THEM, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THE MODEST COSTUME IN OUR SKETCH WOULD COST THEM ONE-HALF THE TROUBLE, AND THEIR FATHERS OR HUSBANDS ONE-HALF THE MONEY?

Punch, March 27, 1875