Show cost of the dress of a fashionable woman sala tells a story about a young Fren frenchman ehman chwan who being engaged to a beautiful creature happ bapp happened ened to get a glimpse in time of her laundry bill in horror and amazement he made a rapid calculation to support her and her linens it would be necessary to commit forgery so he broke off the match in despair this sounds extravagant enough and yet here is the bill of items furnished by one who knowis bil all a it I 1 about the nece nere necessary mry outfit of a genteel lady of the period four silk slik dresses 1 TOab two teab cashmere mr dresses dressea one ono velvet dress drees one evening dress drees one dinner dress L i average cost boo summer say six at 60 go 60 1 shawls and wraps one camels hair 7 two french two lace I 1 two or two summer bacques or polonaises polon aises two sets furs 20 sealskin ii carriage cloak opera cloak ac c I 1 one dozen complete cem piete sets ti irs 75 three dozen stockings at li 12 30 one doz dres d ress resa stockings at v 3 20 40 three corsets cs no 30 two morning wrapper wrappers vat Zat at 75 i two silk wrappers at boots and s uppers I 1 dozen gloves two boxe 1 60 sunshades CO 60 one lace sunshade 1 I if to this total of over sojo we add jewelry toilet tollet articles etc we shall have at a moderate estimate for what a fashionable woman calls absolute necessaries arcadian |