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he said, very pleasantly, " Just go to an optician and suit 

 you7'self. Don't mind what he says ; select something that 

 you can see well through, and that does not in any way 

 distress your sight, or cause your eyes to feel on the 

 strain. Years ago," he added, " I found that I wanted 

 glasses myself, and coming across an old man sitting at 

 the corner of a street with a tray of them before him, I 

 chose a pair/<?r a shilling, and I'm wearing them now." 



On this excellent principle I advise corset-buyers to act. 

 Purchase what suits you, and if your means are limited, do 

 not trouble about any particular maker, or price. 



To wind up, never be ashamed to exercise a reasonable 

 and honest economy. There are really very few among us 

 who do not require to practice it, especially during these 

 difficult times — and there is not anything to blush for in 

 the fact. It is a very false shame indeed which induces us 

 to launch out into extravagances that we can ill afford, 

 rather than say candidly, " I must content myself with 

 something cheaper." Believe me, there is more shame in 

 owing an honest tradesman five shillings, than in wearing 

 cheap corsets, cotton stockings, and mended gloves — in 

 place of the better or costlier ones which that same five 

 shillings would have helped to buy. 



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