OLD COUNTRY FOLK 



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Unfortunately the word ' fashionable ' has an attraction 

 that speaks but ill for the good sense of the buyer of the 

 labouring class. 



Lately I was in a draper's shop, where, next to me at 

 the counter, was what I judged to be a labourer's wife. She 



Some of the Old Sort in White Corduroy 



had asked for white handkerchiefs. Her choice was waver- 

 ing between two sizes, and seemed inclined for the larger, 

 but she bought a wretched little useless cotton wisp on 

 being assured by the salesman that it was the ' fashionable 

 ladies' size. 



