The Business of Being a Woman
The Business of Being a Woman
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A travesty and yet a recognizable trav- esty. The East Side hovers over it as Fifth Avenue has done over the original. The very shop window, where it is dis- played, is dressed and painted and lighted in imitation of the uptown shop. The same process goes on inland. This same gown will travel its downward path from New York westward, until the Grand St. Creation arrives in some cheap and gay mining or factory town. From start to finish it is imitation, and on this imitation vast industries are ...built imi- tations of silk, of velvet, of lace, of jewels. 123 THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WOMAN These imitations, cheap as they are, are a far greater extravagance, for their buyers, than the original model was for its buyer, for the latter came from that class where money does not count while the former is of a class where every penny counts. The pity of it is that the young girls, who put all that they earn into elaborate lingerie at seventy-nine cents a set (the original model probably sold at $50 or $100), into open-work hose at twenty-five cents a pair (the original $10 a pair), into willow plumes at $1.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A travesty and yet a recognizable trav- esty. The East Side hovers over it as Fifth Avenue has done over the original. The very shop window, where it is dis- played, is dressed and painted and lighted in imitation of the uptown shop. The same process goes on inland. This same gown will travel its downward path from New York westward, until the Grand St. Creation arrives in some cheap and gay mining or factory town. From start to finish it is imitation, and on this imitation vast industries are ...built imi- tations of silk, of velvet, of lace, of jewels. 123 THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WOMAN These imitations, cheap as they are, are a far greater extravagance, for their buyers, than the original model was for its buyer, for the latter came from that class where money does not count while the former is of a class where every penny counts. The pity of it is that the young girls, who put all that they earn into elaborate lingerie at seventy-nine cents a set (the original model probably sold at $50 or $100), into open-work hose at twenty-five cents a pair (the original $10 a pair), into willow plumes at $1.
What to read after The Business of Being a Woman?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944 to read onlineMoreLess
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