Two Centuries of Costume in America, Mdcxx-Mdcccxx
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A writer in 1582 says, " If a tailor makes your gown too little, he covers his fault with a broad stomacher; if too great, with a number of pleats ; if too short, with a fine guard ; if too long with a false gathering." g6 Two Centuries of Costume In several of the household accounts of colonial dames which I have examined I have found the prices and items very confusing and irregular when com- pared with tailors' bills and descriptive notes and letters accompanying them. And in one case I was ...fain to believe that the lady's account-book had been kept upon the plan devised by the simple Mrs. Pepys, — a plan which did anger her spouse Samuel " most mightily." He was filled with admiration of her household-lists — her kitchen accounts. He admired in the modern sense of the word " admire " ; then he admired in the old-time meaning — of sus- picious wonder. For albeit she could do through his strenuous teaching but simple sums in " Arith- metique," had never even attempted long division, yet she always rendered to her husband perfectly balanced accounts, month after month.
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