A good figure being nowadays essential to successful frocking, the principal and most particular item of a woman's wardrobe is necessarily her stays. Without a modern corset the most ...
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Article : 97 wordsToo much cannot be said of the artistic beauty in the novelties in jewellery which are included in Messrs. Stewart, Dawson's Xmas catalogue, some of which are imported: some, again, have been ...
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Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925), Thu 22 Dec 1910, Page 36
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