Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Quotes

It is not in our drawing-rooms that we should look to judge of the intrinsic worth of any style of dress. The street-car is a truer crucible of its inherent value.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

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• It is not in our drawing-rooms that we should look to judge of the intrinsic worth of any style of dress. The street-car is a truer crucible of its inherent value.

  

  Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
  • Value
  • Car
  • Judge