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ideas of dressmaking are certainly rudimentary. A single piece of goods, several yards in length, is draped about the form, and tucked and folded and pinned until it takes on the semblance of a gown, which, though simple, is not inartistic. Poverty tempts one of the matrons to sell me the jewel upon her forehead. This transaction creates a stir in the village, and in less time than it takes to tell it, we are surrounded by a crowd of importuning husbands, all madly endeavoring to dispose, at a handsome profit, of the finery of their timidly complaining wives.

BARGAINING FOR BRACELETS

LOOKING ON

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