An Old Woman's Outlook in a Hampshire Village (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Old Woman's Outlook in a Hampshire Village The thick white cap, with a lofty caul and crimped frill - very becoming when clean went out through a course, first of white, then Of black, net and flowers - the last some times so undesirable in dirt that a lady has been known to Object, and be answered, Dear me, ma'am, 'tis only a'1ittle cap as I've worn more than a year!' Bare heads, if tidy, are better; but it is a pity to see women wearing their boys' caps. Ladies should bethink themselves of the harm a bad fashion does to their imitators The bonnet, which we once were told was to serve as a hood, shutting us in with our book at church, has dwindled to the smallest span. I remember a good old dame, a survival, giving directions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.