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The Spring Fashions. Two Words on Husks.

M. "The Spring Fashions. Two Words on Husks." Vanity Fair. 20 Apr. 1861: 190.
Type: 
magazine
Genre: 
illustration, commentary
Abstract: 

The commentary begins speaking about the loose habits of youth and their not-always well clothed habits. The writer continues to "husks," which envelop women to near-strangulation.