MR. JOHN ABSOLON, R.I.
52, Chetwynd-road, N.W.
DEAR SIR,--_All_ padding, unless to hide a positive deformity, is a
mistake. Fashion must be constantly changing, or how would dressmakers
live? I remember taking my wife to a friend's in the country. Next
morning the young ladies were invisible, but appeared in the afternoon
_without_ crinolines. I never submitted to that abomination, and my
wife, to please me, never put one on. The young ladies thought Mrs.
Absolon brought the last London change!--Truly yours,