Rich men, poor men, wimmen in satin and serge, shiffon and calico, babies, boys and girls.— Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands
But when her tear-drops fell fast, Josiah sez to me, "You'll see them wimmen run like hikers now, wimmen always thought more of shiffon and fol-de-rols than they did of principle."— Samantha on the Woman Question
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