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Chapter XXXI. A Pet Of Good Fortune: Broadway Flaunts Its Joys

           

           ThewalkdownBroadway,thenasnow,wasoneoftheremarkablefeaturesofthecity.Theregathered,beforethematinéeandafterwards,notonlyalltheprettywomenwholoveashowyparade,butthemenwholovetogazeuponandadmirethem.Itwasaveryimposingprocessionofprettyfacesandfineclothes.Womenappearedintheirverybesthats,shoes,andgloves,andwalkedarminarmontheirwaytothefineshopsortheatresstrungalongfromFourteenthtoThirty-fourthStreets.Equallythemenparadedwiththeverylatesttheycouldafford.Atailormighthavesecuredhintsonsuitmeasurements,ashoemakeronproperlastsandcolours,ahatteronhats.Itwasliterallytruethatifaloveroffineclothessecuredanewsuit,itwassuretohaveitsfirstairingonBroadway.Sotrueandwellunderstoodwasthisfact,thatseveralyearslaterapopularsong,detailingthisandotherfactsconcerningtheafternoonparadeonmatinéedays,andentitled“WhatRightHasHeonBroadway?”waspublished,andhadquiteavogueaboutthemusic-hallsofthecity.

           Inallherstayinthecity,Carriehadneverheardofthisshowyparade;hadneverevenbeenonBroadwaywhenitwastakingplace.Ontheotherhand,itwasafamiliarthingtoMrs.Vance,whonotonlyknewofitasanentity,buthadoftenbeeninit,goingpurposelytoseeandbeseen,tocreateastirwithherbeautyanddispelanytendencytofallshortindressinessbycontrastingherselfwiththebeautyandfashionofthetown.

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