"Well, it didn't last week. I sweat pink beads all over my new muslin."
"It does peel in hot weather. I understand that Mrs. Welford is going to Dakota."
"He ought to have the first chance there, if what I've heard about her is true. These society women make me tired."
"They haven't much to occupy their time."
"Oh, I don't know. They occupy their time in running around after the other women's husbands."
"And the husbands?"
"The other men's wives."
"You aren't very charitable."
"Nobody's ever given me any charity, I'm sure."
From one of the shampooing booths: