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davidhuh
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Wed Sep 11, 2013 8:34 am

Frederic Leighton wrote:
To dress with economy you must adopt the ready money system. If you run a tailor's bill the thing cannot be done. [...]
Most entertaining :D - thank you Frederic!

Cheers, David
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vancehn
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:20 pm

Frederic Leighton wrote:
From The Gentleman's Art of Dressing with Economy, by A Lounger at the Clubs. London, 1876.
In honor of this Gentleman, now long deceased, I would raise my glass of the best whiskey money could buy and make a memorial toast to "A Lounger at the Clubs", may he rest in peace.

I do feel indebted to Mr. Leighton for finding and sharing this gem with us all.
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