"Dress shirt" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... when the tailor's boy brought home a package, the daughters tore it open ruthlessly, and discovered—as they sat limply with it spread out in its pristine beauty on the sofa before them—a white broadcloth dinner suit—with a watered silk vest. Half an hour later, when a pleated dress shirt with pearl buttons came, it found three daughters sitting with tight lips waiting for their father—and six tigers' eyes glaring hungrily at the door through which he was expected. At six o'clock, when they ...
— In the Heart of a Fool • William Allen White
... calfskin low shoes. Plain black silk socks. Gray striped trousers (the darkest you have). Morning coat and single-breasted black waistcoat. White dress shirt (see that cuffs show three-quarters of an inch below coat sleeves). Stand-up wing collar. Tie and gloves are enclosed. Boutonniere will be at the church. Be at the church yourself at three ...
— Etiquette • Emily Post
... happened? Carefully groping along the mantelpiece, he at last found the electric button and turned on the light. There, stretched out on the floor, lay Underwood, with a bullet hole in his left temple, from which blood had flowed freely down on his full-dress shirt. It was a ghastly sight. The man's white, set face, covered with a crimson stream, made a repulsive spectacle. On the floor near the body was a ...
— The Third Degree - A Narrative of Metropolitan Life • Charles Klein and Arthur Hornblow |
