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  • In the future there are going to be no pretty girls, for the simple reason there will be no plain girls against which to contrast them. Of late I have done some systematic reading of ladies papers. The plain girl submits to a course of "treatment." In eighteen months she bursts upon Society an acknowledged beauty.

    Jerome K. Jerome (2006). “Jerome K. Jerome: 14 Books in 1”, p.551, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax