You can get dresses and clothes after you have secured your education, but now is the only time that you have in which to secure the education.
Booker T. Washington
The Public Record
Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite.
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Any man will lose respect for a girl who abuses herself in this way.
A man cannot respect a girl who punishes her feet in order to make them look small.
Do not buy those worthless things, which, when they come in contact with water, will shrivel up because they are made of cheap material.
When you are spending your money for shoes, be sure that you get something good, something that will last you.
Such shoes are made to attract attention, and not for comfort or durability.
Such people simply punish their feet to make people think they have small feet, though it is just as honourable to have a large foot as a small one; there is no difference.
Another mistake that some of our people make is in wearing flashy or loud dress--dress in which bright colours and red ribbons predominate.
If there is a young man or a young woman here who likes jewellery, and is going to indulge in it, be sure to get that which is modest.
Our people spend thousands of dollars every year for this cheap jewellery.
Do you know that one of the most common mistakes among the masses of our people in the country is throwing away their money on cheap jewellery?
There is no more foolish person than the one who spends all he makes, and sometimes more, on dress.