Ladies rustled by in dresses of stiff cloth, shedding affected smiles and perfume.

Carrie noticed among them the sprinkling of goodness and the heavy percentage of vice.

The rouged and powdered cheeks and lips, the scented hair, the large, misty, and languorous eye, were common enough.

With a start she awoke to find that she was in fashion's crowd, on parade in a show place--and such a show place! Jewelers' windows gleamed along the path with remarkable frequency.
Florist shops, furriers, haberdashers, confectioners--all followed in rapid succession.

The street was full of coaches.