"It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there.“


-Elsie de Wolfe

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It is the personality of the mistress that the home expresses. Men are forever guests in our homes, no matter how much happiness they may find there.

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