y girlhood tothe age of twenty-nine. That winter, I was wearing the costume universally wornat that time. It consisted, first, of woolen under-drawers andvest, white muslin drawers, fastened around the waist by aband; and, in regular order, chemise, corset, corset-cover, un-derskirt, bustle,… … If any sensible woman will turn her attention from thetrim, well-rouuded waist she now admires, long enough toconsider the true inwardness of that waist, it will surely, as itdid me, give her pause. Au aroused consciousness kept my interior conditions vividly (5) before me—iiiv ll();itiii;i^-iibs…
Clothing and dress
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