The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals (1893)
Ecob, Helen Gilbert · New York, Fowler & Wells co. · leaf 136
nd devotion to the common good dis-tinguished that brave band which endured thehardships and perils of a New World in the nameof liberty and freedom to worship God. As yearspassed, increasing wealth gave to the Tory element THE PEDIGBEE OF THE C0R8ET. 113 the power of a privileged class, and the… … From The Art of Beauty.—Harper & Brothers. Fig. 42.—Puritan Lady. the year 1829, speaks of a not unusual practiceof wearing the corset at night, tightening it whenlying down and again in the morning when rising.The custom was imitated by servants, who woresuch busks as to prevent sufficient…
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