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 30
icalnerves accompany soft, flabby muscles. Whenthe higher education of women begins with thephysical, nervousness and hysteria will be despisedby them as by men, and unless it begins here thecoming generations will show still greater lack ofnerve equilibrium. A body so healthy as to beget a sweet… … An example of Gown which has no division between skirt and waist. NORMAL WOMAN. 23 coming generations a heritage of acquired healthand character; all these ought not to be the traitsof the exceptionally endowed woman, but the char-acteristics of every woman. The circle of femininegraces must be…
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