The woman's book, dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 236
Greek and Roman wom- of these, even in the en. The efficacy of waist constriction healthiest savage, in promoting physical and mental en- is assisted rather durance is apparently regarded even than opposed by a by the peasants of our own day ; since belt. That all peo- we are told that the women of… … In the Grecian-bend Period. If these statements are accurate the modern crusade against stays would appear not to be justified. The much- vexed question of wearing them, since it seems to be hygienically defensible, would perhaps better be left entirely to individual taste. Some women look better…
Women · Home Economics · Interior decoration
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