. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . d to the head, neural-gia, often induced by defective circulation, areobvious consequences of the improper distributionand stricture of dress. Loss of Muscular Power.— Exorcise is the greatagent of development. Women are debarred bvdress from the general exercise which is necessaryto physical well-being. They are not able to goout in unpropitious weather without exposure todanger from dampness of skirts and ankles. Theyare not able to move with vigor because of theweight and clumsin
. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . d to the head, neural-gia, often induced by defective circulation, areobvious consequences of the improper distributionand stricture of dress. Loss of Muscular Power.— Exorcise is the greatagent of development. Women are debarred bvdress from the general exercise which is necessaryto physical well-being. They are not able to goout in unpropitious weather without exposure todanger from dampness of skirts and ankles. Theyare not able to move with vigor because of theweight and clumsiness of skirts ; while the tight-ness of waist and sleeves prevents the free use ofthe arms and waist muscles. The muscles of theback, loins, and abdomen are used only by labor-ing women. Muscles which are not used neverdevelop. If restraint comes in adult life, themuscle degenerates and returns to infantile con-dition. Their health and strength affects alsothe circulation of the blood. To interfere with thefunction of the muscles of the back, loins, and ab-domen is a dangerous process. Their strength is r. i;v E. T. JEWET1 A house-dress, showing tbe beauty of unbroken lines. LOSS OF MUSCULAR POWER. 77 aii index of tlie strength of the body. Upon theirvigor depends the vigor and health of the organslying beneath. Tight dress causes also unnecessaryfriction in every movement of the -muscles. Ifseveral ropes are to play through a given aperture;ind that aperture is reduced in size so that theyare pressed sharply upon each other, they mustwear out very rapidly under the increased if the muscles and organs are compelled towork under abnormal constriction, the result mustbe unnecessary wear, ending in pain and disease. Lack of exercise induces dj-spepsia, and Holmes attributes to it the stealthy onsetof the fat disease, which may well be called thesecond curse of women. The internal organs require exercise for develop-ment. The lungs continually inspire and e
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