. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . - be possible foryou to force the action of the abdomen whilethe diaphragm is torpid. It is possible to move theabdominal muscles even while holding the breath. Is your clothing so loose that the lower part ofthe chest can be as thoroughly expanded with theclothing on as when the garments are removed atnight ? If not, it is too tight. Do you, in lying down for a few moments of rest,find it more agreeable to unfasten the clothingabout the waist? Is it easier to put on yourbonnet and
. The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . - be possible foryou to force the action of the abdomen whilethe diaphragm is torpid. It is possible to move theabdominal muscles even while holding the breath. Is your clothing so loose that the lower part ofthe chest can be as thoroughly expanded with theclothing on as when the garments are removed atnight ? If not, it is too tight. Do you, in lying down for a few moments of rest,find it more agreeable to unfasten the clothingabout the waist? Is it easier to put on yourbonnet and veil before putting on the bodice ofyour dress ? The clothing is too tight. Can you, by taking a deep inspiration, expand thechest more than one quarter or one half an inch ?You ought to be able to expand it from three tolive inches. A young woman who was formerlyaddicted to tight lacing, after laying aside her corsetand cultivating breathing for two years, was ableto expand her waist six and one-half inches. Awoman whose usual dress will not allow her toexpand her waist to at least three inches is un-. This study is for the benefit f the round-shouldered, and everyconvention-ally dressed woman is more or less round-shouldered. Drapery falling fromtli< point indicated in the illustration lessens the appearance f spinal curva-ture. The model mav serve as a basis for varied applications. UNCONSCIOUS SUICIDE 125 questionably suffering injury from the restrictionof her respiration.* Dr. Mary Wood-Allen gives these tests: canyou, while the lungs are fully inflated, fasten thedress with one hand ? The circumference of thewaist should measure two fifths of the height. The only way in which we can be made consciousof the power of a habit is to attempt to break fromit. Lay aside the corset. Do you feel the need ofits support? Do you feel like falling to pieces?Then your corsets were too tight. The muscles areatrophied from disuse. There is no more reasonfor a woman to need the suppor
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