The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . l now be given afresh impetus. There is a chapter on Walking and how to carry an umbrella that will de-light the aesthetic and equally well the hurrying business man who is trying toM make a train or an engagement. It is said that the principles of this philosophy apply to all lines of thought,action and things. The author nas had special advantages in this philosophy2 and it is not sur-prising that she has arranged each distinct part or subject in so accessible aform. It is an orderl
The well-dressed woman: a study in the practical application to dress of the laws of health, art, and morals . l now be given afresh impetus. There is a chapter on Walking and how to carry an umbrella that will de-light the aesthetic and equally well the hurrying business man who is trying toM make a train or an engagement. It is said that the principles of this philosophy apply to all lines of thought,action and things. The author nas had special advantages in this philosophy2 and it is not sur-prising that she has arranged each distinct part or subject in so accessible aform. It is an orderly book, well writteu by one who knows, and the pricewithin easv reach of all. Only 35c. in paper, or 75c. for Extra Edition,with portrait,in cloth. Address, Fowler & Wells Co,, Publishers, 27 East 21st St, New York. t Wm ? m ?ISSmh! of conqress nnoVV Jir 0 022 169 288 3 ? **»/>* ?. The Well-dbessed A STUDY IN THE Practical Application to Dress OF THE LAWS OP HEALTH, ART, AND MORALS. EF HELEN GILBERT ECOB ILLUSTRATED. liKKMT Smith18 NEW YORK • FOWLER & WELLS CO., 27 Bast 81st Street. L892, ) Copyri^t,lB92,byFowu« & *ELLS C°- PEEFACE. Ignoeance is the mother of indifference. This ex-plains the apathy of women on the subject of is true that wholesale condemnation of the fol-lies of fashionable dress has abounded, yet scien-tific investigations concerning its evils are compara-tively recent. The results of these investigationsare scattered through, various books and journalsinaccessible to the general reader, and are expressedin technical language incomprehensible to the non-professional mind. The present interest in rational dress is many-sided. To overcome physical frailty throughobedience to the laws of our being; to return totrue standards of beauty in the female form ; tocultivate artistic taste and Peeling in the structureof dress,welldressedwoma00ecob
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