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lukewarm state. Neither silk nor woollen garments should 

 ever be wrung. 



On the subject of corsets I have from time to time 

 received a vast number of letters, most of them wailing over 

 my well-knQwn abhorrence of cheap goods. Surely the 

 matter is one of which ladies ought to be able to judge 

 for themselves. I did not know that it was possible to 

 obtain a really good corset, made specially for one's-self, of 

 best materials, and by a superior artist, for less money than 

 I am accustomed to quote, — nor do I believe that it is. At 

 the same time, corsets (like everything else) will be found 

 ready manufactured in various qualities, and at different 

 rates of charge. I have seen windows full of them in 

 London, and even at expensive Eastbourne and Bourne- 

 mouth, ticketed \s. \\\d.\ After this, who need complain 

 of prices ? The papers teem with advertisements of " ready^ 

 made corsets " of all patterns and descriptions, and I have 

 heard many persons say that they have found them answer 

 perfectly well. This being the case, I cannot see why the 

 articles should not be given a trial, or why ladies of limited 

 resources, and with figures easily fitted, should pay two or 

 three guineas for a corset, when " perfect treasures," or, at 

 all events, something that will suit quite well (and that will 

 not go to pieces all at once), can by all accounts be had 

 for less than an eighth of the sum. 



I once went to a famous London oculist, to consult him 

 about the right sort of glasses to be used for extreme 

 short-sightedness, and was quite prepared for his pre- 

 scribing some rather costly affairs ; but, to my surprise, 



