HYGIENIC SUGGESTIONS. 
tions upon women that it was impossible to fol¬ 
low fashion’s dictates and be healthy at one and 
the same time. Young girls were put into tight 
corsets, French-heeled shoes, etc., when scarcely 
beyond Dabyhood; at any rate, before they were 
fairly in their teens and while they should still 
have been at play, a thing quite out of the ques¬ 
tion for the poor little martyrs arrayed in such 
outlandish costumes. In fact, at the time when 
foolish mothers allowed themselves to follow 
fashion’s whims and so torture their young 
daughters, for half-grown girls to romp and 
play games was considered a social outrage and 
it young women were to attempt to join in out¬ 
door sports the offense was rated about next door 
neighbor to criminal. While there may be, and 
probably are, many who still cling to such erron¬ 
eous and silly notions, the day has pretty well 
gone by when established fashions are so directly 
opposed to the laws of health. Woman nowa¬ 
days has just as good opportunities to be healthy 
as has her brother man. In this age young girls 
and young women may join with members of 
the ''sterner sex” in games of tennis, golf and 
croquet without being considered “Tom-boys” 
or unladylike. They learn to swim and to row. 
to climb to the hilltops, to ride horseback, to take 
calisthenic exercises, to go corsetless if they want 
to, and to wear skirts whose trains are not an 
impediment to long, brisk walks in God’s pure 
air and sunshine, all without danger of being 
called or thought of as either immodest or ahead 
of the age, and therefore objects for contempt. 
In our work as nurses so much of our every¬ 
day duty lies within doors that we are apt to 
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Dame Fashion 
and Hygiene. 
Society’s 
Restrictions. 
Out-door 
Games No 
Longer 
Tabooed. 
