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THE UGLY-GIRL PAPERS.
CHAPTER XXII.
- Physical Education of Girls.
- A Woman's Value in the World.
- High-bred Figures.
- Antique Races.
- Inspiration of Art not Vanity.
- The Trying Age.
- Dress, Food, and Bathing for Young Girls.
- A Veto on Close Study.
- Braces and Backboards.
- Never Talk of Girls' Feelings.
- Exercise for the Arms.
- Singing Scales with Corsets off.
- Development of the Bust.
- Open-work Corsets the Best.
- The Bayaderes of India and their Forms.
- The Delicacy due Young Girls.
- A Frank but Needed Caution.
- Care of the Figure after Nursing.
American girls begin to make much of physical culture. As they advance in refinement they see how much of their value in society depends on the nerve and spirit which accompanies thorough development. It is not enough that they know how to dance languidly, and carry themselves in company. To distinguish herself, a young belle must row, swim, skate, ride, and even shoot, to say nothing of
