EDUCATION IN MANNERS.
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CHAPTER III.
- Elegance of Manner.
- Grace of the Latin Races.
- The Secret of Grace.
- Gliding Movement.
- Calisthenics.
- Erectness of Figure.
- Shoulder Braces.
- How to acquire Sloping Shoulders.
- Care of the Feet.
- The Art of Walking.
- Picturesque Carriage of Southern Women.
Was it not Madame de Genlis who described the education in manners under the old régime of France? In her memoirs she speaks of hating Paris, when she came from the provinces, for the ordeal she underwent there to fit her for polite society. She was taught, what she fancied she knew already, how to walk, and was placed in the stocks two or three hours a day to teach her the right position of her feet in standing. A corset and back-board were provided to form an erect habit. Whether in her day or later ones, the elegancies of manner are not cultivated without sincere pains. Nature, indeed, creates
