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 224