CHAPTER IX.

Hope for Homely People.--Two Vital Charms.--The Way to Live.--Sunrise and Open Air.--Bleached by the Dawn.--Live at Sunny Windows.--In Balconies and Parks.--Christiana’s Breakfast.--Brown Steak and Good-humor.--True Bread.--Device for Stiff Shoulders.--Corsets and Girdles.--The Latter more Needed.--How to be Pleased with One’s Self 95