Show GIAs dress has great influence on Clo clothing physical health k alth ky by WELLS ANDREWS 51 1 I D RESS has hai it great influence on 0 the physical health of girls D the two cardinal points to b bo here bert borno borne in mind with reference WD arence e to their clothing are arc first that the be such na as may serve earve to retain the necessary warmth and second that its form bo be so BO arranged as to occasion neither undue abdominal compression nor any interference with muscular action irence the physician should try to induce his girl patients to adopt underclothing of merino as well as to persuade them to eschew compressing corsets cor seta elastic clastic garters and tightly fitting high shoes this advice we should give giro whenever the occasion offers seldom as our counsel ma may y be followed follow cd for in matters fashion and the modiste will probably continue to the end end of the chapter to reign over common sense and the ho doctor the rho injuries that may be inflicted by the absurd modes prevalent iti in lie he di dicag v ss of girls ire abc shown in lie effects of tight lacing on the breathing functions the results of errors of this kind are arc apparent nt at the period when ahert the joung lady exchanges the easy garb of girlhood fur hat fht imposed impose by the requirement of fashionable life were young men to be so pa laced aced so imperfectly exercised so BO inadequately i clothed so BO suffocated so BO c exposed their bodily vigor would soon tise defects of clothing though most signal about tho the chest and shoulders are not confined to the upper part of the body the feet feck require warmth aimeb fashion denies they cannot be compressed at tho the cost of suffering buffering some gome distortion arid h infliction of positive disease fashion also permits the he legs to lo bo be covered with only the thinnest materials the circulation of blood to the feet be es further impeded by the pressure of tight shoes anti and the debilitating effects of cold the crippled state tot too thus occa occasioned sionA is an obstacle to efficient exercise and so adda to the general debility |