MAKE A MEME View Large Image TheFamilyDoctorSept28 1889page74.png fitted with the more graceful and permanent steel backboard her fixed collar will have enforced that erect carriage of the head and neck that is so ample a repayment for the present discomfort The stocks ...
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Keywords: TheFamilyDoctorSept28 1889page74.png fitted with the more graceful and permanent steel backboard her fixed collar will have enforced that erect carriage of the head and neck that is so ample a repayment for the present discomfort The stocks are simply oblong boxes of polished wood in which the two feet are placed heel to heel and the toes turned outward A lid then slides in from each end having two half-round apertures to em brace the ankles These lids have a lock at their point of contact in their centre which effectually pre­vents the withdrawal of the feet during the required period of discipline These appliances may sound very barbarous to those who favour the ungainly slouching habits far too common nowadays but by their aid the following round of daily exercise has blessed me with three of the most graceful and I will say with truth healthy girls to be found in England Their daily life is about as follows --On rising each is strapped to her backboard the youngest of course having her collar and consequently her chin at a very high level the two elder having theirs only half high but all never­theless securely locked After breakfast at 8 a m the collars are raised to an equal height and all including their governess have amusement in the garden coming into the schoolroom about nine Lessons proceed until luncheon after which comes a period-about one and a half hours--of walking drill and calisthenics in which is added to the ordinary backboard a long one reaching across the shoulders from wrist to wrist and keeping the elbows well behind After drill the three collars are removed entirely and with their backboards concealed by their ordinary dresses all three girls go out to spend an afternoon in the park or upon the heath For dinner the collars are again fixed and we dine in happy fellowship the girls afterwards standing in their stocks with the collars elevated and the long backboards across their shoulders for about two hours during the evening It may interest some of your readers to know that my wife is in the habit of using several other appliances and of enforcing many perhaps irksome postures at drill with the ultimate object of perfec­tion in view; but of these I shall be pleased to write if you can spare the space Concluding this lengthy letter I may say that both pretty heels and small corsets count among her system of rewards All our girls are confirmed wearers of night stays in addition to what may be new to your readers--i e finger-nail corsets --Believe me Sir yours truly CARL P S --I shall be pleased to reply to inquirers through the FAMILY DOCTOR if you will permit but do not desire private correspondence Camden Town N W Tightlacing The Family Doctor 1889 Image TheFamilyDoctorSept28_1889page73 png 1 to P V S ; from Medicus P 2 to Old Fashioned ; from Carl Backboard Collars PD-Art Artworks missing infobox template
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