24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | |
Feb. | 24 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |Mar. |
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June | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | |
Mar. | 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 |Apr. |
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July | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | |
Apr. | 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 |May |
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Aug. | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | |
May | 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |June |
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Sept.| 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | |
June | 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |July |
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Oct. | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | |
July | 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |Aug. |
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Nov. | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | |
Aug. | 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 |Sep. |
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Dec. | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 23 29 30 31 | |
Sep. | 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |Oct. |
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[Illustration: _"The House We Live In" for nine months: showing the ample
room provided by Nature when uncontracted by inherited inferiority of form
or artificial dressing._]

[Illustration: _A Contracted Pelvis. Deformity and Insufficient Space._]

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19. THIS IS WHAT DR. STOCKHAM says: "If women had _common sense_, instead
of _fashion sense_, the corset would not exist. There are not words in the
English language to express my convictions upon this subject. The corset
more than any other one thing is responsible for woman's being the victim
of disease and doctors....

"What is the effect upon the child? One-half of the children born in this
country die before they are five years of age. Who can tell how much this
state of things is due to the enervation of maternal life forces by the one
instrument of torture?

"I am a temperance woman. No one can realize more than I the devastation
and ruin alcohol in its many tempting forms has brought to the human
family. Still I solemnly believe that in weakness and deterioration of
health, the corset has more to answer for than intoxicating drinks." When
asked how far advanced a woman should be in pregnancy before she laid aside
her co