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| Keywords: TheFamilyDoctorOct19 1889page122.png could be easily misunderstood; but if Carl would like to send me a pair of the highest-heeled house boots or shoes worn by one of his daughters or by bis wife if she feels the need of such training I should be glad to have them fitted up and to give directions for the stocks I may say that when the appliances are in use the feet are kept in constant training whether on or off the ground and moreover they can be worn in bed so as to hasten the education A pair of boots or shoes too much worn for company wear will answer the purpose and would of course when fitted be reserved for training purposes and they would according to my experience be found to afford sensations of much comfort and satisfaction The feet are made to constantly tend to assume to a greater and greater extent the tilted position which is so much sought after by devotees of extraordinarily high heels If Carl would like to try my suggestion perhaps he will send me a few lines to your care to be forwarded to the address which I enclose and I will then give directions for sending the boots I know also a simple method for securing the lacing eyelets in corsets of ordinary make so effectually that the tightest lacing cannot pull them out of the stuff --Yours faithfully J G Manchester September 26 1889 their faces protected from the sun and wind At sixteen or seventeen tight lacing may be begun and stays worn night and day if the waist is to be reduced extremely small; shoulder-straps should by this time have become unnecessary Gloves should be frequently worn indoors as well as out and narrow very pointed-fingered gloves slept In habitually Pointed high-heeled shoes should always be worn so as to get thoroughly accustomed to them The complexion should be carefully preserved from the sun and kept white and smooth I have heard of fingernail corsets also of girls sleeping in thimbles to make the fingers pointed and pretty but have always found that sleeping in strong narrow-fingered gloves keeps the hands small and the fingers taper Extremely white soft hands are acquired by constantly wearing gloves and rubbing with almond paste at night In conclusion I should be glad to send my photograph to any address that would find Carl and should like to see one of his eldest girl both to be returned and I think he would find that my figure is as upright well developed and slender as his daughter's though I never had time to wear backboards or any appliance than strong very tightly-laced stays and my waist is under 16 inches We could both obliterate the faces of our photos -- Yours truly WELL TRAINED Brighton September 27 1889 EARRINGS FOR MALES TO THE EDITOR OF THE FAMILY DOCTOR SIR -I have been much intprested in the remarks of yo~r correspondent Peter Kant in a recent issue of your paper The fact that the artistic portion of the inhabitants of fair Italy wear earrings without distinction of sex is of considerable importance as likely to influence those members of the community to whom example commends itself more than precept Even members of the Sacred College wore earrings when on diplomatic service as nuncios legates c The following Cardinals I have noted as adopting the custom of wearing earring~ - Vincent Justiniani 1570 FranQois Tolet 1593 John Lugo 1643 Oragio Gustiniani 1645 and Joseph Gaspard Mezzofanti 1838 To my mind there is nothing in the least degree novel or uncommon in the notion that earrings act as counter-irritants or are curative in certain cases of inflammation of the membrane covering the lining of the eyelid I hope that the discussion on this interesting subject now taking place in your columns may be the means of inducing some of your masculine readers to adopt this sensible custom especially where weakness or inflammation of the eyes exists -I am Sir yours c P SCHNADHORST Putney S W TO THE EDITOR OF THE FAMILY DOCTOR SIR -It appears to me that the subjects of ear perforation and ear-piercing instruments have now been thrashed out in your columns Your correspondent Mary desires to see a translation of the German treatises on ear-piercing to which I have referred in the FAMILY DOCTOR Those treatises are of course too long and of too abstruse a nature for insertion in these columns But perhaps I may be allowed to suggest to Mary the fact that the difficulty of acquiring the German language is much exa~gerated and is worth learning by such as· your corresponden t I may mention that when nlY own ears were pierced gold ear-wires of 8-carat gold were simply pressed through the lobes causing but a slight irritation which disappeared in a short time Sometimes however fatal consequences have ensued from having the ears bored -I am Sir yours c GOLD EAR-SLEEPERS - 0 - Thi3 coZumn i3 3pecit dZy detJoteci '0 3ub crib~r3 1 0 are de8irou8 of obtaining information on any practicaZ Bubject tDhether Domestic Medtcal Sanitary or otherwi8e The Editor 8uggests that Oorrespondents shoultJ e~pre81 'heir tDt8he8 in as brief a manner as possible All letter8 should have the 'Wo'ril3 uN OTB8 A lfD QUlIlBIlII OR 'lie envelope Flogging Tightlacing The Family Doctor 1889 Letters to the editor 1 to Carl; 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