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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1891
Page
7
An essay discusses how young women learn grace in movement at fashionable schools. It notes a shift from suppression to activity, stressing foot and body coordination from toes through joints, and the need to train the whole mechanical system for poise in daily tasks and social events.
The piece extols liberty as the highest gift after wisdom and discusses freedom of thought, dress, association, and speech amid calls for women’s rights. It cites Senator Joseph M. Carey on woman suffrage and recalls Lady Florence Dixie’s marriage vows avoiding submission to obedience.
A street scene on sun exposure spurs advice against facial grimacing. The article urges women to relax facial muscles, avoid habitual frowning, and conserve eye expression to prevent permanent creases and a perpetual grimace.
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