Health Dangers.
In iheir desire to be up to date women are taking tremendous chances with their eyesight. The doable veil -which has been seen lately is a dangerous Article. The inner veil is of net with' fine dots, the outer veil of chiffon with large dots. The double- sets of dots and the effort to sco through, two meshes form a • combination that oculists regard with horror. Exoessive indulgence in Turkish or other, severe hot "baths, writes a. medical man, -will cause an exhaustion which brings on hysteria in its most violent form. The woman, who has always eaten plentifully and lived regularly suddenly deckles to reduce. Sho wants to take off 101b a week— to Ret into a certain gown. Three Turkish baths n. week, plus abnormal abstinence from food, means weakened heart action and hysteria.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2803, 4 December 1907, Page 76
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138Health Dangers. Otago Witness, Issue 2803, 4 December 1907, Page 76
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