Birth of the New Year - 1889

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOKhD71phlvfLIkFfzbjsErQCe6eB3CxnEAw2iIthd1FQPcn8lx-p4M2a_GBKXv-r_EPl5_nfWRkOPcRtH2TPxXS1i1h0gHvkFPKUmUEDl3O1sH4qLPSOOu-DbQd1aIdxapVqIjcPjJNu/s1600/DemorestsJan1889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOKhD71phlvfLIkFfzbjsErQCe6eB3CxnEAw2iIthd1FQPcn8lx-p4M2a_GBKXv-r_EPl5_nfWRkOPcRtH2TPxXS1i1h0gHvkFPKUmUEDl3O1sH4qLPSOOu-DbQd1aIdxapVqIjcPjJNu/s1600/DemorestsJan1889.jpg" /></a></div><br />

Birth of the New Year - 1889

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This Is Horrible! - Relief At Last!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>"While I am unalterably opposed to corset wearing, I do not hesitate to say that the women who wear them will do well to substitute the Q.D. Clasp for those now in use." - Annie Jenness Miller, Dress Reformer.<p> If you'd like to more about the Dress Reformers click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_dress_reform"> here</A>. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I learned that the movement started with corsets and underwear because it "could be modified without exposing the wearer to social ridicule". And did you know that "In the 19th century, poor women were known to wear corsets "boned" with rope, rather than steel or bone, to facilitate work in the field."</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9SlzsNbDmgA2uqJv0hHO5Ub4ZXJ6PZdvdZ76bLh2Yxg5mBFT-e93gVN0yelY3_lKFU0TEuhaG9rirA_gOvsewwudFhyphenhyphen461-1NaTFkzGxcjm1FjpktQ9AocVBwLFdiEUkIs1kzRkEZC-t/s1600/DemorestsJan1889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje9SlzsNbDmgA2uqJv0hHO5Ub4ZXJ6PZdvdZ76bLh2Yxg5mBFT-e93gVN0yelY3_lKFU0TEuhaG9rirA_gOvsewwudFhyphenhyphen461-1NaTFkzGxcjm1FjpktQ9AocVBwLFdiEUkIs1kzRkEZC-t/s1600/DemorestsJan1889.jpg" /></a></div><br />

This Is Horrible! - Relief At Last!

"While I am unalterably opposed to corset wearing, I do not hesitate to say that the women who wear them will do well to substitute the...

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Myrtle Got A New Dress

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>"With such practical and becoming dresses available the housewife need not feel extravagant if she adds another to her wardrobe."</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPljL_pg38-w1uASZZjK4oM1HQqAcImLfY1H2KCQELzUd6-LhVDLmOh24vYZqxzAm5lUral04C8qOavklljnVdfTt6j0EC0b9Xn4j-xj1hYAdH0qVGxHRr2lzXrd8d48BZb4cJXmvLDP7/s1600/HouseholdJan1929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPljL_pg38-w1uASZZjK4oM1HQqAcImLfY1H2KCQELzUd6-LhVDLmOh24vYZqxzAm5lUral04C8qOavklljnVdfTt6j0EC0b9Xn4j-xj1hYAdH0qVGxHRr2lzXrd8d48BZb4cJXmvLDP7/s1600/HouseholdJan1929.jpg" /></a></div><br />

Myrtle Got A New Dress

"With such practical and becoming dresses available the housewife need not feel extravagant if she adds another to her wardrobe."

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