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Identifier: physicalculture201908macf (find matches)
Title: Physical culture
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: MacFadden, Bernarr Aldolphus, 1858-
Subjects: Physical education and training
Publisher: New York : Physical Culture Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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wing likea well-boiled lobster. Well, I only thought I was fixing itjust as you wanted it, she ventured.Its your own fault. I thought I wasdoing you a great favor, and this is thethanks I get. Any how, it did you good.They use ice in hospitals. May be it willtake off some fat. Well, never you mind; dont you getfresh! With the increasing warmth ofhis exterior he fairly boiled internally ashe glared at her. But with the horrorof it passing away, the humor of it ap-peared, and she laughed aloud in his face. Thats right, laugh! he raged.Laugh, damn you, laugh! She did. And the more she laughedthe funnier it seemed, until she wasalmost hysterical. He fumed and raved,but she could not stop. She laugheduntil she cried, and then the two boyscame rushing in to see the cause of theuproar. Oh! she cried, Your father,—ha-ha-ha-ha, your father—ha-ha-he-he-he.Your father took his bath ha-ha-ha-ha! Mr. Bumpus glowered fiercely at thetwo boys and ordered them away. Damned foolishness! he growled.
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Illustrating one method of dressing a physical culture girl. One-piece underwear, combina-tion one-piece corset-waist and skirt, and one-piece dress, with sash. The Dress of a Physical Culture Girl By Marion Malcolm IMPORTANCE OF THE PROBLEM OF DRESS IN THEBUILDING OF HEALTHY AND BEAUTIFUL BODIES. WHEN a woman becomes imbuedwith the theories of health sostrongly presented in this pub-lication, as a rule she immedi-ately begins to wonder how she is todress without interfering with thethorough development of the body andat the same time observe the conven-tional laws sufficiently to avoid attract-ing undue notice or unpleasant criticism.The average woman enjoys being com-fortable, but she is to a great extent acreature of habit. You can becomeaccustomed to being uncomfortable; infact, it has been stated that one canbecome habituated to almost any condi-tion, and whatever suffering may come,she bears it with that fortitude which is developed by the feeling that she is com-pelled to endur

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