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xiv CHAPTER XIII. SUITABLE DRESS FOR  EXERCISE AND  SPORTS. Our girls' need of exercise—Gymnastics: their use and abuse—Exercise and excess—Body and mind—Games—Lawn-tennis—Cricket for girls—Riding-trousers, belts and hats—Tricycling—Its advantages—When to practise it—Lady tricyclists—Salutary influence of tricycling on women's dress—Tricycling costumes—General hints on dress for tricycling, and on boots and shoes for that purpose. 204

CHAPTER XIV. THE FEET AND HOW TO  CLOTHE THEM. The evils produced by badly-shaped boots and shoes—A common cause of anaemia—Some remarks on the history of foot-clothing—Chinese foot mutilations—European foot mutilations—Anatomy and physiology of the feet—The pathology of ill-made boots—Proper construction of boots—Boots and bootmakers—Healthy boots—Children's boots—Infants' boots—How stockings should be shaped— Indoor and dancing shoes—The harm, done by pointed-toed patent leather shoes—Properly-shaped shoes—Winter boots—Corns and their cure—The ventilation of boots—Wet feet—Slippers 228

CHAPTER XV. CONCLUSION. Advice to women—Some of the causes of fashions—Imitation—Conservation—Trade influence—The crinoline—Revivals of past fashions—Trade morality—The canons of beauty—The value of health—The care of health a duty 257