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ANY able pens have dwelt on the peculiar foibles of our ex. We have been equally deired to avoid the two extremes in dres, and the neceity of cleanlines has been inited on, "As from the body's purity the mind receives a ympathetic aid."

By far too much of a girl's time is taken up in dres. This is an exterior accomplihment; but I choe to conider it by itelf. The body hides the mind, and it is, in its turn, obcured by the drapery. I hate to ee the frame of a picture o glaring, as to Rh