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224 women in health hould be more familiar with each other than men are, when they boat of their uperiour delicacy, is a olecim in manners which I could never olve.

In order to preerve health and beauty, I hould earnetly recommend frequent ablutions, to dignify my advice that it may not offend the fatidious ear; and, by example, girls ought to be taught to wah and dres alone, without, any ditinction of rank; and if cutom hould make them require ome little aitance, let them not require it till that part of the buines is over which ought never to be done before a fellow-creature; becaue it is an inult to the majety of human nature. Not on the core of modety, but decency; for the care which ome modet women take, making at the ame time a diplay of that care, not to let their legs be een, is as childih as immodet.

I could proceed till further, till I animadverted on ome till more indelicate cutoms, which men never fall into. Secrets are told—where ilence ought to reign; and that regard to cleanlines, which ome religious ects have, perhaps, carried too far, epecially the Eenes, amongt the Jews, by making that an inult to God which is only an inult to humanity, is violated in a brutal manner. How can delicate women obtrude on notice that part of the animal economy, which is o very diguting? And is it not very rational to conclude, that the women who have not&ensp;