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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
249
"Exercise
on
horseback
is
not
equally
attainable
with
the
two
modes
which
I
have
just
specified;
when
it
is,
the
accelerated
circulation,
the
change
of
scene
and
of
ideas,
are
highly
beneficial.
Where
the
lungs
are
weak,
it
is
thought
by
the
learned
to
possess
a
great
advantage
over
walking,
as
it
does
not
hurry
the
breathing.
The
gentleness
of
the
exercise
enables
a
delicate
person
to
enjoy
the
advantage
of
open
air
and
motion
for
a
much
longer
period
than
could
be
endured
in
the
action
of
walking.
From
the
tendency
of
horse
exercise
to
equalize
the
circulation
and
stimulate
the
skin,
it
is
invaluable,
too,
for
the
nervous
and
dyspeptic
portion
of
young
women,
among
whom,
unhappily,
such
complaints
are
but
too
prevalent.
"Dancing,
which
is
the
most
frequent
mode
of
exercise
with
ladies
in
great
cities,
practiced,
as
it
is,
in
heated
rooms,
and
exhausting
from
its
violence,
often
does
more
harm
than
good,
from
producing
languor
and
over-fatigue.
Unhappily
there
are
but
few
modes
of
exercise
in-doors
adapted
for
women.
If,
from
any
circumstances,
they
are
confined
to
their
homes,
and
they
become
feverish
and
languid
from
want
of
exercise,
it
never
occurs
to
them
to
throw
open
the
windows
and
to
walk
about,
or
to
make
use
of
battledore
and
shuttlecock,
or
any
other
mode
of
exertion.
They
continue
sitting,
reading,
or
walking,
or
lounging,
or
sleeping,
or
gossiping,--whilst
the
bloom
of
health
is
rapidly
giving
place
to
the
wanness
and
debility
of
the
imprisoned
frame.
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