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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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"Another
precaution
which
I
would
recommend
to
those
who
have
the
regulation
of
families
under
their
care,
relates
to
the
subject
of
ventilation.
The
heated
state
of
our
rooms
in
ordinary
occupation
is
one
great
source
of
all
those
mischiefs
which
arise
from
catching
cold,
a
subject
on
which
Mr.
Abernethy
was
wont
to
declare,
that
'a
very
useful
book
might
be
written.'
There
are
some
houses
into
which
one
can
never
enter
with
impunity,
from
the
want
of
due
ventilation.
Housemaids,
more
especially,
have
an
insupportable
objection
to
opening
windows,
on
account
of
the
dust
which
flies
in
and
settles
upon
the
furniture.
This
evil--for
the
soiling
of
furniture
certainly
may
be
called
an
evil--may
easily
be
obviated
by
fastening
a
muslin
blind
against
the
open
window,
or
by
pinning
a
large
piece
of
coarse
muslin
against
it,
so
that
the
dusty
particles
will
be
excluded.
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