172THE NORMAL ADVANCEhunt in a high-wheeled chair, as her courtierscalled her chaise.The amusements of the best society indoorspractically illustrated the&...
making the largest possible amount ofunnecessary movement with the least possibleamount of mental exertion. All useful occupations were unknown or unc...
music wasperformed by deputy
chain-point and cross-stitch were the highest industrial attainments,for those were the palmy days of embroid-. ery, and save a piece of tapestry...