The common denominator of it all was the practice of tight-lacing. It was customary, regarded as vitally necessary, for girls to be indoctrinated to the most severe and restrictive of corsets, which they referred to as stays. As a corollary to complete figure-training, the girls were forced to accept and undergo virtually all types of personal restraints, bound arms, shoulder-braces, stocks for sleeping, masks that muted them, deafened them, and even blinded them. Backboards to hold them rigidly erect, and collars to hold their heads up high and to anchor the backboards, also tether them.
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