PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
Since the writing of this book six years ago the entire subject of digestion has been revised by scientific research, and thanks to the same scientists the nutritive value of the various food-stuffs has been ascertained. The importance of this knowledge is so great that educators are now making an endeavor to have the nutritive value of artificial and canned goods placed on their labels; and the New York Board of Health has requested a large Chain of Restaurants to have the nutritive value of foods printed, beside the cost of the various articles, on their bill of fare.
Hence the entire chapter on Digestion and Nutrition has been rewritten. In Chapter I has been given the result of original statistical studies, showing the urgent need for every woman to know and put into practice the principles of personal hygiene.
Dancing has become such a popular form of exercise that a description of the plates giving the dancing steps has been added, together with some simple dancing exercises. For these excellent descriptions the author is indebted to Miss Barbara Blankenhorn, a widely known teacher of music and dancing of Englewood, New Jersey.
The reason that such a comparatively short space was given in this work to “pelvic physiology and hygiene” was that this subject had been treated in extenso, in “The Four Epochs of Woman’s Life.”
Anna M. Galbraith.
New York City,
November, 1916.