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From: "Eva M. Löfgren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Girlsown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 10:38 PM
Subject: [GO] BD:Violets: Drains and sanitation
> Barbara Dryden wrote:
> > The conflict between a middle/upper class link between fresh air and
> >
The conflict between a middle/upper class link between fresh air and health
and the lower orders' belief that night air will kill you seems eternal. In
Elizabeth von Arnim's books (the German ones) there is a lot about the
stupid peasants sealing themselves into their houses and sewing their
ch
Thanks so much for typing all that out, Lisa - fascinating reading! I loved
the bit about forcing servants to open windowns "even against their will",
you can just imagine a skirmish between mistress and maid. Or, more likely,
one wandering around the house opening windows, and the other quietly
