and sometimes ask ourselves: did they really go on like that?...
Society took pains to lay down rules for the individual to
follow, and here the writer relates some of them, in the spirit of curiosity and of comparison between the two ages:
These are counsels for the lady of that age: Bathe upon rising from sleep, preferably using rainwater, for washing the body even once a day is among the most important of social requirements; wash your hair likewise with water and soap, and if you find it harsh, use some oils. Beware of using powders or ointments on your face; instead, take every two months a spoonful of charcoal powder dissolved in water or milk — this helps to preserve the purity and clearness of the complexion.
A young man must not lean out of the window if he catches sight of a lady passing in the street, though he must bow on seeing her at a window; then he must refrain from speaking with her, lest he draw the attention of the passersby.
If you offer a friend a passing greeting first, that is counted a moral flaw; but if such a greeting is offered to you first, return it with a better one, that your hearer may follow your example.
Men are forbidden to enter the ladies' private rooms at parties and balls. Travel, too, has its special rules: those with weak eyes must refrain from reading on the train, and those with ailing lungs must keep silent. To observe the moral custom in hotels, a lady should not appear alone in the hotel's halls or before a window; and when she crosses the street from one sidewalk to another she must lift her dress a little above the heel with her right hand — but if she uses both hands, she
is deemed ignorant of the moral custom, and is excused only if her way lies through a muddy road, lest the trailing skirts of her gown be soiled. Naturally the practical lady of our age needs no such advice, nor to follow such a law, for customs and fashions follow the demands of the period and its judgments.
Before the old fashions, or the old customs, you stand, Madam, in wonder and astonishment, and perhaps you ask the reason for the change. It is the way of man, the way of development: nothing stays
as it is, and everything in the universe moves within laws and limits, seeking an end, and everything searches for a goal. — The drop of water travels toward the sea — its farthest goal; smoke rises to the heights; and man sweeps through the universe in perpetual motion, to reach the aim of his existence and his being!..
And who knows how the lady of the future will stand before what we write and what we do? Who knows what she will say?..
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