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hats are here considered to be proper only for wealthy persons.  When they they go to other cities however they wear them.  The mother of this family does almost absolutely nothing but sit about in the broad porch fronting the inner court and oversee the conduct of the household.  She rarely goes out of the house & from her sedentary life is becoming a great mass of flesh.  Despite the fact that there were five girls in the house 3 of whom were without other occupation yet a portion of the time they had a servant woman & her daughter