Type of woman a man may safely marry

From Vitalogy Encyclopaedia of Health adapted for home and family use - 1904
I have also included photos illustrating the type of woman and man who should not be chosen as a life companion.  You can recognise a "man hater" by her looks - she will be flat chested, have narrow hips, bloodless and thin or peaked features!! Some of these features are attributed by scientists to the very general habit of wearing tight clothing and of tight lacing that prevailed among theirs mothers a generation ago. These young women make the poorest kind of wives and still worse mothers. They are degenerates suffering for the sins of their ancestors.
The type of man never to marry can be recognised by a crafty expression, slouchy gait, low forehead, narrow chin, eyes near together and generally restless.
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