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6. Do you think (a) moderate lacing is injurious; (b) very tight-lacing is injurious?
80 percent were opposed to extreme tight-lacing; as corsetière B put it, ''it is injurious to both health and figure;'' corsetière A: ''it is most injurious, and cruel.'' But 90 percent considered moderate lacing not to be injurious, and ''in some cases, essential.''
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