Punch,  38 (1860), 9.

Ladies' Trains

Oxygen

Genre:

Letter, Spoof

Subjects:

Railways, Health, Sanitation, Disease, Gender


    Complains about the apparent tendency of women railway travellers to close the windows of carriages, an action which, as the author explains to one 'foolish woman' traveller, leads to the 'unwholesome' result of people breathing each others' noxious exhalations. Urges the 'female mind' to understand the benefits of 'fresh air' and the dangers of 'foul air', and criticises the fear expressed by women 'of the effect upon the chest of slight cold'. Advises railway directors to organise separate carriages for those who wish to travel with 'insanitary travelling-companions'.



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