164 Toilet! The Gentleman's Art of Dressing with Economy (1876)

Published: March 10, 2021, 10 a.m.

Ah, how language evolves! In this chapter of the Victorian budget fashion guide, A Lounger At Clubs tells us how to groom ourselves. Should you bathe? (Yes.) Should you wash your hair? (Yes.) Should you slather your scalp in animal grease to reverse male-pattern baldness? (Probably not.)