Mary Lincoln's Fashions

[Eva Elisabeth]

I wonder how and how often these dresses were washed? Also I wonder what personal hygene and the respective facilities looked like in the White House, and if there Napoleon's custom of "Don't wash!" and using lots of Eau de Cologne instead was the fashion of those days, too?

Thought these links might be worth sharing:
http://www.hoover.archives.gov/LIW/pione...hores.html

http://www.ultimatehistoryproject.com/blue-mondays.html