The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-12-08
Reading for the Women.
From Good Health.
WAISTS.

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WAISTS.
The waists with bands over the shoul
dars and buttons for the amendment, of
/ the skirts which some ladies wear are a
very useful means Of support, and when
properly made and fitted to the form they
/ do much toward taking the weight of the
skirts off the waist, and their use is TO be
/ strongly recommended single waist can
be made so ss to support all the skirts but
J that of the dress, and this should be so
loose as to be supported by its own waist
/ Ot course, If the unlcrwaist Is made so
tight at the botto n as TO closely compress
the abdomen, it will be quite useless for
the parpose designed. Woman taste ana
ingenuity can devise PLANS for making
them SO neatly that they will add too,
rather than detraet from, the appearance
Of the form. Those waists were much
more generally worn formerly than now.
and it is pity they were discarded, as
their continued use would have prevented
much injury to the health.
THE CORSETS
This question Of appearance brings US
at once to the consideration Of til. corsets.
for 1t is unaeniablc that these rrtices of
dress are now worn mainly for appearance
sake: When and by whom they we're de.
xissd st ~ SRs kHags a T. IS e furnishing re>
tractcry wives, by lacing the ladies up in
them in the SRH6wn fsHs The" h his iI fae
woman, with heI usua, skill, has converted
the weapons employed against her to her
own use. For every other article Of fe-
male attire, We can find some model, either
l. nature Or art, however far fetched the
comparison may be, but the mos: lively
Imagination can trace no resemblance be-
tween the corset and It's use and any thing
else IN cl leatlon, except III the form OF The
wasp, or In some OF the ancient statutes OF
Pailas where she Is presented wearing a
breastpate of scales, the shape of which
somewhat resembles the modern corset !;
but the learned and warike goddess wore
this for defense, not for the production of
small waist; and, indeed, bad she Sc
cured this great desideratum Of modern
tunes. she would probabv have been safe
from the solicitations of Vulcan; for with
the ancient,-gOds as we'll as men-the
wasp like waist of to day would have been
considered deformity.
HOW CORSETS SHOULD BE WORN.
That corsets are always injurio have
not stated, for there are cases in which,
when they are properly nodded and fitted
| to the form, they may be OF great comfort
and benefit TO the wearer. such as cases of
weakness or detormits but the moment
you lace it Sc tight as TO c0mpre s the chest
! and abdomen, it ceases to be OF bcneti,, and
is productive of injury. Corsets might be
constructed, nicely fitted to the form,
/ nodded at the top 50 as TO receive and sup
! port the breasts when necessary, and the
lower portion so shaped as to rest on the
! hips-not the wai.t-an elastic strap should
pass over the shoulders, and be made ad-
/ Unstable to different lengths by buttons or
/ buckles Some means of attachment tor
the skirts might be devised that would
suspend them from the c0rsets, by buttons
or Otherwise, and yet aiIos their weight TO
be suspended mainly from the shoulders by
reason Of the straps passing over them:
These straps should support the corset, and
prevent it pressing tCo heavliy on the hips;
and if the corsets is properly fitted to the
hips, these will easily support what little
weight comes on them. Remember there
is distinction between tie waist and hips,
and that the corsetS is to be 50 constructed
that the weight Of the skirts shall fall
mainly on the shoulders. When women
! will wear corsets, some improvement OF
this kind can lie easily devised by the
nl0dtSte, ana single trlal VIII De al tnat il
necessary to convince sny one OF their su'
periority over the old style.
COTTON"
Ladies generally are anxious for a full
graceful development of the .''bust, al
appearance which adds much to the beauty
Of woman; yctmany of them tignoTant!y
of cour>e) adopt means which prevent the
very effect they desire to secure, by allow
ing the pressure of tight corsets ahL thick
cotton pads on the delicate organ whict
mainly gives it form, while it should BE-
left free aud unrestrained. that it may at
!; tain to all the beauty and grace which nat
uraily belong to it. Where these artlfi
cial denominations will be used let some o
the light, elastic gUaZe material now beln.
: introduced be used IN preference to tht
old fashioned pile of cotton; but the bes
of them are likely to do harm. As TO
their deceiving the other sex TOR which
, purpose they are usually worm l an
pretty sure that they often tail OF thel
intention. for men are not as verdant II
such matters as women pay them the com
pliment OF believing they are.
OPEN NECK DRESSES.
/, One Of the most glaIing faults notlceabl
, in the style of dress o. women, IN vogu
) just now, Is the open neck dress and sacqn