, 1874-10-25

support from the slaonlders, aud, Of course, sic
| down, keeping the nnalicst part OF the body al
the softest part, where compensation is casio |:
| aud maintaining tho old blockade, which the
blood must ruh cver5 time it passes from the
centre to the extremities Of the body. Tho I'D
vantage Of the corset is. that it distributes the
| pressure OF the strings and bands over larger
surface, And 10 this pressure is not soon fatal!
Well. four years ago the evils OF this paseion
had become so apparent, mad so much haa been
| said about the better way OF supporting the
clothing on tho shoulders. that corsets seemed to
| be in danger OF DISCARD when, who would you
makers, who could not fit dress without then !;
not the women who wore tf1em; not tho mer-
chants who made money BY selling them; nor
the Nealthv firms who coin cd It by making them !;
esteemed tho highest authority on the physical
Causes which mold tho race. He wrote two
elaborate articles, which appeared ln tho Galtxxy
Il 1iwavs wondered that Uu1-pe7's Bdedr and
as regular contributor.-and, IN theso articles,
taught, distinctly, specifically, and earnestly,
that tho only proper point, ia the female figure,
on which 70 support clothing, is the b'ps, just
tho shoulders arc in tho male, because tconen do
not breathe beio,o the diaphragm, and men do :
70 gods and William Draper! How did stare,
and read and reread these fateful articles, in
which SEN the death warrant Of thousands.
He elaborated and Illustrated his opinion By
specifying that weight on tho pretty shoulders
lungs placed under their protection. He did not
explain what kind OF hinge womanH shoulder
bones are hung upon which permits this danger
ous descent, or in what particular the bones in q
mans shoulders differs from those in woman's;
bus he urged the propriety aud healthfuness Of
pressure around q wornan's body By quoting tho
belt. OF gird1e, worn BY g'adiators; the Scripture
phrase, " G.rd up your lions !" as preparatory to
hard work the custom Of athletes and black~
smitha in drawing q band tightly around
the body, below the ribs, when about to make
unusual cxertion. He urged the retention OF
the present style, on the ground that it colre-
fpondcd with the costume OF women in ancient
Greece where. he assumed, tho clothing was all
supported on the hips by girdle, On which be
held tic corset to be vast improvement, In
short, this great physical scientist wrot~ out =
most elaborate certificate OF masculine Ignorance
in what most concerna the physical wellbcing OF
women, - certificate rs full, explicit, aud con-
elusive as that since given BY DR.. Clarke in his !
nnce rs Goldwin Smiths "Female Suffrage" is |
Of mental and moral darkness.
Now, sure1y women not solely to blame for |
their crippled forms. It is, as you say, their |
nature aud duty to look as well as possible. !
T1elr standard OF beauty must be that Of tho |
nlau it is thoir duty and pleasure to please and.
il this is false, they muat as at present, ba at |
fault in their efforts. It is their nature nnd |
duty to 1sarn of those whom they regard as their
heaven appointed teachers; and, it thsse teach i
them to distott their bodies and cramp their !
ficlle as it iy, is amenabte to iaE.-the law Of |
public taste; and. il RIO can elevate and corratt
this. NO will surely control ths absurd yagariss
Of the reisning divinity.
JANE GREY Sw1ssunu.
61s West MosnoE STREET, Chicago.