Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-28
small Waists,

r1i NaLete ana early deaths, says the
home Journal, have been the subjegi OF re-
cent comments OF a physician OF celebrity.
Ahu hls notion that the latter IA the certain
800, % OF inc former Is borne out by al
MOST All authorities OF every country Vet
no matter how the physioiosfsts or the phv-
slcians may talk, women have always com
pressed their waists and expanded their
skirts, and they always will until puhlic
opinion pronounces Tor a heavy figure. IN
has never influenced a fashionable woman
Yet 10 hear that the Venus de Melfci had a
large waist; she has been tod 30 ever stno..
that faultleSs image OF female beauty WAS
disinttrred. She merely shrugs her should
very well that IN she went 20 ball with thai
figure Of Venus no man would ask her 20
dance. 30 important a matter D. it 10 have
small waist that 10 has become matterof
PRIDE 10 the Austrian people, and II often
mentioned Ia the court journals that the
impress OF Austria Is celebrated Tor POSSES
sing waist which only measures sixteen
lnchCS. This Is a greater nobility than even
the possession ~ sixteen quarterincS on
your shield, without which Won cannot ba
sdmiites 10 the best society OF Vienna. six
teen,' therefore, iS a magic number AZ Vi
emma There are many persons, O. be sure.
who nave As small n waist. but they have
not the heieht and contour and becoming
sullness which the Empress has. lndoubt-
edly there Will always BE- foolish mothers
who make their daugh ters sleep in their cor
sets, and many foolish women who will al
ways draw their laces too tight: but the
golden mean remains, n figure well. but not
too siifiy supported. a waist slender. round
out not too small, FOR tsle adjacent ngure, IN
TIE grand destd7efttfH OF female beauty. A
isrge woman in France, where women have
ttste Tor the becoming In dress conferred
UPON Ihem ny Prov idence. wears ample
ofaperleS, lOOsel y-ntting garments. and a
corset which does her the best possible ser
vice, FOR az makes her look and feel at her
ease-no lsbored hrcathing,-no unnatural
reuness, no Tear Of sutiOc alton; she IN simply
large beautiful object, instead ola pillow
tled In the middle. with a general air of as
bnyhIa. Large women should remember
"a LrlG al
smaller. Age, which reduces everything
else, u apt TO add on % the figure OF woman
anu time brings an undesirable Stoutness-
This cannot be better treated than 10 was by
The late Duchess OF DCvonshire. one OF the
most beautiful OF women, who grew al 40 Al
EngLlsh women are apt 10 do, very stout.
NOW nave you kept YOUR complexion so
pure, my dear q ucheSss" said one of her fel-
low ladies' In waiting AZ the court OF Queen
victoria. by dressing at ease. and Keeping
my temper said the handsome duchess.
\ WRESTLING MATCH BETWEEN GIANTS
fOE s5OO-What promises TO be one OF the
most exciting wrestling matches ever de-
clded IN this country or Europe viii tax
place on March IL, at Detroit, Mich. II will
be contest between the two giants OF the
wrestling world. The contestants are Major
j. IL. Mclaughlin, OF Detroit, aud Jake Mar
ln; OF npsliantl, Mich. Toe conditions are
laiis, according 10 the regulations and rules
that governed the National Wrestling tourn-
anent al Detroit In ls7O. The stakes are
SZ,5O side. The contest is for the cham
plonshlp OF America, which title is now held
by Mclaughlin.
Martin stands feet I inch; weight 96i
pounds; round tue chest ne measures Is
inches; round the neck, IL inches; i5H
inches round the arm; . Inches round the
Thighs, and Il round the calf OF the leg. He
is an expert at wrestling, boxing. running
and lifting BE Is butcher by occupation.
lie recently lifted sos pounds with one AID
S,3O4 pounds with both hands. He has run a
lOO-yard race and won IN n seconds. He has
run $50 yards I'm 2.27. On several occasions
he has Knocked bullock dead with one sim
gle blow OF a pole ak. he has figured In nu-
merous wrestling contests at back, side and
collar and elbow, and never was defeated
McLaughlin's present weight is % pounds.
He stands 8 feet inch In his shoes. He Is
temperate and never tastes spirits or to-
bacco. He measures a. inches across the
chest, p inches round the thighs and TX
inches round the calf