The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-09-26

ton Of it becomes mixed with the
gastric Juice. By the same peristaltic
movement the food Is propelled out of
the stomach into the intestinal canal,
where the nutritious portion is taken
up by the l~acteals and discharged final
Nv into circulation to make good blood.
a constant pressure, such as is exerted
upon the walls of the chest and abdO-
me by a ti2ht-laced corset, must
interfere with the free movement of
the stomach and bowels. Dyspepsia
is usually the first disease to show itself
which may be followed by diseases of
the lungs, heart and liver.
Many a girl has laced herself into her
grave, and many more have darkened
their prospects in life by the same
abuse.
Among the women who have attain
ed eminence in literature, art, science,
or ANYTHING else, you will not find a
single II who tortured herself with
a tight corset in her girlhood. They
all gave their bodies and brains the
best possible chance to develop. Girls
who are ambitious TO maket their mark
in the world Will do we'll to remember
that wasp wasted women are not found
among the eminent, and that a bright
lnlCIltCU IlluSl SOoIl lOoC lS SlTeIl2lI
without a healthy body to support it.
The men h are able to do the great
est amount of menta labor in a day
are the men who have strong, healthy
bodies, as well as strong brains.
Growing girls should never wear a
corset at all. The notion that it gives
them a beautiful shape they will fiud
to be a mistake. Broad shoulders and
hips coupled together with a slender
waist is really 4 painful sight, and all
the more painful when one knows it
was produced by the willful abuse Of
the corset. Lacing III above also pro-
duces in many cases a very unsightly
prominence of the abdomen.
The common-shaped cOrsets are not
fit for any wOman to yea They are
worn high up on the waist, which
must exert adownward pres, sure upon
the abdomen There is a long corset
which is made to reach entirely down
over the abdomen, with cores at the
bottom. When it is laced together
the pressure it upward, and it should
be.
The common short corset may east
ly be made over in this way: Take a
V-shaped piece out of the bottom of
each half of the corset, about four
inches from the median line iu front,
and hem the raw edges. Any shoe
maker can set the edges with eyeletS,
SO they may be laced up. The short
corset after being altered is not to be
worn high up on the chest. 1t must
be drawn we'll down over the abdO-
men, and when laced together will be
found a very good substitute for the
long wasted corset, SC called, Under
n circumstances a girl has NJ bust
with a corset in her wardrobe until
after she has her growth. By that
she will be so accustomed to freedom
in dress that she will not be apt to
abuse a very useful article.
HEAVY SKIRTS.
too are always the sour;e of ill-health
where they are suspended by a band
around the waist. An unnatural neat
is kept up about the lower part Of the
abdomen, besides a continual drag
ging down upon the hips. Straps
should be provided to go over the
shoulders like a mans suspenders. The
shoulders bear heavy burdens better
than the hips. The weight Of several
heavy skirts must produce more or
less construction about the waist, which
is quite as injurious as the pressure of
a corset. A light-fitting waist, made
to come well down Owe the hips, with
the skirts buttoned to it., is also an
excellent way to support heavy under
wear. 1t gives the waist a smoothness
and neatness in appearance equal to
any corset, besid-s being s%upremely
comfortable. In the tight fitting waist
the weight comes on the shoulders, as
it does in the use of straps, and is to
be preferred to the straps. which if
made too narrow, may annoy the
wearer by cutting into the shoulder.