Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-02
HYsTERIES OF CLOTHES.
Dresses Not Fitted 10 Women. hut
Womep Made TO FIT Their Dresses,

t"Clara Belle" 10 Cincinnati Eaguirer
Female New YORK is In the midst OF dress
making for spring. There Is much and violent
exercise OF mind over choice OF styles and fap-
res woman may D. trusted to want what
she can't wear. That Is 10 say, leal women
are pretty sure 70 admire garments that wOuId
make them LOOK Ielner, aud fat women as pen-
orally dote on things that would make them
hook ratteI That IS common human nature
j suppos but IL Causes great perpIextty of
soul 10 &c Gev0tee OF fashion. The Grass-
maker Is usually the adviser IN these delicate
matters. and ottjer would IL be IL her Decision
was Invariably conscientious and accented
poediently. Then fewer women would MAKE
guys OF themselves. IL was OF another phase
or QreS6maheTS' experience, however thar
promised last week TO write. Going TO one OF
The most fashionable OF her sort In this CITY.
asked her 10 tell me frankly II il was cou1.non
Tor her TO build up, or out the forms o: her
customers
80, my. yes she replied, ''out not In the way
that Is generally supposed. There is a current
noel against our Sex that we pad Ouf ol5ts.
The truth Is, solemnly assure you, that such
q thing Is done by lot more than one In twenty
On the average, simply because it is not ueaIei
ihe cesire 10 sven like pigeon is not common
IN the female breast, and hear more complaint
OF TOO much III that matter than of 100 little
The Chief trouble with female forms a., every
dress maker Knows. Is irregularlty. Tue nun
Ger OF women whose two Sides do not Cs1rre-
spond IS wonderful. Sometimes one shoulder IA
higher than The other sometimes oae HID ia
Digger, and sometimes the whole figure Is yyff
SeIndps Eltn are as mOcn mlSSl2peD, bur, n so,
thelr clothing Is not such as TO reveal small de-
tormitles Nomen's dress, however 10 this era
oSHnging garments, reveals every inDerfac-
HSat uLiess art comes 70 natures help, the
nmihe 90 when about 10 lit dress "a m
TIC ,a5 Examine the shape OF the wearrr. m
6oi,o 49, slass OF her are not alike Dat ont ms,
Nomep va aEe pubic little suspects how many
Eayin1, sec al ehshion on one shoulder or nm
cav a. ~ , ~ smooth, uniform found afinn
..p,,. ~ "a tne hnery with good effect
buI are there not numerous nvnreo M. L.,
n
Uent ." vi aTIuI Improve
Yes, indeed. We can't do rnucb for .o,.
!csnS Woman. IN Der case all deoends on ho .
much girtihg In at the waist she csn hs oi noS
now mucn repression by an abftorntntai sSr aaa
But thin woman can In nearly evarv 81 30,
pe greatly improved. In the i,rst No. ~ Nc
pOdy usually lacks taper. Though itfs cI,orn
!hsiy smaE at the belt line, II has a d sene,an-
iDg spSLcc OF swell ABOVE aud baioW w.
therefore pa1 ter dress waist at the sid ss no
ginning th1ca at her arm-pits and th,nninr
SiauualIy DOWNWARD, and also buiii out on her
nipA she becomes deluSiye but far more
snapcD. IL she Will not be persuaded out Of
wearing ught sleeves, we have TO bi ie her
sGIaNhnsss OF arms by padding shoulder 10
hlooW. Inc one thing we can't hide Is SOON
ins, anu mat Is sadly common defect In
,a,,i women Round backs are distress.
Insy numerous, and what can we do for thens
Noening W all feel sometimes like putting
tnem asoak, and then strappInx them IIN on
ooaru papOose fashion, In the hoDe OF
strengthening, them Parents ought no IooE
snarp al,er their little girls In this particular,
ana put braces On them II necessary.