St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-11-01
TIGHT LACING.
THE ABsURDITY OF THE CUSTOM, As
WELL AS ITS EFFECT UPON THE
HEALTH OF sL,vEs TO
THE FASHION.

There would be no tight lacing if
girls could be made to understand
this simple fact: that men dread
the thought of marrying woman
who is subject to fits of irritable
temper, to bad headaches, and 9th
er ailments We need not mention,
all of which, everybody knows, are
the direct and inevitable product
OF the compression OF the waist,
certainly; but there is a great diff
ference between the waist that is
well formed and in proportion to
the rest of the figure, and a waist
which is obviously and arti6cially
compressed, to the destruction of
that easy and graceful carriage
which is one of the chief charms of
II womans appearance. An I'M
naturally compressed waist is fur
more certain of detection than a
luass of false hair or faint dust
ING of powder. The rawest youth
that enters ballroom can pick
out the women that have strais bt-
ened themselves artiicialIy.
fla young woman, tc obtain the
appearance Of Il dlas comfy, has
been subjecting herself to consid-
cradle physical pain. and who has
been laying up for herself pretty
store OF ailments which only want
time to pronounce them selves,
could only see the stare of scarcely
disguised contempt and understand
the scornful pity which greets the
result of her labor, we should have
a change of fashion. Through all
changes women remain true only
to Que fashion; whether her cloth
ing is as long and lank as that of a
Grecian Virgin, or whether she
builds around the lower half of her
figure rotund and capaclous
structure of steel, she is ever faith
full to the tradition of a small waist !;
and she will weaken her circula
ton, she will incur headache, she
will crack her voice, and she will
ruin her digestion, all to produce
malfornatlon which wise men re-
gard with pity and fools with de-
rlsion.
That ladies can bs fitted with a
corset which will not compress the
waist. but give support, health and
comfort to the body, and easy and
graceful carriage to the appear
ance. has been fully demonstrated
by the celebrated ph1lanthropist
Nine. Dean, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
who has lately patented a corset
which is combination of shoulder
brace aud spine-supporting corset,
and while combining the benefits
of both, is extremely simplified into
IL first class corset. They are spe-
ciaIly constructed with two curved
springs SO as to fit exactly OH and
support the shou.d,r-blades, and
another spring to support the
spine. Made of the very finest
tempered clock-spring. thus cre-
ating a complete support for the
spine, and SUPPLY Ig a covering for
the open space in the back, thereby
protecting the spine from cold, and
giving a smoothness Of fit to the
back of the dress, making it valu-
able and most necessary corset for
general use. It has already re-
ceived the highest concentrations
from the leading modistes, the fash
ionable dressmakers, and the most
eminent physicians of the United
States and Europe.
The old established corset house
of Lewis Schiele & Co., 800 Broad
way, New York, have Teen engaged
to manufacture them, which is a
guarantee that they will be made
Of the best material and workman
ship. A reliable agent is wanted
to introduce these goods in this
parish. For particulars see adver-
tlsement In another column.