Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1884-11-01

THE ABSURDITY OF THE CUSTOM AS
WELL AS IT'S EFFECT UPON THE
HEALTH OF SLAVES TO THE FASHION.
There would be no tight lacing ifgirls
could be made to understand this sim
pie fact: that men dread the thought
of marrying woman who is subject to
fits of irrita BILE temper, to bad head
aches, and other ailments we need not
mention, all of which, everybody knows
are the direct and inevitable product of
the compression of the waist; men like
to see small waist, certainly; but
there is great difference between the
waist that is we'll formed and in proper
ton to the rest of the figure, and waist
which is obviously and artificially COM
pressed, to the destruction of that easy
and graceful carriage which is one of
the chief charms of a woman's appear
ance. An unnaturally compressed
waist is far more certain of detection
than mass Of false hair or faint
busting of powder. The rawest youth
that enters ballroom can pick out
the women who have Strengthened them
selves artificially.
If young woman, to obtain the APP
pearance of dragon-fly, has been sub
jecting herself to considerable 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 UNDER
stand the scornful pity which greets
the result of her labor, we should have
a change of fashion. Through all
oh n
one fashion; whether her clothing is as
long and lank as that of a Grecian Vir-
gin, or whether she builds around the
lower half of her figure a refund and
capacious structure of steel, she is ever
faithful TO the tradition OF small
waist; and she will weaken her circu-
lation, she will incur headache, she
will crack her voice, and she will ruin
her digestion, all to produce malfor-
nation which wise men regard with
pity and fools with derision.
That ladies can be fitted with corset
which Will not compress the waist, but
give support, health, and comfort to the
body, and easy and graceful carriage to
the appearance, has been fully demon
strated by the celebrated philanthro-
pist Nine Dean, of Brooklyn, N. ",
who has lately patented corset which
is combination of shoulder-brace and
spine-supporting corset, and while COM
bining the benefits of both, is extreme
ly simplified into first-class corset.
They are specially constructed with
two curved springs SO as to fit exactly
on and support the shoulder-blades
and another spring TO support the
spine. Made of the very finest temper
ed clock-spring, thus creating COM
plete support for the spine and supply
ing covering for the open space in
the back, thereby protecting the spine
from cold and giving smoothness of
fit to the back of the dress, making it a
valuable and most necessary corset for
general use 1t has already received
the highest concentrations from the
leading modistes, the fashionable dress
makers, and the most eminent physi-
clans of the United States and Europe.
The Old Established Corset House OF
LEWIS SCHIELE a Co., 800 Broadway,
New York, have been engaged to man.
facture them, which is guarantee that
they will be made Of the best material
and workmanship. A reliable agent
is wanted to introduce these goods in
this county. For particulars see adj
vertisement in another column.