The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-10-29
TIGHT LACING,
The Absurdity of the Custom as wen as It's
Effect upon the Health of Slaves
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 mar
! rying woman who is subject to fits of
irritable temper, 10 bad headaches, and
other ailments we need not mention, all
OF which, everybody knows, are the di-
rect and inevitable product of the COM
preston OF the waist; men like to see a
small waist, certainly; but there is q
! great difference between the waist that is
we'll formed and in proportion to the rest
OF the figure, and waist which is obvi.
ously and artifcially compressed, to the
obstruction of that easy and graceful car
riage which is one of the chief charms of
woman's appearance. An unnatura lly
compressed waist is far more certain of
detection than mass of false hair or q
faint busting of powder. The rawest
youth that enters ballroom can pick
| out the women who have straitened them
selves artifcially.
III young woman, to obtain the APP
pearance of dragon-ily, has been sub
lecting herself to considerable physical
pain, and who has been laying up for
herself pretty store of ailments which
only want time to pronounce themselves,
could only see the stare of scarcely dis
guised contempt and understand the
scornful pity which greets the result of
her labor, we should have a change of
fashion. Through all changes women re-
main true only to one fashion; whether
her clothing is as long and lank as that of
Grecian Virgin, or whether she builds
around the lower half of her figure q
rotund and capacious structure of steel,
she is ever faithful to the tradition of a
small waist; and she will weaken her cir
culation, she will incur headache, she will
crack her voice, and she will ruin her di-
gestion, all to produce malformation
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 philanthropist
Nine. Dean, of Brooklyn, N. Y, who has
lately patented corset which is com
bination of shonlder-brace and spine-sup-
porting corset, and while combining the
benefits of both, is extremely simplified
into first-class corset. They are special
ly 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 fin
est tempered clock-sprng, thus creating
a complete support for the spine and sup
plying a 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 1t val
liable and most necessary corset for gen.
eral use. 1t has already received the
highest COMMUNICATIONS from the leading
modistes, the fashionable dressmakers,
and the most eminent physicians of the
United States and Europe.
The Old Established Corset House of
Lewis Schiele & Co., 800 Broadway, New
York, have been engaged to manufacture
them, which is a guarantee that they will
be made of the best material and work
manship. A reliable agent is wanted to
introduce these goods in this county. For
particulars see advertisement in another
column