St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-26
MAN ALSO MADE BEAUTIFUL.

dNfuOe, says Tue New 1Ork S&t. is SHOW
case full of oddly-shaped straps and band
ages, and at the head of the staircase Is
door with sign asking visitors to pull the
bell. The bell had soft tlnkling sound, and
the man who opened the door had gentle
manners. His business is to improve gen.
tlemen's personal appearan re, and his desire
is not to hurt their feelings in doing So
''Ahl good day, sir,' he said: "any little
thing can do to-dayl Step right in this
way
Nothing for me-" replied the reporter;
''but saw your advertis 'nent of gentle
mems corsets, and should like to ask you
something about them"
Certainly, sir; you doubtless desire q set
for friend of about your own size. shall
be happy to fit you out, and your friend can
come around and have any little defects
remedied."
TIE reporter solm emily declared that he was
not bent on supplying himself, but came
merely for information. This the man at
asst consented to believe, aud he said:
REALLY, you must excuse me, but many
| of our customers are 50 extremely sensitive
| about-ah-physical defects, aud their RENE
dies, that great care must be exercised in
dealing with them. Sometimes customer
will use up fifteen minutes in admitting that
he wants anything, and then We nave to call
the article by i surgical name, aud explain
the beneficial effect which it has upon the
system before he buys it. l have a customer
who gets shoulder pads regularly, and every
time have to ask him how his cold is, and
whether the protection is a success. His
shoulders are very hollow, and he is too SEN
sitive to ask the tailor TO pad out his clothes
as he wants them. He looks fine, though,
when he's fixed up, and the protector gives
him the build of slugger. Made on scien-
tifc principles, you know, and only to rem
edy the forgetfulness of nature. None of
your vulgar cotton padding that anyone can
detect, but real art. But here's something
much more useful, and yet easier to sell, be-
cause, as you see, it looks surgical"
The man produced curious combination
OF straps and buckles.
"What that!''
That is sold as an abdominal com
pressor, or if man is too sensitive to buy
it by that name We call it the patent elastic
ventilated trousers supporter Then we
fasten one of these hooks on it, and our Gus
toner buys it to hold up his trousers. II is
very useful, for this reason. You see many
gentlemen indulge more in eating than in
athletic sports, and the result is an abnormal
development around the waist, most unp pleas
ant and Notifying to those who take pride
in their personal appearance. They are not
at their ease, and they can't dance. Very
well, this apparatus does away with all that
You must know, first, that the abnormal de-
velopmcnt of which | spoke has got great
deal OF room in it. 1t isn't solid; quite tue
| contrary, and has a great tendency to wob-
Bile. Perhaps you have seen a fat man run.
Now, this machine braces it up gently but
| firmly into the smallest possible space, and
does away with the webbing entirely"
''What is the effect on the wearer's
health!'
Excellent, makes a new man of him.
| Why does a fat man remain fat2 Simply
because he has had the misfortune
10 let his Development get the best
of him. 1t grows on him and makes a
slave Of him. He can't run, or even trot to
any extent, and has no means of wearing
it down, With tnis, on the contrary, man
can run, he can trol, and all the chances are
u.
Once a man puts this machine on he never
takes it OIL until he grows thin or dies. OF
a moderately stout man it makes a slender
gallant, and when a man is very big IL
brings him down to a size that is no more
than becoming to "A hotel keeper or a doctor
There are hundreds Of them out.n
"How about mem corsetsp'
"Well, they have grown so common that
Il IA "a IN at Tor nf,
the genuine exquisitls, men to whom shape
and style are everything, at least one out of
three wear them, and many other men OF
more solid class wear them just for comfort.
Yes, | said comfort | suppose they got into
the habit when they were dudes, and grew to
like the corset. They are a great support,
and their constant wear renders
useless certain muscles of the body, which
consequently lose their strength aud leave
the corset wearer dependent on his cOrsels
just as nearly all women are. But there is
another class Of men to be spoken OF. ami
they keep up the demand for mems corsets
more than all the others put together
mean some of the officers Of the crack rcgi-
ments. When you see an officer sailing
along in majestic stiffness, with his back as
smooth as an ironing board, and his waist
squeezed in rs tight as possible, without
showing wrinkle IN his coat, you mag be
sure he has got on a corset, and good stiff
one, with strong steel braces.
Here are some samples OF mems corsets.
These, you see, are for officers with very
stItt braces, and very plain. These others
are meant to DC worn under civilians clothes
They are quite pliablr, aud made to tit tue
body very closely, So that they wouldn't rr-
veal their presence even If the wearer were
10 take off both coat and waistcoat. OF
course We make these corsets rs plain as
possible, but there are exceptions, and very
few customers order fancy corset Why in
the world they do Ii | can't understand, for
the last thing they would ever think Of would
oc to let anyone see 1t. This is one of the
fancy ones"
The dealer drew from a glass case some
thing carefully wrapped In tissue paper, and
uufastening the bundle vita care disclosed
most gorgeous corset. Il WAS laced in front
and behind, aud was covered with red silk
trimmed all around wi n lace The path OF
each whalebone was marked with stitches Of
blue silk. II was a work OF art, aud the
dealer sighed with pleasure as he laid It
away
This cost $25,'' he said, when the tissue
paper had been carefully readjusted. "aud
It's pleasure to turn out such delicate
thing. II viii be worn by very stylish
young man, aud will last him about year
That's new model, aud I just got Il from
Germany. That's where YOU ought TO 20 10
sc grutlemen's corsets Mt their best. Nearly
every officer wears them. Unless YOU have
seen German officer sitting straight as a
statue on his horse, you have no idea Of the
improvement corset makes in mans ap
pearance. The Frenchmru duu't wear cor
sets SO much, but they appreciate their value
aud put them on their daughters before the
litile thugs have stopped living on milk.
They train the girls shapes from the start,