The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-11-27
CORSET-MAk,Nc
Some OF the Secrets of n
Which Bur lien. ifads A.

tracted by the half of a WIKI Was al.
lady in one window, whose rsa plaster p
charms were confined bya cresn u'AAs!
corset, that tempted investigati"na satin
had it seems, spent two Year, D IT, sas
exposition. and been vastly AZ the
by feminine visitors. The @anlte&
proprietor came pleasantly tarna
and gave a number of "Nah
items connected with her ps;ns0ns
generally known. not
The best plain stay is made Of
cotton and linen coutillc. Tbi' eheA
strong. closely-woven material N
or white, that never stretches in "s'a9
ing. holding firm under any ama' wear,
straining. Fortunately for thoso a. Of
trade there is no fashion in corsa ss
They are long, short, heavy, ljpbt s;s
pie or elaborate, according to each III
dividual fancy; one pattern i, sscn. "a,
and varied to suit different isu.sN
The waist is first cut out, and thos
basted, as the manufacturers o,r .n
which really means STITCHING. vaI.
the eyelets are put in, when tho ga.
ment is ready for trying on, and i IT,,
here the art Of making a perfect s ys,
comes in, for the lines and p~ecn1s'9
ties of the figure must be followed II
suppressed, as each ease demands.
"Now, to show you what we havo
DO, examine this one," said the ,r,is,
:aking up a stiff, gray arrangemen,
that looked like some impenetraha
piece of medieval armor. ''shc il fall
and broad, with a thick waist, sbon1
der blades like wings, her hips and
bosom as fiat as your hand. Now ss
put these round bones here, ~runnir,
hem crossway of the bust, and I'll
The empty space it leaves full of horse.
aair. I puff and pad her hips the sam.
way, draw the %lscers, and she is SIN,
posed to have rather a dashing tigura
at is d~iscouraging work, though
when we deal with those bony ha,.
racks she added, land almost a,
hard to fit as the sbapeless old ladie,
weighing a ton, who expect imposj.
bilities. Now I'll get you n | have
only cut and basted, as we say" In,
few minutes the reporter was Inspect.
ing an article that likened itself unto
nothing so much as a badly cut sail.
with slight reefs taken here and there.
1t was Il question to distinguish The
back from the front. There were lopp
blank spaces stretching vast distances
V e rolls of flesh they might confns
but never shape. The curves and
swells of a stout, elderly female az
surely mysteries that only the eorg.
maker ever measures or tathoN
Very different was a long, slender STAY
lying beside the old lady's support. A
curious fascination seemed to lie ii
even handling the pretty casing.
Eighteen inches easily circled the
round waist now. The silk string;
we're an ornament merely, for The
clasps hooked without effort down the
straight, slim figure, and yet in
dozen years or more every graceful
line would be lost, merged into the
comfortable roundness of middle age
1t is singular the fancy for black
corsets that exists. Numbers aa
ordered of black satin, with s~;itching
and embroidered arrows of old cold Or
crimson silk. Those who put a great
strain on their corsets have them made
of prunella, the slipper material. Il
does not stain with perspiratioa, and
il close and inflcxible as to fit.
The lady told of the many stays she
made for working girls, who one would
scarcely think had money for such luxn.
rics. She said they found it economical
in the end, for by paying five dollars
they owned a corset that would stands
years steady wear, and laundried for
seventy.tive cents, would last twelve
months or longer.
1t takes two days work to tinisha
corset, but the greatest expense is in
the whaleboncs. Most of those bought
ready made have the castings filled with
horn trimmings. that break on the
least pressure, real bone only giving
after long wear. At one time it was
not possible to get the genuine article
in the country; but all makers who
valued their reputation withstood the
to use horn, preferrins to
wait until the trade revived and a GOOD
catch Of whales brought in sufficient
'tifiening for the women. Lacing, or
the old-fsshioned pulling back
On door-knobs and bed-posts. has gone
out of style. A judicious COAX