The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-21

themselves up on a horizontal bar by their
hands while the strings are frightened, they
Will urge that they are a size too large
In all my experience never met hut one
lady who would honestly confess that
her clothes were too tight and uncom-
Portable, and that lady is the one beauti-
ful exception that proves the truth OF my
theory"
1t would be divulging secrets OF state to
picture in vivid colofs the scenes of tic
corset rooms, but there are few more
charming situations than that presented by
! pretty woman trying TO lace herself into
tinted corset two sizes too small or her.
The avidjty with whicl she threads the soft
J strings, the pretty eagerness with which @
| adjusts the refractory clasps, the peculiar
twist of the dainty slken bands around her
bare white wris.s as she tig teus the loces,
and her constantly changing attitudes as
she revoves slowly before her mirror are
all picturesque.
On one counter of well-known store
eorsets can be bought all the way from e0c.
to 50 a pair in the regular Ock, while the
changes in form and alterations in trim
ming, sometimes made TO order, make them
even more expei sive. The most strikl2g
peculiarly Of these goods is the enormous
! prices paid for peculiar Gu or make, for
to the unintiated it is incomprehenslb,e how
| a plain white coutl corset should b. more
expensive than a dainty combination or
tinted sateen and silk, elaborate IN design
and exquisite in finish. The average prlce
| paid by women at this counter is 81 pair.
| These corse,s come in delicate sha les of
| blue and pink as we'll as white, e.abOrately
/ Tossed with white silk edged with the EN-
! bfoidery or lace, and laced with broad silk
ties. The same corset in a soft shade of
| ecru, Tossed aud laced with SC Iret silk
is thing of beauty, while for winter
! not
n black corset with white lining and stitch
| ing.
Next in favor as we'll as value is sym
metrical arrangement of satin in all the
delicate shades, as we'll as black, edged with
a fold Of plush about the hips and finished
with frill of delicate lace across the bust.
These corsets are lined with sateen, fitted
after the most approved models, constructed
of the best whalebone, and vary in price
| frosn to IS 70 $l5, according to the amount
of material used ami costliness of the lace
used in trimming. Woe be unto the girl of
generous girth when she buys a satin corset,
for not only must she pay for the extra
| number and increased thickness Of tho
bones used, but also for every inch OF
satin and lace required to hide her in1rmi-
| ties.
Elaborate in design, exquisite In decora-
ton, complete and perfect in construction,
an imported corset overtops them all in
price a well as in beauty. For plain
est white cOutil corset cut after this model,
whose chief popularity is a curved gore
| over the hips, 50 must be paid while $25
must be given IN exchange for pale pink
MORE waist, lined VITA hite silk embel-
lished with white embroidery and stitching,
and tipped with a lace furbelow, co sisting
of Il Deepen ling hounce, slirred on thgse
narrow pink ribbons, tied in fancy knot
in front, and from which an upright frill of
the same soft lace encircles the wCarer's
bust. The whole arrangement looks like an
evening waist. and. indeed, migh be worn
as much with strap of gauze over the
shoulder and bouquet in front. Corsets
of this make are also seen in golden-brown,
with black lace decoration, and in black
MORE with heavy guiuure lace trimming,
and for dainty brides they are made of
white m0ire, with lace like frost and ribbons
Of white
At another store was found an interest
ing array of corsets peculiar TO certain
needS, though not so expensive in price
First Of all, said the quick young woman
in charge, 1--WE have a brides corset which
is of two kinds, plain white satin and EN-
broidered couti. The former comes at s.,
but is usually trimmed with lace t. match
the suit to be worn with il, which sometimes
increases its cost to $40 o S12. The latter
usually is Jeff unadorned, for, as sold, the
entire bust is one piece of openwork EN-
broidery, and there is a little chance for
decoration. Then we have a riding corset,
a nattv little affair of black satin, fioss=d
and laced with crimson. low in the bust and
extremely short on the hips, indeed kind
of a suggestion of a corset whose presence
would be scarcely noticeable except at the
bottom of the walls. as it increases but six
and one-half inches under the arm and nine
inches at the stees. Then there is the even
ing corset, rather similar in construction to
the riding corset. in that it is low in the
bust to admit of the wearing of decollete
gowns, bit it is larger on the HOS and in
the lower part of the wal in front This
corset is usually plain waite satin and costs
from IS 10 $40. There * the dancing ccr-
set selected by many ladies ecause of its
coolness and pliability, made of rong
linen, open net-like lace. which, while it
supports the waist wi h its steels and few
b ore, yet yields TO every undulstion and
curve of the body with delight al comfort
and grace. The summer travelling corset Of
strong gray IRISH linen. firm, but cool and
elastic, is popular with tourists now and
much Worn"
Corsets may be the destructive agents of
mortality which they are represented to be
by the reformerS, but their mortal potency
is di guised in truly pleasing form, and
Just as long as woIuan's dress consists of q
cuirass of silk and whe lebone for a waist,
and n cage Of wire and straps, over which
are hung yards Of heavy cloth and pounds
OF beads and bulk for skirt, women will
continue to wear corsets, because they need
n firm support on which to attach their
combination of discomfort called "A gown
aud since corsAtS are SO universally worn
the legion of men and women who speud
their lives devising improvements in the
fas lion and tit of these constantly worn
arti les OF dress. adding to their comfort