Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-03-27

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An English newspaper recently. pun
llshel a long article on The subicci ~ sials
or onrset. 10 msn. The little Information
,he article contained was crcslits,i 10 an
American inter, sewer, anil only AmerieAh
men - fashion Nsrr accuscd ~ having
wrakncss flf this feminine neeessiif' me
fart that May men war corsets h.'s u.tn
known f,u some time, but the siairuisut
that the habit a oouinci % Amrricans =
entirely new aud utterly false. u i Ahl
always has bscn difilCnlt to Eet any I-.i-
tlvs information on this subject from ihe
t.rsoas Who make the conscts 90 TIE men
Who wear them. The former are fttleeht
frnm a business point - view, while the
latter vehumsntiy dsuy that thsy wear
STAYS Iscauss they arr ashamed ~ 10,
which l. 90 their credit There - larse
business done in this line, not only IN this
city, bat Ia many foreign cities
Ty0LimuTy WAR Tura
Many Tngllshmsn wear ourseis, AMI
thee erntlsiasu suffer more inconNeni-
snce from this soufCs, whsrc thsy are iar
from home. than from any other The
places whcrr men can buy oofsen arr
limited IN uumhsr, anil known only W
few, who Keep this kDowledge to thei,'-
selves \ stnDgsr. therefore has 70 fsll
entirely uron hh own resources. Vel
known manufacture q oorscts on bro..i'
way was rrceutiy visited by dApper III
tis Englishman who was only anont h'e
feet tai. and be- carried zane, aud wore
a high ~ hat, a surprisingly tall collar
a nj necktlc and q pair ~ white lcs'
eings lie was not shy about bis needs,
a. an American would h., bat mineing w
a. a pretty young salsswoInan, saidi
can I rvt a corset berv''
"For your sister,
"Nori s1rlaimed the young fellow, liii'
ing his eyebrows In suTpriss. for my
Eslf"
"You will ploNse. 4" aid the young wo-
man. drawing herself mp until che looked
seven fect tall. mot attempt to Joke with
me You wall ind the bookkecpsr IN tie
ofiicc
The tnar little dude would have ben
ralns,l n IL were possible, but A. u was
not be wAs ouiy asionished lie spoke o.
ths manager. and was informci Ia frigd
manner by that gentleman that the hrnl
hal not yet found enough diois ia this
country b. make II worth their while %
construct oorssts with the fruat he same
shAps ~ the back
''wsli. can't you make ons'' he askei.
"So. slT. We cannot, anil that settle.
a."
The firms that make curssts foF men
have only ono difficulty II l. that ~ pro
curing \ clerk with tact enough ~ ho.d a
customer when De gets him. In TOT.
country men Ike D. spgear masculine, II
they have anything manly about them. \
clerk musi not smile When Do Il artlcssly
told by customer that BE- wants 10 ur'isr
n corset Zoe friend who l. precisely the
e,is,umcrs shaps AMI sits. All who u to-
mo.le,t az io1 much cngrussed ia business
a. aiici.d 90 the matter himself some
times the friend In tho background l. 10
srriicd ~ ioing an invalid AMI Ina nsc'l -
The oorsct a. bold him together when D.
coughs None ~ these statements de-
crlye The clsfs. bat 10 SOS "a work 40
the orler iust A. II he believed the Gus
toner. frequently making pathetic tn
qulrc- regarding the precise physical con
dlti0a ~ the all.ng friend.