The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-03
MEN WHO WEAR C0RSETS
ALL AMERICANS, AS AN
NJ ENGLISH PAPER INTIMATES.

,..broe, and German Military
Dsoars Wear Corsets H. The Sorts of
ren Who Resort to Bracing of This
inscription.
From the NeiC York Sun.
j., Erslish newspaper recently published
- article on the subject of stays or cor
for men. The little information the
81. contained was credited to an Ameri-
;,tArvlewer, and only American men
- fashion were accused of having a weak
~ for this feminine necessity. The fact
,onv men wear corsets has beer known
s1son,e time, but the statement that the
t.hit is confined to Americans is entirely
-, aYd utterly false. 1t is and always has
In difficult to get any positive informa-
~, on this subject from the persons who
oI.a the corsets or the men who wear
men The former are reticent from bust
lue st Mint of view. while the latter vehe-
lily v deny that they wear stays because
.Lov are ashamed Of it, which is to their
ero3it There is large business
Ina in this line, not only i'll
t gDH CITY, but in many foreign
o;ties Many Englislmen wear corsets, and
these gentlemen suffer more inconvenience
trom This source where they are far from
home than from any other. The places
,,hare men can buy corsets are Unite in
.nnher and known only to a few, who
lean this knowledge to themselves. A
Stranger. therefore, has to rely entirely
''non his own resources A well known
,"ianufacturer of corsets on Broadway was
,sceptly visited by dapper little English
man who was only about feet tall, and
be carried a cane, and wore a high silk hat,
surprisingly tall collar, red necktie, and
pair of white leggings. He was not shy
sbout his needs, as an American would be,
but mincing up to pretty young sales
woman, SAID:
Can get a corset here"
For your sister"
"Nor exclaimed the young fellow, lifting
his eyebrows in surprise; for myself"
You viii please, said the young woman,
drawing herself up until she looked seven
feet tall, mot attempt to joke with me
You will find the bookkeeper in the office. y
I, The poor little dude would have been
panied if it were possible, but as it was not,
he was only astonished. He spoke to the
manager and was informed in a frigid
manner that the firm had not yet found
enough idiots in this country TO make it
worth their while to construct corsets with
the front the same shape as the back.
We'll, can't you make one!" he asked.
No sir, we cannot; and that settles it.
The firms that make corsetS for men have
only one difficulty. 1t is that of procuring
ace with tact enough to hold a customer
when be gets him. In this country men like
toappear masculine, if they have anything
manly about them. A clerk must not smile
when he is artlessly told by a customer that
be wants to order a corset for a friend who
is prec sely the customers shape and size,
and who is too modest or too much en-
crossed in business to attend to the matter
himself. Sometimes the friend i'll the back
ground is described as being an invalid and
in need Of the corset to hold him together
when he coughs. None of these statements
deceiYes the clerk, but he goes to work at
the order Just as if he believed the GUS
toner, frequently making pathetic inquiries
regarding the precise physical condition of
the ailing friend.
There are three classes of men who wear
corSets-those who wear them for their
health or physical comfort, the idiots who
wear them with the idea that it improves
their shape and the dudes who wear them so
that their coats will set upon their backs
without wrinkle. The first are usually
very corpulent men, to use the expression
OF fashionable tailor, would wabble too
much without them. The second sort are
the supplemented fellows VINO believe that
oilAii HdloO CduoSo bhC OlCctSU W DulS6 Oub,
and this, with pronounced hips, indicates
supassing strength. Some of these men are
40 slim that their waists any way could be
spanned with the hands, but this is
not considered, and they wear corsets
that are drawn so tight that they look like
sausage with string tied around the
middle The men who wear corSets for the
sake OF their tailors are usually of that con-
'empnble class known as Washers. Who
has not seen in his walk on Fifth avenue or
On that part of Broadway near Madison
square man with a horribly small waist,
bulglng hips an breast, and coat that sets
across his shoulders as smooth and wrinkle
less and drawn as though it was stretched
across wooden model 1t is safe to bet
every time that the man has a corset be-
tween his shirts, and that he isn't fit COM
pany for any modest girl
When man begins wearing corsets, it is
hafd to tell where he will stop. If he be-
gins careful inspection of his person he is
apt to grow very dissatisfied with the handi-
work of nature, and attempt, in his clumsy
way to improve upon her. He will end,
probably, in making himself look like a
Heak or monstrosity of some kind. Many
man OF good shape has begun in simple
way TO improve himself in the matter of
physique, and ended in becoming a mono
maniac on the subject A weil-known tailor
not far from the Hotel Brunswick said that
ne mad nev4r seen a corset on any of his
customers, bS' he knew very well that sew.
aal OF there wore this article Corsets are
MOI known by this name among the men
WHO wear tnem or by the manufacturers.
Inc masculine corset is called the "com-
Pressor, or the ''patent elastic supporter"
Military men are fond of eorsets, it is said,
anu mary OF the regimental swells consider
VHe OF these articles a necessary adjunct to
Shelr wardrobe. Many of the corsets worn
oy men are made in Germany, where they
are az IN great favor among the officers of the
herman army. A great deal of trouble is
taken by some Of the men to have their cor
eetS made in rich and flowery designs. Some
are made of brightly coIored silks and
trimmed with rich lace A woman is more
"PU 10 learn whether a man wears a corset
. yuan one OF his own sex. Especially is this
,ne case when man is Waiting. Whale
oone' IL is said will creak audibly when
any undue strain is brought to bear upon
Il. A man with a tightly laced corset is
ooullu TO he discovered by the woman he
values with, provided she has sharp ears
ana is not in love with him. There are
H s' and plenty of them, who adopt other
iiInVolous methods of appearing we'll An
. .u!e man with very thin legs will not hest
.aUe 70 wear false calf if he is a nincom-
POoP, and the woods are full of his kind.
Her Hand in the w rong Pocket.
From. the Chicago Herald
4, A laughable incident of the street was
col "a