The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-09


Tor tho wife of Senator Stanford, OIL
c,i;fornia. II ia made. you see, OF
NICK satin. lined with black SILK. an
has an edging about the top Of blae
ouipure. Il is almost identical with
The last corset made for Mrs. Harrison.
There can be nothing better, either IA
resnect TO workmanship or material
hut 4 woman's fad. such, for instance
a. hraiding. or the lavish hand EN-
broidery in silk floss which Mrs. Burke
Roche dotes on, may bring up the
figure surprisingly.
Tine oldest corset ever made be-
longed % bridal trou'seau. IL was
white satin edged at the top aud bot
tom with the finest French make OIL
Iily OF the valley sprays. Women who
nride themselves Oh having corset "a
match each set OF the requisite SIX AN
derwear order half d0zsu cOlors and
paw "A bill Of perhaps $3.50. IL would
surprise them to know that Ada Kenln
under those itching gowns OF hsrs'
wears contil cOrsets at = aud $40.
DO actresses wear different cOrsets
from other women
Actresses have a passion for beng
clean. aud you couldn' Z persuade many
of hem to buy a heavy-llned satin
corset and put u on and wear 1t The
length Of time an ordinary woman ha'
TO i'm order TO get the worth OF hen
money. OF course she can send 10 On
the cleaner. but that's only makeshii'
nrocess without water and won { reiliy
cleanse any article that has been worn
As SD many women DO their c0fsels
next the person. Now an actress no.
dulges IA two Injuries plenty of baths
and fresh. pure clothing She can
/ tolerate the stale OdOrs OF periumery on
dead flowers about her gowns. She
won't wear lined corset. Light con.
III II her choice; IL Is more easily clean.
ed, aud cheap enough tO be- constantly
renewed. There's Es,elle Clayton. as
handsome specimen of wOmanh0od as
the American stage can produce. She
wears nothing but white and gray con-
~.
Miss Clayton came % me FOR cor
sets before she was fitted CD her gown p
| for The Qlick or the Dead. Pretty HS-
ure she has. Perhaps you never noticed
anything peculiar about 1t. Its very
French. same swell to the bust as go the
hips. with just tw0-inch waist be-
tween. have 20 put a gusset mo her
corset above precisely like the one
nut in below. something | do for no
other woman.
Rose Eytin.e wears contil corsets
also. Mrs. Langtry wears satin and
! BUYS eight OF ten at time in delicate
plnks. blues aud greens, but hers are
| like Miss Eytlugc m one particular
They are closed in front and open be-
hind. You don see how that can he :
lt makes the best shaped corset possible.
| Mrs. Langtry's c0rsets are m one piece.
There IS a busk or widIsh board in
| front but no clasps Of any desctiptl n.
! 4 dozen yards of lacihg Is run M be
/ hind, then the arms ate lifted above
! the head. and the corset put
on over them. Then the LAZY 5 maid
or the lady herself pulls the
-lacing as tight as may be wanted. Is
/ a Southern fashion. / can remember
when Southern ladies' hardly wore cor
sets Of any other description. The
! S1utherne stock it abroad with them,
aul then Ms. Langtry brought DO o.
! New York from England. She finds Do
very convenient wnen she plays ROSA
/ uud Many women keep their cOlsets
/ laced close in the back and then COM
press the chest and give themselves
/ round shOuldered figures straluug 10
/ faSten them in front. Now. the corset
which opens IN the back, expands
/ lie chest aud draws the slOul iers
| back. aud gives a woman an erect ln-
stead Of q stopping carriage. ihlt b
why actresses like such ones tor tOy 5
parts. 10 assist m catching the ma,cu-
line walk and pose. Mrs. Langtfy has
worn the one-piece corset so long that
she holds herself straight Rose
/ Evtingc. as said. wears ihe same and
10 does that healthy. ~ hOl' some blonde,
Helen Russell. who wa, j. NJ I'LL s
leading lady lu the PULP
Heam Company. II yOu ever looked
at her she stands Ike q queen. Her
figure IS q good deal like Mrs. Lau-
o., Is. aud / maize hsr cOrsots Oh the
same pattern Ada r han was meas
ured lor che one piece corset. buf She
concluded j. was tOO much trouble tO
Lace IL and went back o. the old pattern.
Eleanor Carey IS PARTICULAR about
her corset,. aud always has SATIN ones
made lO measure. There WAS ,isteroi
Alice O4lS,s who used o. spend good
deal ln Tie same way. Did you ever
ste ballet dluc.r's cOrety There b
nothing Whatever 20 IL behind. IL ls
cut low IN front ami yery short ola the
hips. aud 10 slopes away in deep y n
! III back tO allow for the very lOw cul
POINTED gown. IL doesn't look llk a
corset az all. wih IT'S two or tnue
inches of lacIug just % holt it toseth +
at The waist line.
The average waist OF New York wo.
men, Twenty four To- twenty tif c
inches, should ay. 4 woman wiz ia
inclined T. be ittle large wili measure
tweuty-six inches. Actresses have
smaller waists than women ln private
life. because they keep their corsl t.
laced tfmly e,ery moment of thtlI
waking time. Women 0i leisure allow
/ themselves a good deal If freedom morn
iug5 aud indoors. lou would be- -uf-
prlsed to know how many dr ssy wO-
men never wear coiseis at all. Mis.
Steele Mackaye. The wife 81 the play
wright went cOrselle,s up d q year on
TWO ago. Mrs. Frank Leslie spends
large sums on cOrsets. and indeed ON
every description Of underwear.
It IS not very often thata woman gets
her life insured. lnleed. 30 Is only re.
Gently thatIt has been possible for her
to do 50. The mutual benefit societle-
which wOrkiugmen have OrXanizea IN
such numbers have been copied 90 some
extent By wofklngwomeu. aud the
growth Of such orders, as. for lLstai &C.
the Daughters Of Pocahoutas amo, 2
the shoe shop operatives OF Ma.
sachu5etts. has se. the old
line companies thinking. Formerly
nearly all these c0mpaios reius d
female risks. Some OF them do sO still
and many of those winch insure wOmel
exact higher rates from the wife than
from The husband. This IS always &c.
counted for Oh he ground 81 her special
dangers In ch bearing. but. after all.
s.lti,tics ~ 20 show that the woman
expectation Of lile as any age Is greater
than che man =. Child-bearmg and IN
healthful clothing are not enough Oh
offset liquor. tobacco. and the acct
dents u which the man 5 more ac
IfiVe nfa oxuo-ps him Some com