The sun., 1889-03-31
CORSETS ARE WORN BY MEN.
TERY PRETTY ONES, roo. AND 7HEr
COST TIN DOLLIRs OR MORE
How 60 Tell when - Man Uas Them On-Is
Man More Proud OF His shape Thar
womnnt- Makers observations.

Man More Proud OF His shape Than
womant-A Makers Observations. 4
There Is In one of the corset manufactorlcs|
Of New York little blond-hairod woman Who'd
has foi many years mado "a specially OF meh
corscs, and has established an extensive oNsi
moss in n Western city. She had man ira
To take the measures and 1T tho corsets,,
frequently she or hcr forcwomnn never sswt
customers for whom they mado corse,s reg
lnrly. 1t Ia n worry paying business. for m
rarely question the price OF an article thS wi
To purchase, and mems corsets ase} yay
| made TO order and never kept In clock. ~
woman the shape of tub andA woman u
shape OF u broomstlck will buy tho same MAXI
OF corsets In different sizes. and somehow
ft herself into them: but II n man wants
corset at all no wants 1t to ut. and the cheap
est ones made 10 order cost So They do not
dlifer materially from woman's corset In
construction, boing made OF tho same mate-
rial. only with heavier bones and stronger
| steels They diner very materially in shape,
howcver being shorter and nearly straight up
and down. though tho constant wearing Of cor
sets conduces to added Iullness OF chest which
compensates for the pretty bust curve and
sloIe to woman's waist. They are usually
made OF gray snteen or coutil but occasional-
ya very lnstidious customer is found who or.
ders the daintiest OF materials and decorations.
one OF the ladys customers always wore satin
corsets OF q delicate color. liossed and laced
with silk lie wns very stout, and broke agrent--
many Of the silk laccs which woman will
wear almost year without breaking. One OF
MS latest orders Is Nile-green satin corset
trimmed at tho top and bottom with fine white
lace. for which he paid s25 with no demur,
Another customer was SO extremely modest
that no never went into tho store but his wife
took his measure and ordered the corsets fl
1t requires three visits to insure perfect a..
ting corset-one Tor the measure. which4is
only half the bDnp4 n N ii the Sfnpla hnA00
IN place, and one for the iinal examination, SSna
S,.i SS,,.siryihng Is finished. Alter one peri w
Corsets are worn most by actors ,he Atles1
whose garments furnish at present a largeM Il
are clerks who sit bending over desks ali d
quently recommended by their physicians as
help toward STRENGTHENING thor curved spine
iections are obliged to wear them, and a fa1
percentage OF dudes who rejoice in q smai
cutter in one Of the swell establishments. wher3
aL;n suit Of clothes may be nurch.sed ior tts
winning an heiress fol, his wife at some popula.
summer resort whore he spends his vacations
gance the esiab ishment AFFORDS hooks him.a
sci into double e-boned corset and lays seigeE
he Se hS Of
leather about his body At the waist, but as hsS
grew stout this expediont lost if efficacy,
A mans corsets are as readily detected by
his fellow men as the faintesl touch of rouge OBJ
a woman's face is always discovered BY heI}
sister woman. Gentlemen say that q man iEt
corsets goes up stairs, like a,wornan and walks
differently and that if you observe him closely
hitch to his shoulders, as II he were endeavor-S
ing to pull himself " out of the corsets. 1t vast
that it was fully determined that he was lacedS
into. ~ snugly fitting corset, His wife aocom-s
n The Hs Ascent ' Both h0 the s kina Eh' dads
and his roly-poy little chum wore corsetsS
Nine drIswald's or on Broadway that tho I pink.
hair haired dude returned q pair Of baby blue satin
fitted three times to have them made a hall a1
inch smaller, and his anxious rerplexity was
ve1y VERY the on % INA badsn
mond Tearle Wore corsets, and that Kyrle Bel.
lev lew wears them SILL The n9tle Antoay has
lace or embelttshed with embroiiery. which Is
are deliciously small and very short. not moreA
than s six eight inches he nt and dGWm
makes no secret Of wearing. manufactured and
by ducal coronet. He is an Old decrepit man. !.
with u wrinkled yellow face and q liinGe, d
through his ii dress coat. It is said that the
j. why he has abandoned horseback riding.
Gorsets are worn quite exlensiyely bv men in
man army wear corsets under their uniforms.
IhoiIfh c9rsets are o,, worn BY men an in New
1Ork II Is extremely ullUcllt 10 ina ont Wher0
tory for them and though most OF the first
class eorsst thS places receive 9rdnTs Gr them
destroy the business altogether There is ons
street who advertises TO make a specially Of
mems corsets and receives, a great many or
corsets of large size and removing tho cores In
the bust and taking OUT some Of the iuness at
the hips. Merchant tailor would hail with de.
light the general OF CDr-nts MS they would
render tho fitting Of garments much easier.
a dhser h@ t2 fsGP Is The so sd whe
take 10 them most kindly and who suffer most
f wearing them and Il Is hntsd that two Of
York resort TO their use on the stage. Watch
the man who never leans back com,ortablyin
every button or gradually work up toward his
shoulders. and whose chest ls unusually round
pulling him self up out OF his garments by the
shoplderS and goes, up stairs wi an inlexible
o pair OF SO stays, though he wouldn't admit
Il any sooner than woman would own her
" man cares more about his shape than
woman" said corset maker. and will resort
nile for two or three days and stop eating
candy ioT whole week to reduce her flesh but
man Will submit to the most woaIisome pro-
cesses for the same purpose ard keen UP his
effort ,0T as PIany many mGntns as his trainer 6 rec
% io9t 'oH L S On? @
sion that men arc more vain than women. and
that were the stigma OF femininity removed
by fashion leaders, men would fall in line very
readily. There Is no more reason why they
should be laced INTO them. simply because they
look more trim and shapely In 1893 and 1870
corsets were worn by mon, and the fashion
might be revived II a few leaders as coura.
geous as the apostles OF dress suit reform would
the practice"