San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-04-03

The point of difference Is that IT bears proudly
on its stony breast badge which tells the
passers by that within fashionable corsets
are made A reporter for The Press called
on the proprietress.
well, what can tell you about corsetsF'
she asked after she had read the reporters
open sesame
81 want to know all about them," was the
modest reply, but first tell me, please,
whether ladies of the present day lace as
tightly as they did few years ago"
"They do not, that is certain. Tight lac
ing, you know, has a tendency to elongate
the waist, and as short waists are in style at
the present time the fashionable woman does
not attempt to shape hers to that degree OF
wasplike attenuation so sought for In the
DAYS of the boardlike stays Then, again,
women are undoubtedly becoming more SEN
sible, and consequently more careful OF their
health. Frankly, the woman of the period
cannot stand the tight lacing that her grand
mother could She hasn't the constitution,
and believe her weakness is a result of the
abominable pinching that the waists OF her
maternal ancestors received"
A SENSIBLE CORSET A REAL NEED
you do not believe in corsets. then!"
"But indeed do when they are used judi
ciouslv. They are most certainly great con-
venience and comfort, and | cannot see how
the health can be injured by their use, if, as
| say, they are used in sensible manner.
Some ladies, to be sure, get along without
them, but heavens, what dumpy, shapeless
figures such have. | do not see what posi-
BILE objection there can be to loose well fitting
corsets What, for instance could stout
ladies do without them' They not only gard
the waist and support the bust, but they keep
the clothing from cutting into the flesh.
Fleshy women, however, make one great
mistake Almost invariably they wear cor
sets that are too small for them. Now, If
flesh is squeezed away from its natural posi-
ton it is bound to go somewhere else where ma
ture never intended it to CO. and the result is
naturally an uncouth figure. But tight laclng
is INDUCED in by stout and thin, i'll fact fool
ish women of all sizes and conditions will in
dulge in it. 1t is hardly necessary for me to
say that | consider tight lacing an abomlna-
BILE and suicidal habit"
is it not fact that most women will in
sist upon wearing a corset that is too small
for them"
THAT is unquestionably SO, although as
have before stated, very tight lacing is no
longer INDUCED in to any extent. As long as
slim waists are admired by the sterner sex
women will have them, cost what 1t may.
There is scarcely one of my customers who
| does not wear a corset which is at least one
or two inches too small for her. For in
stance, a woman of % or "a inch waist meas
ure usually will have 20 or 90 inch corset
made 1t used to be that foolish myself until
| learned by accident that fairly loosely
| fitting corset really gave the effect of Slim
| ness much better than one made smaller than
it should be. am rather stout, as you see,
| and in common with many other members of
| my sex decided that tightly fitting corset
would improve my figure. l was taken sick
| with a painful disease which made it impoSSi-
| BILE for me to wear a corset at all In fact,
nv side was so sensitive even after had
| almost entirely recovered, that | couldn't
bear the slightest pressure on it. When be
| gan to get around again found that | must
wear some support for my back, and picked
out the largest corset had in stock and put
it on. Much to my surprise my customers
have ever since remarked upon my SHINES
| This simply shows that for stout person a
! loosely fitting corset is better in every way.
| HER RIBS OvERLAPPED.
But aside from the question of health,
J which, of course, is the prime consideration
after all, tight laCing is certainly destructive
of good looks. 1t impoverishes the blood,
| impedcs the circulation, and thereby induces
the consequent blcmishes How many pretty
women you see every day whose beauty is
absolutely destroyed 10y the redncss of the
tips Of their noses There is a charming
| young lady who comes here whose pretty
| little Eoso is AWAY, disii-urcd in that way.
| Unnatural pressure on the body tends to i'm
pcdo the circulation. and red noses and
swollen hands and feet are the result.
donot dare to say anything to my customers
who arc victims Of tight IacI-g, for | would
! only lose their trade. gam their dislike. and
after all, 90 them no good, for nothing
could advise would change them one whist
1t is a shame though, that family physicians
don't warn their patients more than they &c
j against the inevitable evN results OF a cOntin
uauce Of the habit. Several years ago, wher
the prepostcrOusly slim, long waist was the
fashion, knew Of a young lady who was
suddenly taken so violently i'll that for a long
time her lille was despaired Of Her case com
pletely puzzled and battled the doctors. WheI
she was convalescing an examination wa!
made and it was discovered that 50 extreme
had been the pressure brought to bear upor
her body that the ends of her ribs overlappeC
each other in front Her youth and naturally
good constitution were all that pulled he
through. The young lady must have SUI
fered untold agonies when she was up anc
about, for the organs of her body could no
possibly have performed their proper func
tons"
is it customary for children to wear cor
SETS"
''Yes, it is, ard there is no habit which
doing more to iniure the future of the Ameri
can nation. Children should have tho fire.