The sun., 1890-01-12
A SYMPOSIUM ON CORsETS.
Tho Theories and Practices OF Some Noted
Singers and AetresseS.

Tho Theories and Practices OF some Notet
Singers and AetresseS.
From the ontedOo TRIBUNE.
A cablegram printed In the Tribune a few
| days lago said that Mrs. James Brown Potter
had abandoned the corset.
| What had Nine. Patti to say on the subject
A 1ribune, reporter found the diva in room
$ Whon Having Seeap
PEELED e 2 do 80 straiegicaily. Madame NJ mo-
Hee sad Y In Re
- think corsets are the correct thing. Some
absolutely perfect figures may dispense with
esehey stays. / myself Invariably wear them
Not IN IN the @ sehtssa as Bn my stays
are always extraordinarily, loose, Interfere
Th snGnG d Whg people don't sing T
doesn't wear stays about ones throat there can
much as O. ribbon contintnG my throat"
Nine. Emma La Jeu9esse- bani- G yes
bright as a glowing fre when the the rsporter @ er
siie61 frown deopened in the clear eS gray eyes. :
musical voice, NINE Albani gave her views. -
vow believe belize IN sta[S because eau have always
out and I'm sure the public W Would1t III Es KILT Il
Imagine me. for am a little stout. you know"
abPa kna Of Gno YOU ReSor.heess YOU
know shouldn't look we'll without q corset.
do not think could keep up even; / believe
And not detrimentalP
Not unless, 80 tight as to interfere with
seen The Huguenols' haven't your Yes. Well,
you remember we all have to wear long pointed
bodiees thers,it was the style Of the times
don't know do you"
The There was an al. eryading q odor of roses and
ments at the Richelieu. The sonRstress lay
wearied and nervous beneath the eiderdown.
throbbing brow. The dainty little lady mother
sat sat amid the ruins OF madame's floral offerings
mo. Lillian never wears corsets. That is,
she never does now-not even for the street or
salon. There was o time. years ago. when
It was simply a matter Of Pt comfort @ With With her her.
ate After a. while she concluded to try them again.
~ M%IsCarcely at qll. One day she, said to me;
used to be-, l shall return to the old ways"
Since Hoaa then she has never put corset on
No.; she simply wears q thin silk waist.
without suspicion OF whalebone in the back
and the merest hint Of 1t at the front and sides.
sure they are simplicity personiaed."
Cecil dear. please put your head out of the
you really must not listen"
GGnsidgFng th&f sEes gain storm was
raging MISS hOSlna NOE0B was max
ing cool request OF her notably loving hubby.
Mr.. Clay merely Rrinned quietly. and sank
back iurther into the receSses OF the carriage.
shutting his eyes as an indication that his ears
My dear child. / couldn't dream of not
or sing. or anything. i should be tired to
death 1e In no no time Injurious Fudge! Don't
who lace tlght-tight underneath the tiowing
draperies; Forgive me II I'm positiye-that is
pie. believe corsets arc Just as essential for
woman as suspenders are for a man. and one
things ali slipping around and Off And then
the support Every decently formed woman
needs suPpoFt ,S q course; cors OH women who
you know. When 70 put on corsetsi As soon
ment. II Is on the same principle as pinning a
band tightly round q babys dear little body 80
Every Woman needs the support Of cor corsets" f'n'
rected an aside 70 his wife.
you to suppose advocated such thing for a
Pt fbdngE hS9EeSty byt don't believe f that
vain. / once wore seyenteens0jus @ y ISL fSneyW fErspV
stage then. and one day was at the Newmarket
apropos Of me: Good Gawdl She'll come In
nIs 1siI lonsNit IL wasn't pleasant so now wear my
When Mary Anderson was here a Tribune re-
porter called on her In reference to this all
round question OF corsets. Miss Anderson, in
her artistic house gown. looked as innocent Of
GorsetsiS with a cold. pale smile. mo.
don't wear them; see Mrs. Croly (Jennie |
JuneD has been telling tales out OF school, So |
may as well confess. don't wear stays"
:, How did you come TO discard them !"
1T was after won't to England. Nv bealth
was poor, aud the doctor ordered outdoor exer-
clse. took on corsets then. and never put them
on again. But then have no suporfiuous flesh
and am rather too alender They did not in
.eriere with my posing, but feel better with |
put put them; lfs all you Ike It. like It bet
+" You wear a corset with conventional drsss Yn
Never under any circumstances And the
aules OF my company do not wear them on the |
staRe stage dressing Is nearly always uncon-
70 1Sehtionai, except In society plays the draperes
oelnR from tho shoulder and armpit ana stays
, sTe mSnifestly out OF place from artistic reas
lo.eS eqrsss'' not Tbiot Of course wear them Who
ng to tie those black spanRles to. I'd drop TO
pieces, said Miss Jansen. Then the Tffblrne |
night ask It's readers to listen to the 'taia ~
VOC Ia earnest. Are they an fnoonvenisncs5
took! She got behind door i'm the narIns 81 |
no Grand Pacific Hotel and, after n fnytiSa
.lance down the corridor daintily Kicked the
'Hm 'iLonst,o .. hSF oqtstretched hand executing
al t I'm "a All right and my stays are as taut as a
~ ~ ~ n iG niGh Wind. Somstlmes have wondered
ssI %0S1d 10 re tsSsDRs5 II ths stripEs should bresf
HPHaSiSss hss GzsS meditatiyely on the ehSndsliSr