The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-01
CARVING rHr FEMALE FORM.

CARVING THF FEMALE FORM
An American Beauty Whose Slim
Waist is Due to the Surgeons Skill.
From the London Truths Paris Letter.
Last week paragraph went the rounds
Of the papers about journalist. broader
than he was long from extraordinary over
Aesainess, who underwent the operation of
dagruissage. On reading about this feat of
tbe scaIpel, / did not at first believe it. But
tind was too incredulous, and also that
de1rdiSsdQe is nothing new to the princes of
science here. 1t dat from the time when
those robes which mould tie figure like a
glove and fall into train behind came into
vogue.
garments were minimized. 1t was then
discovered that embonpoint must be got rid
of But how do so with advantagea If
SKIN once distended by fat were made to
contract through leanness. it would wrinkle
nm. Anti-fat was found to injure the
health, TO bring on anRmia. with its low
shirts. hysterical laughter, wan cheeks and
unloveliuess. w at was TO be done! Some
vivisecJionists had pared the fat off dogs
without killing them. So beauty deter
mined 10 be vivisected in the same manner.
However, as she did not seem to owe any
she endured to remain beautiful, and the
surgeons had no opportunity to advertise
their skill in pairing off adipose tissue until
tine journalist went to them to be relieved
from the load of fat
Last evening / had talk with one prince
of science and then with another on this
matter. On asking the former whether a
figure misshapen through embonpoint could
really be pared down TO conformity with
L. Lror.,S idaal he answarad.
Certainly. / can give you between
ourselves, of course, )the name of beautiful
woman who owes what passes in bathrooms
for perfect figure to getting her waist, and
a good deal else that goes into her corset,
pared down."
"Now
ayes; 1 assure you I'm not joking"
IDOL known herD
"You do"
"Her name-whisper it if you fear that
other ears than mine may catch it."
He whispered. A puzzle was explained.
The beauty in question is an American, and
member Of great plutocratic family, and,
by ma rriage, of noble English one Her
name figures constantly in fashionable in
telligence columns. She comes here for her
dresses, bonnets, the salon, and for surgi cal
operations when rounds of lunches and din
ners, too tempting not to be eaten, have a
little spoiled the waist. You hear of her
being i'll, and not receiving. In five weeks
or so you meet her again at a picture exhi-
bition, flower show, bazaar, or see her en-
throned as Queen of Beauty at the opera
Glasses converge on her in the entr'acte.
Her form being again divine, and her face
charming. she is perfectly happy, and looks
so. used to wonder how there was so
much ripeness in the bust and shoulders,
and, without squeezing, such girlish slim
ness in the waist.
l further asked whether it was an Ameri-
can belle who first resorted to this heroic
mode of keeping statuesque. mo; it was a
singularly pretty actress, who is no longer
young, and has a great stage reputation.
She is delightful in comedy, but has face
only good for billing and cooling parts
spiced with espiegIsrie. As stage mother
she could not be of much USE But while
her face and neck kept shape and freshness,
her waist grew fearfully clumsy. She
tried Turkish baths and spent a fortune
uselessly in massage. You can fill up
wrinkles on the stage, but can't hide super
abundant fat. WHAT was she to do?
Somebody showed her a scientific feuilleton
about the degrdissoge of a lap dog too obese
to walk.
Prof. Demars was consulted as to whether
such an operation on human being would
not be only possible but safe. Both one and
the other, he opined. Another great au-
thority was reverted to. He thought on a
healthy subject that a skillful operator
could pare away all the adiposs tiss le that
Yves de trop. Nor would in such case the
recovery be tedious. The actress made up
her mind, and in few weeks went back to
the stage with the same plump and pretty
shoulders, and waist and hips which, in a
dress that nodded them, looked almost
slim.
A famous Russian beauty was next oper-
ated upon, and then a lady who was few
years ago reputed here to supplement Baron
de Mohrenheim as an agent of the czar's
foreign office. She is a fine, tall woman,
with an ample bust, and waist that might
almost fit into her bracelet. If the fashions
were reasonable one might think her figure
monstrous. But, as they are absurd, they
suit the artificial outline of her waist
Beauties who are fat fair and 40 should
wear flowing garments. In tight clothes they
look ill at ease, and therefore ungraceful
| ventured to cut another question. How
did degrdisse gable look after recovery?
Most unlovely. The skin was puckered
and did not lie in its normal state. Grow
ing fat again would only obviate this draw
back.
"But then all will have to be begun
againg"
Without doubt
But what conquest over nature is not
always to be begun agains What does it
matter to have a pucKered skin when one
for Vieanese painter or sculptors All
arms and small-or, at any rate, we'll