The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-24

matter of course, assures ie customer with
q perfectly sober face that there is nothing
like corsets for a week back and muscles,
and Immediately orders tee article from
regular manufacturer.
These cOrsess look more than anything
else like q large sized belt curved for the
hips, and are about ten inches wide. They
are made OF the same material as woman's
corset, but whalebones are generally used
instead Of steel for tho purpose Of giving
shape TO them. They are usually laced st
the back, and are fastened in front by mesas
OF eleven small elastic bands. The elastic
Is used SO as to give perfect freedom OF
motion.
How much do these corsets COST" I asked
large manufacturer.
The corset wearers pay all the way from
81 Oh TO $40 a pair, and they are very
particular, not to say cranky, about the fit
OF them"
In the first place, as the dealer explained,
man never knew what size he required,
and as be was apt to grow stouter or thin
her much more rapidly and oftener than
woman, i. was moro difficult matter to
keep bis corsets perfect ft.
WI hen customer puts himself into the
hands of his haberdasher, as regards his
stays, that individual Is supposed to keep
them in perfect order, aad, by letting out
and in when occasion requires, 10 this way
W ACCS bilo HchEST lScllItk LhUl6 III 10
something like putting on a straight jacket
at first, though, with men that have never
worn them. They fuss, fume and complain
that the corsets are too tight uutil they be-
come used to the peculiar straitensd feel
ing.
Their pride usually helps them along"
said the manufacturer, land with tie goal
of perfect fgu in view, they bear the
scnmfort with resignation"
atkHhar GLASS ~ ma was fbaYf1 ~
he men who wear them are, in the first
place, the fashionable young fellows around
town, who are Intent on being known for
their handsome figures, and who do every
thing they can to Increase the size OF their
shoulders, and diminish the size of their
waists. Outside of csc are the military
men and stout men. who fad the .nselves
growing too corpulent for gracefIlness.
Actors then wear them, and among the
| actors who are addicted this sort of thing.
Kyrle Bellew and Herbert Kelcey are most
frequently quoted At the time Hazel
kirke' vas being played at the Madison
Square in New York, it was said that
the steels OF the corse.s worn
by Gastavus L4vick could be
plainly seen through his cashmere
dressing jacket worn in one of the scenes
Actors VINO wear rsets, however, secure
theirs from a theatrical c0stumer, instead
of the fashionable fu, nishing goods men.
But the man who proposes to be well d essed
end present as ha 4dsOme and as graceful
| an outlined figure TO the W )rld as possible,
doesn't conf q himself to CO SITS. As Ten
| nys IN suggested fifty years ago, he is not
| only the man who wears the stages, but be
| is the padded man who wears the stay es.
So. when he goes to his tailor, that badly
used individual, who is usually found fault
with Ia literature because he mas the hardi-
| hood to present bill for his work. he in
ructs him that he must build the figure
'up and OUT as the technical phrase goes.
into thoroughly good example Of grace
full, manly beauty"
A we'll known Cincinnati tailor tells me
that one of his most effective modes Of re-
tai ing the graceful curves in figure is to
whalebone the vest This is ne as care
fully and thoroughly as a Womans dainty
basque, and has become exceedingly popu-
lar am ng fashionable young men in the
city aud vicinity.
1t is impossible to detect any evidence of
the tailor's skill from the outside, and by
m ans of this light-ftting wa coat, with
each seam snugly boned, man can carry
a pretty good sized embonpoint without Sc
rious loss to the natural and graceful cur 7es
| of the body. It must be understood that
there is as much vanity and pride Of per-
| sonal appearance in the ma jority of men as
| in a woman, and in cases where a really sem
| Side man would scout the suggestion OF
anything like a corset, he submits TO the
whalebone process on being assured by his
tailor that in that way the increa ing stout
ness, y hich bis love of good dinners has
caused, may be retained within hounds, and
the corpulency effectnally disguised.
This maker of due clothes evidently con-
| siders whalebones as a sort Of blessing to
mankind, and when the man of fashion flies
TO him at the first signs OF increasing ro-
| tundity he quietly hut firmly insists on ad-
ding these props to the distressed customers
| clothng.
The tailor presumably knows his business,
and unless the physical defects Of his custo-
mer are so exaggerated that they amount
either to a sort Of Riclard III. hump or
handy legs which offer the picture of
well developed parenthesis he has very
little difficult in turning out the Adonis be
is expected TO turn out, being turned out in
turn. as have already suggested. when he
demands pay for his la Dor.
| The 60 sequence of all this is that more
| Apollos in art are TO be seen strolliug along
the principal avenues in large cities OF q
| Sunday morning than are to be found in
nature in the bachelor apartments and
| boarding house third-story rooms il they
should happen to come under inspection
somewhat later on.