Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-01-31

AASN AhNANs |
Special Correspondence OF GRzetto and journal
New YoRK, Jan. a5.-lt came about in
this way The street door of the Hat had
become demorai2ed and preferred to stay
open and invite book rGddlers, tramps,
beggars and people we didn't want to see
At all to appear suddenly and demand
civility. We had entertained n tramp at
breakfast the cook had subscribed To
religious monthly, my maternal parent
was doing upa package of tea for per
feet lady," who smeit strongly of whisky,
but who denied that she had ever tasted it,
aud asked for a bit of tea to fetch heT up,
Then. the independent woman confronted
me. was perfectly helpless as she seated |
herself in the most comfortable chair i'll
the room and began to talk. She was sell
ing reformed corsets on the instalment |
plan, and incidentally she was telling of |
the pleasures OF independence. She told |
me that, with no tyrant near her TO order |
her about, she made her coffee on Il gas |
stove and provided her breakfast out ot a |
tin sardiue box aud n glass jar of ginger |
snaps, She counted this as one Of the
pleasures of Independence She told me
she had furnished her fiat by
UTILIZING PACKING BOXES,
and she seemed to think ! had made
great mistake in not following the direc-
tons given in the "Wumans Column"
of the Daily HopleF rs to now one could
live on seven cents a day, save six, dress
like a lady, and be highly cultured, and
recognize the uselessness of the tyrant
man.
She said If had pair of her corsets
my heart would throb in unison with her
desire for freedom. | felt that my heart
had done quito throbbing enough that
day, owing TO the appearance OF II mouse
who transcribed all other mice in his i'm.
pudence. and made faces at me while
wept. But to return to the corsets. which
] am sure nobody would ever do if they
had either seen them or tried them on.
They ceased at the waist line, and had "A
,queer accumulation Of straps and buckles
calculated to leave their imprint on ones
skin, while they were made of hideous
gray slug that She said wouldn't show the
dirt That was Il nice reason for buying
them. AS il people would wear things,
really nice people women people, that
were soiled and yet didn't show IL. She
said she felt from the way | talked that
was behind the times, She felt that | did
not understand the
USES OF \ MORAL CORSET
and was probably given over to some bro.
caded thing that came from the land
where vice reigns. Very appropriately, u
colored lady who was cleaning windows in
the next house, began to sing, in what
might be called a sLrident voice, and with
a broad twang that would have delighted
The soul of Boston woman, this couples :
The ladies in Franco, they want to wear pants;
But they can't do 1t, you know.
This made the independent lady angry,
which was not right. and she departed,
taking to herself, and quite convinced
that had given my neigh bOrs' maid tip
as to what melody she should choose, But
was quite innocent.
However, the independent !udv went
next day to a club meeting and spoke OF
me as weak and having no moral back
bone. Honestly, don't think have. And
that is why prefer to wear good pair of
stays, well-shaped and pretty to Look upon.
Every woman should desire to have
properly fitting stays, and, by properly lit
ting ones, | mean those that are agreeable
to her fairly wei-iittiug corset never
hurt any woman, but those that are moi
well made, that are too tight about tht
waist, too loose about the bust, and il
Jumps about the hips, will not only spui
the figure and make the bodice fit badly
and look ugly, but they are absolutely IN
comfortable. --
TO EE REMEMBERED.
Ones stays should fit every part OF tn
figure perfectly. hold the bust up slightly
aud be as smooth oyer the hips as ii thel
were the skin itself. They should no
need to be pulled together to flo in tn
back. If this must be done, they are to-
tight for you. The strings may need
little drawing-iust litile-but that yo'
should have !" pull and pull, or that
SILK coming between them IL small lump
should exist, prove, that you have hnusE
tine wrong plumber and TINT YOU reali
need pair of stays two Sizes Larger.
Inc woman whose figure needs IMPROVE
nent snou.H never buy pair Of corset
that are too large in the bust. Have then
lnssead, III Ne,! rNuc,'y, uad thea tile add
uonal flesh ltIHt YOU nay need will ug ut
in by your dr-sn,gkcr in the form /
cotton or cured hair. pGe hai the rseun
mendation oi SUltuess. the utiIe" ul INn4
ness. The dress reiurmgr offers in III
place of corset a b2Gjge bulky with tEip
cords, shapless, certain 10 UG uurumlor
able on account a. tine Odtlpls, and &c
tanly of no use in byHclug me NJ
rather suggests to my mind the iVuV-.tWyt
corsels worn by thai historical pGrsuuag
Catherine de Alcdici
II Is rlREsDMv.
By-the-by, aren't You getting horrib
red of hearing in the GraWing-ruatn,
the theatre, and from between the boz
covers, about the woman OF the pas
There is 700 much talk about her and 4
many OF her and the Tree discussion rs
her dJugS Is extremely undest!ah
Women tnik about hrr exactly rs II 81
were the most immaculate person. Inac.
they seem almost to worship her. so
any woman who has been unturtuas
enough to have led wrong lille, who il
repentcd and is trying to 10 rjgut does
believe deserve all the sympathy ana u
ederatinn th5t is possible. But cam
believe that she Is 10 be nut up ull
pedestal aud wnrshipped Simply becgl
she has done what she ST uulu not III
done, And do not believe that she sho.
be Nhp"rd to taEC her place in this wur
ut least beside the WOwcn who have
pure and ylrygous lives II this were ual
all The women Who are tempted w1l
simply saCcumu; live As they lunrpd
as mneh pleasure out pt a wicked lite
they CJaid. auu theu, when il scanned