The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-05-17
DO MEN WEAR CORSETS.
According to Makers of Those
Articles of Commerce,
They Do.

The question, 'SDo men weal
stays?' can now have 4 positive
answer. News comes to St. Louis
from London, that great center Of
Anglo-SaXon civilization, to the
effect thar c2rset-making for men
IS a great industry there.
An extensive buyer for one of the
largest houses in this Country Oh
served not long ago in the shop OF
London's most famous corsetmak-
ers, eXquisitely dainty little affairs
IN blue, pink and white; deicately
embroidered in fuer-de-lis, tiny
trailing vines and other Aowery
tancles. Greatly admiring the ar
tistic work and strangely-shaped
corsets, he curiously asked who
they were for. Men," said the
corsetmaker. Il have great ma
ny men among my customers.
These designs you now see are
made for several of the curled dar-
llngs OF the London beau monde.
| have several also that are to be
sent away. The majority of men,
though, prefer the more durable
colors IN stays to these aesthetic
designs.
"Do find them hard to please?
No, men as general thing, are
easy to please. They, come in,
give their order and keen observ-
er who has been in this business
as long as l have can very readily
tell whether or not the purchase is
to remain a secret. have to ex-
ercise little patience, however,
with those who are fastidious about
the choice of material, cut and fit
But on the whole they are easier
90 please than the ladies and are
willing to pay fancy prices"
In Europe the prejudice against
the wearing of the corset by men
is not nearly so great as with us in
America. Consequently they have
no reason for guarding the secret,
as they do here. Nevertheless it
has leaked out in New York that
goodly number of the male men,
bers OF society wear corsets.
From a celebrated corsetmaker
OF that city we have the following
straight facts There are several
clergymen who wear corsets, and
a good number of army and naval
officers wear corsets.
Men who wear C0rsets do not
lace; they are used simply as
means for embeIlishing their man
ly proportions. Mems corscts are
generally made heavier than wo-
mems, and man wears his stays be-
tween his vest and his shirt.
a mans stays generally have
shoulder straps, and cost but a few
dollars more than woman's.
Mems corsets are not kept in
stock, but are made to order al
ways. In London a thoroughly
good pair can be had for So 50.
So much for corsets. Now one
IS ready to ask to what extent will
men 60 to enhance their personal
appearance; in other words, how
far their vanity will carry them.
Powder is eXtensivelyused. No ..
one will attempt to refute that as
sertion Upon all dress occasions
those who do not powder their ]
faces, blackcn their eyelashes,
their eyebrows and illumine the
eye itself by a delicate line artist
cally drawn underneath are excep
tons.
There are numbers who blondine
their hair, and the writer, of her ,
personal knowledge, can name one
young married man in the West
End who uses chemicals to make
his light hair lighter. This is a
well-known case, aad he moves in
the circle of the -Four Hundred. {
The man of today selects his
suits, not as his father did, who l
would casually pick up a piece of t
cloth, walk over to a class near by, {
hold it up for a moment, and in an
1h-hand manner order suit from ,
t. The young society man, and a
some outside that charmed circle. +
goes to his tailor and plans his /
clothes as carefully as does any So t
'iety belle, who goes forth to
resort, laying her plans :
before she goes, to conquer
His eyes, his complexion, his '
lair. are all carefully considered l
When he selects his suit, and if the G
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