Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-01-27
Published, 1896. By he BoE Sjndicdn Pres,
Mr. Y rk

From Our Regular CorresDondtnt.
New YORK, January %, ls95-1t
came abont in this way. The street
door OF the fat had become demoralizsd
and preferred TO stay open and invite
book peddlers, tramps, begRars and peo-
pie who | didn't want To see at oil TO APP
pear suddenly and demsnd ciyility. We
had entertained a tramp at breakfast
the cook had subscribed to religious
monthly, my maternal parent was doing
upa package Of tea for "periect lady,
who smelt strongly Of whisky, but who
denied that she had ever tasted II, and
asked for bit OF tea to fetch her up.
Then, the independent women con
frontsd me. | was perfectly helpless
as she seated herself la the most com.
Portable chair ia the room and began
TO talk. She was selling reformed cor
sets on the installment plan, and Incl
dentally the was telling Of the pleasures
of Independence. She told me that.
with no tyrant near her TO order Der
about, she made her coffee on gas
stove and provided her breakfast out OF
a tin sardine box and and glass jar OF
ginger snaps. she counted this as one
OF the pleasures OF Independence. She
told me she had furnished her fat by
UTILIZING PACKING BOXES,
and she seemed to think | had made a
great mistake In not following the d.
rectious given in the "WOman's Column"
of the Daily Howler" as to how one
could live on seven cents q day, save
six, dress like a lady, and be mighty
cultured, and recognize the uselesSness
OF the tyrant man.
She said il had pair OF her corsets
nv heart would throb In unison with
her desire for freedom. felt that my
heart had done quite throboing enough
that day, owing to the appearance OF a
mouse who transcribed all other mice
Ia his impudepce, and make faces at me
while | wept But, To return to the
corsets. which | am sure nobody "ould
ever do if they had either seen them or
tried them on. They ceased at the
waist line, and had queer accumula-
ton of straps and buckles calculated TO
leave their imprint on ones skin, while
they were made OF hideous gray stuff
that she said wouldn't show the dirt.
That was a nice reason for buying them.
As IL people would wear things, really
nice people, women people, that were
soiled and yet didn't show 1t! She SAID
she felt from the way | talked that !
was behind The times. She felt that |
did not understand the
USES OF A MORAL CORSET,
and was probably given over TO some
brocaded thing that came from the land
where vice reigns. Very appropriately,
a colored lady who was cleaning win
dows In the next house, began to sing.
In what mig hit be called strident voice,
and with a broad twang that w0nld
have delighted the soul OF Boston
woman, this couplet:
The ladies in France, they want TO wear
pants;
But they can't do 1t, you know"
This made the independent lady
angry, which was not ri9ht. ana she
departed, talking to herself, and quite
convinced that | had given my neign-
bors' maid tip as TO what melody she
should choose. Bat | was quite limo
cent.
However, the independent lady went
next day 10 club meeting, and spoke
Of me as weak and having no mora
back bone. Honestly, don't think
have. And that is why | prefer TO
wear a good pair OF stays, well-shapsd
and pretty 10 look upon. Every woman
should desire to have properly fitting
STAYS, ard by properly fitting ones, L
mean those that are agreeable to her.
A fairly welI.ftting corset never hurt
anv woman, but those that are not well
made. that are too tight about the
waist, too loose about the bust, ana In
Iumps about the hips, Will not only
spoiI the figure and make the bodice ht
badly and look ugly. bur they are aoso-
lutsly uncomfortable.
TO BE REMEMBERED.
One, stays should Gt every part OF
the figure perfectly, hold the bust up
slightly, and be as smooth over the nlps
as IL they were the SKIN Itself. They
should not need to be pulled together to
fir in the back. II this must be done,
they are too tight for you. The strings
nav need a little drawiog-just little
hut thai you should have 10 pull aud
mil. or that couple Of inches OF space
with null or silk coming between them
in small Jumps should exist, prove That
Won have bought the wrong NUMBER,
and that You really need pair oil stays
two sizes larger.
The woman whose figure needs In
movement should never Guy q pair OF