The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-24
A MODEL CORSET
That Made Of ChamoiS Pre-.
serves the Form and
Gives Perfect
Comfort.
THE ANGEL FLOWER
Its Presence on Earth a Miracle
Retreat Of the Bang-Lady
Beresford's Cats.

OF course, there is no luse in preaching
against the corset. for as long as there
ares women there will be corsets made,
and as long as they are made will they be
worn. However, in examining the most
vital part OF your anatomy into a tortur-
ing compress of steel and stiff coutil. you
are taking the first step toward destroy
ing most effeetually several natural little
advantages you may already possess.
VINO has not seen the hin woman, her
bony anatomy clasped in an armor of ill
fitting stays, pinching in here and pro-
truding there? Across her back. just be-
lew the shoulder blade. the corset top is
plainly discernible. and a ridge across the
front OF her smartly fitting gown just be-
low the thighs marks its termination.
A careful study of the question will
convince anyone that the wobble. the
strut, the roll, and many other atroci-
ties observable in the gait of the average
American woman is due to the kind of
corset worn.
The female figure. properly developed,
and carrying no more nor no less avoir-
dupois than nature intended, is truly a
form divine: but the real thing is seldom
seen. and, sad to say, the real beauties
are disguised to the uninitiated or casual
observer, the mind having been educated
to the ideal of a pinched-in waist. pro-
truding hips and a high, lumpy bust.
But If the corset is considered an in
dispensable toilette adjunct, don't be sat
isf1ed with anything but the best the max
er's art affords. Not the costliest, the
grandest or most daintily trimmed. but
most pliable, best fitting. and the one
coming nearer the natural shape of your
own figure. OF course. the proper way is
to have your figure measured and the cor
set made, and the very best, and most
satisfactory material to have them made
of. is satin. A perfectly fitting. well
made satin corset is a Joy forever, just as
the ordinary coutil article bought over
the dry goods counter is an abomination.
If the purse is not deep enough to af-
ford the satin article, still stick to your
conviction and try the e best thing.
Purchase two good-sized channels skins,
and cut from them a body that if well
fitted and nicely finished will afford
much satisfaction. DON'T cut it after
the ordinary basque, but let it come down
well over the hips. Cut one seam dow
the back, the side back seam must come
from the shoulder, two seams under each
arm, and q bias seam to fit the waist,
Cut the closing edges to curve to the
figure and finish with hooks and eyes
sewed IN closely. To form a neat bust,
cut a square four inches from the upper
edge, and five inches across, just to reach
across the bust, and gather a full puff OF
the chamois, finish the seams with a
bind of ribbon and about the lower edge
sew a piece of elastic two inches wide.
This keeps the body in place. Sew the
seams with silk, and do all outside stitch
ed with silk. An edge ~crocheted, about
the top and sleeves makes a dainty and
attractive finish.
A corset body cut after the above pat
tern affords ample support to even a pas
SADLY stout figure, and insures free move
ments, which mean grace of figure.
A corset worn loosely proclaims it's
presence to the world by ridges across
the top and bottom, worn tight the evils
already mentioned are the result, not to
speak of a bullet-like hardness of waist,
stiff gait and general -ungainliness OF
walk n figure. But the corset waist
on the contrary insures the r~oundness of
hip that is beauty. supports the figure
amply, makes a. softly rounded bust, held
in natural position, which is nearer the
waist than the throat.