The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-30
TIGHTS.
American Girls Fill Them More Grace
fully Than All Others.

American Girls Fill Them More trace
fully Than All Others.
From the New York Sun.
II can't say that a good American
leg, in grace, form and beauty is sec
ond to any other. 1t is just as good
as that of any other nationality" said
the woman who has fitted millions NJ
tights in her career.
1.-THE German leg is beefy; too much
so for our American taste, she con-
tinued. THE English leg is athletic
and muscular, The French leg is SYM
metrical The Italian leg is pretty,
but always the ballet leg.
mo" she added thoughtfully, the
American is just as good form as any
and is second to none"
This woman is an expert on tig ats.
She is what in any other profession or
trade would be called an artist" A
tight is a work of art in her eyes, ana
chiefly attains York stage legs that she
does not know are very few. Miss Gar
ner could tell just what famous legs
were not nature, but art, and just how
much was nature and how much was
due to her.
The regulations of some of the So
called magnificent figures" and legs
would be lost If Miss Garner should
tell what she has done for women. But
they are safe
i MISS Garner VIII ITO IllOit ANii Ail' ~
crets of a padded leg than physician
will reveal the affairs of his patients.
So il is utterly useless to go down
Broadway to the shop where Miss Gar
ner reigns expecting her to tell what
promotion of the contents of the fasci-
/ mating palegreen tights in last nights
play is lambs wool and what is flesh
/ and muscle.
Miss Garner was asked If athletics
| bnrf the stage leg
yet.
ut certainly hasn't improved 1t
! much. Athletics make muscles and take
off flesh So we have to cover the mus
Giles with lambs wool flesh The bicy-
Gle hasn't had any effect to speak or
vet There's just as much padding as
ever, so it seems to me. Tights ought
TO be made to measure. Besides max
ing them for stage wear, we make them
for many society women who wear no.
+ thing else under their skirts. a new
customer | measure and fit myself. A
I good tight should be perfectly fitted
and without a wrinkle, no matter what
! position the wearer assumes.
What is a perfect measure? 1
asked.
"The ideal measure" Miss Garner ex-
pIained. for a woman of medium
/ weight. five feet and a half tall, is Fl
| inches about the waist. This Is what
| | call a strip measure. About the
hips the measurement is 81 incnes. The
thigh will measure the same as the
waist. and the calf of the leg should be
IA inches. the ankle eight and the foot
! eight and a half. That Is the proper
form for a perfect woman of the height
given. / have tables of measures that
have been made by artists purpo sely
for me. l build tights to tarmoriZe
with these according to height and
weight
do any bow-leged women wear
tights?" Miss Gardner was ask I'd. She
and her assistant laughed and Looked
at each other as If each knew what the
other was thinking Of
"Of course they do" she said, but
bow-legged actresses are rare speci-
mems They can be padded up TO a
proper shape, however, unless the &C.
feet is too noticeable. Tights may be
made to cover all sorts OF physical de-
ficiencies."
Where is the most lambs wool need
edo" | asked.
Casually on the inside of the leg.
The ideal pair Of legs just closes. There
should be no open line between them
They should meet easily and form
straight line TO the knee. Below the
knee is another place where lambs
wool is very sure to be needed IN the
| ordinary run OF lisnts. haNe heNS
known of anyone connected with the
stage differing as TO the straight, Gloss
line above the knee. Ii is imperative
who has the most beautiful legs
please"
How can l tell you that when there
have been so many since Lydia Thomp-
son started the wearing OF tights
here?" Miss Gardner answered. u
suppose Pauline Markham's legs have
never been surpassed. Marie Janser
and Pauline Hall had magnincentlS
shaped legs. Nernona Jarbeau had alb
| solutely ideal legs. Della Fox was
| small but her legs We're built on cor
rect lines. She wears a No ! tight