The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-16

ened a piece of ice exactly the shape of
the inner wall will slide out without
trouble Another round cylinder is provi-
ded for the quick cooling of any fluid. The
salt may be crystalized out and used over
and over again.
The corsetere who knows her business,
says L'Art de la Mode, can supply the cor
rect shape of corset from time to time as
the figure develops. but the woman for
whom the cOrsets are made must do some
of the work herself. Nine. X. herself
says that with all the corsets in the
world she cannot keep her promise to pro-
duce a perfect figure unless the woman
who wears them will do her part. She
must learn to walk well, to sit correctly,
to carry herself properly, to hold her
head up, to elevate the bust by raising the
cheSt to where 1t belongs, and to keep
the shoulders where they should be
(Which is where they fall naturally when
the chest is carried up where it belongs).
Then again, while every corset must be
moulded to conform to the figure IL enciF-
cles, the woman who appreciates a good
figure must have several corsets at one
time. For the cloth tailor-made gown
there must fbe one corset, for the decol-
lette dinner gown another kind for the
negligee robes de chambre another style.
for the bicycle quite another and so on.
The correct bicycle corset, for example,
is ventilated, and over the hips has
merely a side steel and some elastic bands
ed to conform to the loW-necked bodice
The corset for the lOunging gown is lit
tie more than a bust support. The corset
for a walking gown is built close and high
above the bust and long over the abdO-
men. The corset for the empire gown has
no bust to speak Of and is little more than
a belt etc.
The woman who by patience and prac-
tice and proper corseting has acquired a
good figure can wear a corset longer than
a MI
riage, and "hops" instead of sitting cor
Tectly. The latter soon forces the bones
which support the corset into improper
shape, and then if she continues to wear
it her figure will be moulded badly in
stead of well.
A well known New York corsetiere. who
sympathzes with the woman who must
be economical, says that when a corset
is seen to be losing its shapeliness 1t can
be steamed until the bones are flexible
and then over a fiatiron the bones can he
restored to their correct shape This ia
only possible, however where the best
materials are used, so that the actual
shaping of the corset was done in cutting
the forms, the bones being used merely
to hold the pieces in place.
If cOrsets were worn in sight. as hon
nets are, what revolution there would
be in their appearance.
The aged Viceroy, Ii Hung Chang. who
will be in this country in a couDle of
weeks, by the way is not lacking in a
robust sense of hunor and in great versa
ulity. These qualities, says a London
cable to the New York Sun. were dis
played this morning in an interview which
he granted to Miss Eliza beth L. Banks an
American young woman whose writings
have made her well known in this coun-
try. Her nationality secured her admis-
sion, for Ii refuses to receive English re
pOrters. He was most cordial to Miss
Banks, inquired az once what state she
hailed from, sohcitously asked about all
the mem bers of her family, and wanted to
know if she earned her own living and
what income her pen brought her Then
his questions became more searching. He
asked her age. Was she married, and
why not? When did she expect 10 he
Until finally Miss Banks, in desperation
retOrted; But, your Excellency. I came
to interview you, and you are interview
ing me-" wheTeupon Ii and fifty Chinese
who were present burst out laughing
The wearer of the yellow Jacket then
relented little and permitted his caller
to PROFOUND The embarrassing question
Where on your travels have you met
the most clever and beautiful women 9't
OF course his diplomacy brought an an
swer to the effect that he had found hear.
tiful ugly, clever, and stupid women in all
countries; but Miss Banks insisted. and
got here reward:
But your Excellency has not told me IN
what country you found the incest w
men. Please do tell me that" she plead
ed.
Then the gallant old man renlied
American women are the most clever ana
most beautiful. 1 have not yet visited
America, but 1 met many of your coun-
trywomen in MOSCOW, and I know Amer
lea is the land of beautiful and clever wo-
men"
Miss Banks curtsied. Ii Hung Cban1
smiled, and then resumed his INDUSTRIES
of his visitor. When she departed fine
Viceroy produced a purple velvet level
case containing gold medal bearing .
Chinese inscription and a wen-execi5teJ
profile of his features which he begged
her to accept as souvenir Of her visit.
Mrs. z. L. Loring, Of Washington
goes in swimming every day in the bath
ing pond at Appiedore, and regularly swirns
four times around the pond. AS She Is *
years old. the islanders claim that the
srnartest Cd lady on the coast Is a el1ast