Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
TIGHT CARRIERS.
Their Eject Upon the whole system 10
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The garter has become thing Of
beauty, but it remains hygienic abom-
ination, according to the doctors. This
refers to the round garter-thc COM
pressor of muscles, thehindrance to tho
circulation and the benuInber of nerves.
And 1T is this instrument of torture
upon,which the manufacturers have Law
ished their attention until ii has be-,
come SO pretty an affair, with its fili-
gree buckles and its ribbon bows, that
only the most Spartan of women can re-
sist il. +.
The round garter, fastened above the
knee, Is not considered by physicians
quite so deadly as the tightly drawn
corset. There nre no ribs in the leg to
be compressed, and the vital organs of
the body are not located in the neigh
borhopd of the knee. But next to the
injurious compression of the waist, bust
and abdomen by stays, the hygienists
place the compression of the leg by
elastic carriers The rubber bands which
encircle the flesh Just above the knee
are dangerous because of their effect
/ hPoll uDoH Vic
ton. The veins are contracted, and the
blood of necessity is retained in its flow.
The result is not merely local injury,
but harm to the whole system, which is
affected by the sluggishness of the
circulation. # 'H.mt ." "a. a#E
But the danger does not merely lie in
an impaired circulation, but is also
muscular. In walking the muscles just
above and just below the knee are
brought more into play than any
| others. The compression of the muscles
at this point is therefore something to
be avoided, for it means additional
effort at every step, and consequent
WEAKNESS. Often this fatigue produces
| muscular rheumatism, and doctors
bills are the direct result of the frivol
Gus bit of silk elastic. ribbon and silver
which dealers call a garter. ....
But" say the wearers of gartcrs
very truly, 1--WE must have something to
keep our stockings not only up over our
shoe tops, but smooth" The stocking
| suspender is, according to the doctors,
! the thing which meets their needs. 1t
extends from the corset or corset waist
down the side almost to the knee in
| one undivided band. Three or four
| inches above the knee il divides into
two parts, which extend in V-shape to
the top of the stocking and clasp IL
| with a tin or silver clasp, as the case
may be. Unless the elastic is so short
that it causes jerk at every step, this
suspender is absolutely hygienic. It
| may even be made almos. as frivolous
ly pretty as the round one, for it's clasps
may be of silver and itself of ribbon
edged silk elastic.
In winter it is comparatively easy TO
hold the stocking in place by the sus-
pender garter, for it clings to the silk
or wooden union undersuit which all
hygienically inclined women wear. In
summer, when they are of slippery silk
or Isle thread, and when there il no
rough underwear surface to help in
holding them in place, they are apt to
slip slightly and lie in wrinkles above
bears this as bravely as she can, pre-
fcrring wrinkles to compression. She
relies upon the suspender garter to hold
the stocking up, but she also wears pair
OF somewhat loose round carriers be-
low the knee to keep the stockings from
wrinkling. If the exigencies to tidiness
absolutely demand the round garter, ii
Is much better that it should be worn
below the knee than above. For the
leg just below the knee has extensive
area of bone which ordinary elastic is
powerless to compress.-St. Louis Re-
Duh1ic