The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-12
TIGHT CARRIERS.
Their Eject Upon the Whole system 10

AhoH EHect Upon the WnOle system 10
Had.
The garter has become thing of
beauty, but it remains hygienic abom-
nation, according to the doctors. This
refers to the round garter-the COM
pressor of muscles, thehindrance to the
circulation and the benumber of nerves.
And ii is this instrument of torture
upon which the manufacturers have law
ished their attention until it has be-
come so pretty an affair, with it's fill
gree buckles and it's ribbon bows, that
only the most Spartan of women can.re-
sist It.
The round garter, fastened above the
knee, is not considered by physicians
quite so deadly as The tightly-drawn
corset. There are no ribs in the leg to
be compressed. and the vital organs of
the body are not located in the neigh
borhood 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 carters The rubber bands which
encircle the flesh Just above the knee
are dangerous because of their effect
upon the muscles and upon the crcula-
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.
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 il 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 hit of silk elastic. ribbon and silver
which dealers call a garter.
But say the wearers Of carriers
very truly. 1--WE must have something to
keep our stockings not only up over our
shoe tops. but smooth" The stocking
suspenler is, according to the doctors.
the thing which meets their needs. II
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 N-shape to
the top of the stocking and clasp it
with n tin or silver clasp. as the case
may he. Unless the elastic is so short
that it causes jerk at every step. this
suspcndcr is absolutely hygicuc. It
may even be made almos; as frivolous
| ~ pretty rs the round one. for its 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-
! pendcr garter, for it clings to the silk
/ or wooden union undersut which all
| hygienically inclined women wear. In
summer. VIXEN they are of slippery silk
or Isle thread, and when there is no
rough underwear surface to help in
holding them in place, they are apt TO
slip slightly and lie in wrinkles above
the shoe top. The truly hygienic woman
bears this MS bravely as she can, pre-
| fcrring wrinkles TO compression. She
relies upon the suspender garter 10 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 eNigencies 70 tidiness
absolutely demand the round garter. il
is much better that il should be worn
below the knee than above. For the
leg just below the Knee has extensive
area of bone which ordinary elastic is
rowerless to compress.-St. Louis Re
public.