Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
WOMAN'S new OUTLINE.
THE NARROW WAIST TO BECOME A
THING OF TIL PAST
The Natural Beauty of the Female
Figure Is Destroyed by Stylish
Garments. hut u Better
Time Is Coming.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
One is told that there is a cooperative
movement upon the part of tailors and
artists TO bring about the Grecian outlines
in woman's form: that the day of waists
too small to merit the name Is past. and
that huge hips. prominent busts Chat
should make q nice woman blush TO pos
sessl also will disappear under the new
regime-that the pushing habit is over.
meaning thereby lacing the waist In and
the bust up-while the hips are in turn
loaded with adipose tissue pushed out of its
appointed place.
The corsetmakers say it is not a false
rumor; that the beautiful straight line in
front. seen in the Milo. is to be encouraged
by stays that are made now 10 follow ma
ture. since nature, rumor says. has Won
tie battle after centuries of effort.
And now We want to know exactly what
the GreCian outlines are. or, rather. we
would learn in plain figures how nearly we
can approach them in these degenerate
day.. ,,.r,,er ,or,,r the omen sesame to
several ateliers. learned from an. i~llustra.
tor whose beautiful work is the delight of
1000" magazine readerS, the d0io"ihs IN
"A perfect form she repeated after me.
rusingly. 'Oh, my dear. there are so few,
IL baa anYf TR Wom rs; Gne natural afgT aof figa Trs" is NAL
treated by hideouS stays and gowns that
break curves: My to create angles; but,
once in u while we see a woman who con-
y;nCsS us tina the rhapSodies of poets ana
chisel of the masters We're not mere phan-
tastes. o =,
girl. whom l know" she went on. who
has such an outline as We see in the mar
bies in the Louvre. ana there arr Suiile
women here in our own city equally love-
suddenly rising. she went to a port
folio and took therefrom a picture. done
in water Colors, of IL woman. whose rosy
flesh CLEANED through some lace fabric and
whose outline was exquisite;
That is Il type, OF southern beauty. Il
Creole. with a sad history (Which | Will not
sive). whose proportions | have noted down
somewhere she continued, runimasins
among some papers. oh! here they are.
You may copy. She Is rather tall' you
Heicbt feet CT; inches
Weight lis pounds
Bust measurement 80. ........"..,S inches
Neck .:::"... inches
Largest part of arm .-.-.----...iSts inches
Wrist .-.-... ...-..''. @t inches
CAR .--..... 81 ;mCbes
Foot. in length .--.....---. .--..-:.-chi ihches
Her hips and shoulders are in line. and
the arms are. as you see in the picture.
beautifully curved TO the long. Slender
New I will show you the same person in
her street costune-her tailor made gown.
she laughed grimly. True enough. there
was the same wondrous face. with its dark;
witchinG eyes and mouth, perfectly rnoiiea
as Diana's. But. instead of the. glorious,
rounded curves of the figure, each melting
into the other as naturally as a chlld'S.
there was a form with Il very large. high
bust; big hips and fat waist i: u,n.s idea,
or the fashion worshiping worlds: the 9th
81 was sorry to spoil your pleasure in the
first picture" she said. walking. with me
fnward the lift. but IL was the best Illus
tration of the present form of dress spoil
ing the most perfect, form-
.'Bnt we hope for better things, 1 SAID.
cIasuinc her hand in farewell.
Cod speed the day she replied. as I
entered the elevator earthward bound