The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-25
Ohaf the Women Think About.
A REVOLUTION IN CORSETS.

There was never such show of corsets
In any previous fair as there is at the
present Paris Exposition. The corset sec
tion is very appropriately placed next to
the gowns. This most respectful consid-
GRAFTON of the claims of the corset TO i'm
portance In modern feminine attire may
be attributed TO the fact that the French
woman gives a world OF thought To the
style and tit OF her stays. and also 10 the
fact that there is a revolution in corsets
themselves.
IL VIII be Noticed that in this autumn's
fashions all the lines are charming I'm
their simple, graceful. long lines and I'm
the Empire gowns flowing, harmonious
lines are essential The belts, broad and
narrow, are all pulled down in front, and
no Waists are straight around.
The line In front of the bodice on the
new gowns is much longer than on those
of year ago, and IL is absolutely
straight. All this comes of wearing the
new style straight front corsets, aud this
is the corset par excellence at the Paris
Exposition.
The corsets are all made straight I'D
and down I'm front, sending the curves on
the hips and in the back; and each exhibit
tor makes point of accenduating that
particular cut more than his neighbor In
one showcase there is the picture of a
neshy woman with the old -fas hioned cor
set curved I'm lhe front and picture OF
one with the new style.
The latter does look better. because she
looks so much more at ease. Corsets are
no longer suggestive OF armor, but they
are supple affairs OF soft and pliable ia
brics. and depend for their success entire
ly upon the perfection OF cut with which
they are made.
Fashionable French women. as has
already been said. pay the greatest atten-
tion to their stays and have them made
10 order. They 40 10 a corset maker. who
studies the defects and excellencies OF
her patrons form and adroitly models the
stays that the hips are modified or
pronounced. the waist made aIpropria tely
slender and the bust shaped according
to the modern aesthetic idea OF what
the form fashionable should be.
There are dozens OF styles OF corsets TO
choose from I'm the fall exhibits i'm the
shops. The materials are light in weight
and color. Batiste. either plain or i'm
flower pattern, IL popular. The woman OF
fads and plenty of money now has corsets
and petticoats 10 match. The brocaded
batistes and brocaded satins are used
i'm this way and are most dainty and at
tractive, especially for evening wear.
The woman OF nice discernment appre-
ciates the interdebendence of under and
outer garments. How many sheath-shap-
ed gowns last year were despoiled of
all grace by having full skirts bunglingly
worn beneath them? The pettcoats OF
the up-to date woman have no fullness
across the stomach, and the corset covers
she wears cut off at the waist line
and finished With ribbon beading. In
this way all the fullness at the waist line
and below is avoided.
Padding is by no means fair trick,
vet If the artifice must be indulged In,
IL should be done with consummate skill
Few pafnfurTY INN women realize that
the figure TO look natural needs as much
To be padded under the arms as across
the front of the bust.
The corsets OF an actress which give
the wearer a remarkable naturalness, are
supplied with crescent-shaped pads. or ra-
ther quarter-moon shaped ones. The
pads are filed with white curled hair or
swans down and have removable fitted
covers OF thin white batiste.
The covers are each finished with three
pieces OF baby ribbon quarter OF yard
long and tackled by the centre of the
ribbon 10 the ends and the middle of the
crescent at it's upper edge.
The ribbons pass through eyelets work
ed at corresponding places near the upper
edge of the corset. II IL understood that
the inward curve OF the pad Is uppermost.
When the corset is fastened
the natural bust is supported and
slightly raised by the pad. instead of be-
ing In the least compressed. IL Is clever
artifice so cunningly contrived as to make