Arizona republican., 1901-06-22
MoRD MEN WEAR coRSETs.
It's One Effect of the Negligee Shirt,
 Says a Maker.

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 Either New York nieh are tsHiDg to corsets or the corset makers are coHtt- ing the doom of Annanias and Sap phira.
 We have always had few calls Tor mems corsets,' said one corset maker, when interviewed upon the subject. but there was never g'neral de- maiid. and we didn't keep the corsets in stock. 1'he few pairs We did sell usually Weht to actors.
 Last season, along with the tres mendous popularity of the nsglige shirt for men, and the rurnor of mans shlrt waists, came a marked increase in the number of calls for rnen's corsets. This year the demand is really sutpfislps' It has led us to figure seriously upon the corset for men, and to introduce improvements in 1t. ] understand other prominent corset makers have done the same"
 But why Is ths?" inquired the re- porter. "Oh. it's the triumphant career of ! the negligee shirt. Men will wear 1t for golfing and all that sort of thing, and the wear coats in hot weather less and less.
 "Now, a negilgee shirt with suspen- ders Is a fright. The man who wants to take off his coat must wear belt. Unless he is very slender, he has a hard time. and has to pull hls belt m so tight that it is frightfully uncom- fortable and almost cuts him in two. An easily fitting corset girdle, boned enough to hold its shape and curving enough to give a little waist line for 1 the belt to follow. will be infinitely more comfortable and less injurious than the tightly drawn belts A good many rnen have grasped that fact and we've sold dozens of the grdles in the i last month.
 Then there's another reason for mems corsets this veal The tailors are r sponsible for that. The new peg | trousers are gored at the top, and need to fit smoothly over the hips, and the new sack coats have a distinct waist curve and line. Tailors ars having all sorts Of trouble with the things, and a great many of than send tn 5ir custo- mers to a corset maker for a corset girdle.
 "More often the tailor himsef comes S and orders the corset. You see, men hav= an idea it Is effeminate to wear corsets,. and are ashamed to come and ask for them, so tn. tailor gets the cor sets, fits them and cuts the clothes over them. I don't know why there is any thing more effeminate about wearing a nsibly constructed corset for comfort than about wearing shoes or gloves CT i neck-t ties. do you?'
 The reporter, like the immortal tar i baby, "kep' on sayin' muffin" If a man pulls himself in and wants ! to reduce his waist measure and look like a wasp, that's another thing" con- | tinued ths corset maker. That's simp- ly silly courting of discomfort and no man with even g. rudimentary brain ] will do it.
 ! I've a customer in Arizona though, | who buys more corsets than a society belle. He buys eight or ten a year and pays a big price for them. Every time | tn ord comes it calls for smalley corset than it did the time before. He says he has reduced his waist meas ure five inches and is vety much
 pleased with the figure my corssts giv
 him. Now. what do you think of that
 for Arizona? I wish he'd come on. I'd
 like 10 see him"
 Does he wear the girdles?'
 Bless your heart, mo- q He wears
 r gular, h avily boned long Corsets like
 d woman's only cut on different lines
 of couise. and he's very particular
 about the color and material. too"
 vt, fG1tt if n''
 "Oh, yes; I suppose it is. Few mer ! buy so many corsets, or use th2m fol
 general wear as he does Still I have
 men customers right here in town whC 1 wear the regular corsets most of the ! time, and I have orders from all over the country. For long time the fioci coat was the excuse for a mans cor st. Indeed, we made a corset wt called the froCk coat corset, and a | great many man who never wore corset at any other time wore one ua-
 der a frock coat.
 You see on,y the very best tailors
 can givs a frock coat the right set and l curves, and even the b5st tailor can | redeem some figures, so corset came
 in handy. One swell tailor came her'
 week ago and ordersd corsets fol ! four customers well known men he said. though he wouldn't tell me | their names. What's more he ordered me to make a hip and a shoulder rat | for on5 of the men.
 Then some men send thsir valetS | here to order corsets for them. Or' | French valet who comes Is the mos
 superiol and fastidious person you eve ' saw. He's as fussy about the corset
 as any woman could be, and he bring