The sun., 1901-07-07
REFORM IN THE CORSET.
BENEFITS TO WOMEN or THE KINDS
LATELY INTRODCCED.

Straight Frsnt Tho Old Corssts Defects.
The corset 10 a reformed character. onos
II was the oppressor OF women. Now 1t ia
her mainstay. That seems perilously near
q pun, but II Ia still nearer the plain
fact The corset Is not, or at least need not
Be. terror now as 1t once was TO women.
1t oan bo comfort. Only. woman must
be willing 10 pay more than $40 for one II
she wants It to play Its new role.
The gossips say that the twentieth century
woman Of fashion swears like a trooper.
Maybe she does Maybe she doesn't At
any rate. II she had begun the habit twenty.
Van. even i've. years ago she would have
made the corset a present Of a new name.
Tho effort would have been slight. but the
fesult satisfying. All that was needed
was ~ change the sound Of the 20" to -u."
Women wearing old-fashloned oorsets are
invited 10 try that pronunciation and see how
they like 1t.
OF the making OF new tangled corsets
there seems to be no end. Paris must have
the credit OF originating the straight front
boom. which has proved to be 4 boon also.
But America has been prompt TO borrow tho
idea and improve upon II. certain corset
the In vention OF an American woman. comes
about a. near perfection as tho corset has
succeeded in getting.
There Is ten years study and planning In
chat corset" said the woman. holding up
one she had made and patting II lovingly.
Ten years OF lying awake at night and saying
10 my cramped body: 1 know It's all wrong
] don't blame you for protesting. Something
must be done"
Were you making oorsets them
"Oh no. Nothing so easy as that was
wearing them. How suffered! Not simply
physically, but mentally. too. II was my
vanity which ached. almost as badly as my
back. You know the spherical style Of figure.
have kindly feeling for 1t because II was
my own. But / must say my kindliness
aates only from the period when lost that
sgure. The change is all due to proper
sorset and proper breathing.
Maybe you think | could have the same
'esult by breathing properly In an old-fash-
Oned corset. Why. no woman alive could
breathe properly in one Of them. tell you
did something besides lie awake and think
and plan for a perfect corset studied
anatomy.
Il found that women could not breathe as
ihey should. won't use any scientific terms
III Just put it to your common sense. You
know you have floating ribs. don't you2
Well, they don't hoGt for nothing. None
" our anatomical eccentrictias seems 10 be
me result Of mere caprice. Almost always.
not always. they serve some use. III
admit I've wondered just what use the eye
brows serve and have never been perfectly
pure They're an addition To our beauty.
that's clear And IL may be they protect
the skin of an exposed point, But on that
theory we should need hair on the ends OF
bur noses -.,.
They are left loose at one end so that the
diaphragm can expand In breathing. Put
-FOUR hands over those ribs. breathe there
Ind see what happens. Better still, put
apo measure around you and you viii lind
you are more than an inch larger AT that
point Whenever you take even an ordinary
breath Then put the tape measure around
the thighs aud abdomen and you will find
4 grows slack at every breath.
The average woman breaths IN quit,
the abdomen and then inhates abdomen and
lungs, leaving the diaphragm Ia the enjoy
ment Of perpetual vacation; II IS abso-
,he wears an old-fashloned corset. That
type OF corset Is made 10 be laced tightest
his point is at the end OF the floating ribs
where there il no Fixed bone case as there Is
tround the lungs and where the diaphragm
may be reduced 10 its smallest dimension
BY squeezing all the air, or breath out Of II.
with that aort Of corset and that sort Of
breathing and the two are in'eparable--a
NCT0nn Nnl~t line II HTdlslI around WllPn
she is young. but develops with wears an ir-
resistible tendency TO be higher In the front
than in the back. The woman who is not too
FAR gone in the matter of tpped-up waist
line can easily find the location and direc-
ton Of her normal waist line by taking n good
deep breath which Nils the lungs and dia-
it starts in the small Of the back, runs below
the ribs and ends erai inches lower In
frcnt than II Is in the back.
THAT IL what /. called the new waist line
Newi II is as old as the human race. at least
ls the feminine portion q it. My corset goes
back TO rrst PRINCIPLES i when i It add1ts IT,
sets. They have tapes following the.e lines.
put the cor-ct isn't cut q agree with them.
My corset is The first corset | make for a
customer who is stout adds few Inches to
per waist measure bat guarantee 70 take
from four to sevon inche' from the hip meas
ure at the first corset Continued wearing
Of the corset will reduce that still more.
Where does the flesh goi II must 90 some
where" .,-
Appears altogether in time because the con-
ditions become normal and All q at aonor-
nal deposit OF rat l. net encouraged some
Of the he.h Is crOH ded back, too My corset
hoes not lace all the way down In the back,
Tho lacing reaches only 70 about Ave inches
from the bottom. Below that two elastic
,traps from each side croes one another where
the iaCing generally ls, They are fastened
10 two broad bands which 80 across the hips
md fasteu To bUttons on the lower part of the
front ol the corset There are three Of these
buttons on each side so that the corset may be
made larger or smaller around the h!ps. This
IL a convenience IN any case. For beginners
N wearing tAIs corset 10 il necessary, for their
nip measure IL reduced very rapidly In the
course ~ few weeks
The open places between the elastic tapes
In the back IS well ~ the give OF the tapes
themselves allow the flesh which i generally
ell crowded 10 the front, to find some escape
at the back lhe elastic tapes yield when
the wearer sits down or bends over, which
saves both her and tie corset
i've made another Improvement which
women ought to appreciate My Corscts
can be washed Ike any other p!oCs OF under
wear They are rustproOi Here Is an order
endure corset until she tried this one She
wants six You So" she Is gOiug away Tor the
summer and expects to travel ut tines ont
OF reach Of good laundTiss She changes her
corset every week at the outside II l. really
Amazing. when yOu stop 10 think Of II. how
women who are the pink OF ncatuess IN all
other respects will wear : corset sometimes
for months without making a prrtcnCe Of
having II cleaned
The ordinary corset il ruined In the wash
ing So Il almost any corset. no matter
what Z costa And there are not many women
Who can afford 10 keep one single item of
,lothlng clean 10y buy ing fresh one every
week at a cost ot from 81 to $50. 70 say nothing
OF SIS drCsS-Gp COrsCtS wuiCn would have u
BE- renew ed but at longer Intervals | tell you
| think a corset reform 4, needed more than
come others that people get eloquent over
when 1t comes believe we will have to
hank men rather than women Tor II A
rood many OF my customers come here with
heir husbands | neon thNt. no bua-
,ands don't como with the wives And tho
rent interest IN the subject than the women
To- How do | explain ~ On. think the
gomen have worn tho old fashioned corset
or so many years that most 81 thcm have