The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-08

Even the Dressmakers Of Chicago
Are Sadly Shocked.

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A mans corset came near causing a
panic IN big mercantile establishment
IN this city recently Women looked
and turned away, then looked again
and said il was horrible. Men crowded
aoout the. booth trying on the corset.
Another hasty peek came from the
women Then the men began buying.
and before the afternoon was gone more
than sixty orders had been taken
! One of the ladies' corset taflors who
does mems work as well as women s.
strongly advocated the new corset
1t viii take the place OF the sas-
pender, which has always tended TO
make men round-shouldered, - he said.
: I on see there is a fastener on this cor
set for holding the trousers in place.
and the thing is perfectly comfortable
and convenient. 1t is laced up the back,
] but il need not be laced tightly This
question of holding the clothing in
place IS a trial to US. Besides. with the
new fltted coat. which has come to
stay, we have got to have some such
thing as a corset to make fit possible
Men Ike TO have nice waists. just as
Well as women"
The mems corset looks much Ike the
glrdle which women wear. 1t is very
low and fits comfortably over the hips.
1t is fastened in front with a soft steel,
Just as is the girdle, and is made of
many colored silks. pale pinks and
blues being the popular colors.
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Climbing the stairs to the elevated
railway trains is making Greek gods
/ and goddesses Of the Chicago people
The figure of Apollo viii one day be as
common in State street as it is now IN
museums and cosy corners. A tramp
up the elevated railway stairs is far
more invigorting than an ascent of the
Matterhorn, far better in its results
than a game Of golf, more grace-pro-
ducing than a years course in the GYM
nasium- To climb the elevated stairs
is to climb to health and beauty, to
climb to French figure and a stage
walk.
All this is agreed upon by Chicago
/ dressmakers- 1t was the result of a
lecture on 'Corsets as Related to the
Greek Figure" given by Mrs. L. S.
Wade. The Greek figure is to be an
evolution of the corset, il seems. al
though it is to follow an evolution of
the corset itself. The corset is no
longer to make a figure; the figure is to
make the corset and the result-WOman
Is to be beautiful. AS the lecturer ex-
planned it, the elevated road with its
countless iron stairs is of the greatest
physical benefit to mankind.
To gain the proper benefit from such
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stairs seriously and Ieisurely. He must
poise himself properly before making
the ascent or descent and breathe well
down toward the diaphragm. Never
I hurry up or down the stairs directly
after eating, although running down
and up is beneficial when the stomach
is empty and the muscles are tired from
long sitting. To benefit from the exer-
| else, take it at least five times a day
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For stout persons it is best to make at
least four trips up and down the stairs
In going down town to work in the
| morning go UP once and down again
slowly before going to take the train.
Never hurry in the morning; the stom-
ach is then active and the blood will
be carried away from it by violent ex-
ercise. At noon while out to lunch
walk to one the loop stations and make
the trip upstairs and down again. If
this exercise is taken G>Eore eating
lunch, as is wisest, two rounds of the
! stairs will be pleasant.
The third and perhaps last of the ex-
ereises is taken when going home from
work. Then run up the stairs, and if
you have time, walk down slowly and
run up once more. For elderly or very
stout persons this course must be
slightly modified. Results will be no.
ticeable at the end of the first month
A year will make a perfect figure out
/ of the narrOW-chested, stoOp-shouldered
Office clerk.
Before taking these exercises women
must be properly corseted. Loose, COM
Portable corsets are requisite to the
building of a perfect figure. If a tight
corseted woman runs upstairs she will
develop a double, perhaps triple, chin