New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-10
TO ACQUIRE SHARPNESS.
A CORSET THE FOUNDATION OF COR
RECT SS-DEA1oNSTRATIoN
BY MISS WHITE.

.s11y,,a- ia want is smartness-smarIness Aho
health You can't get either by making an Hou
glass of your figure and standing on 1ouf -4eO-s-
So spoke Miss Elizabeth White, president OF lns
Dressuakers' Protective Association as she Ia
half thousand dressmakers in Masonic IA"
+e-aav afternoon 1t was corset Gay at the
Dressrnakers' Association. Miss White ADJUSTED
~. necessary article Of woman's wear to STOUT
1vonan a thin woman and medium "oildl'
She started with the stout woman first
a1At the model come in" she called, ana theh
went On talking. There was some hesltauoh a.
.ha gage door Apparently the model could not
get in Miss White went over TO investigate linen
she began 10 coax. It seemed the mooeI olo Not
want 10 come in Finally she was enuceu mo
full view and the demonstration proceeded II
was lot Of fun for the audience, but not very
much for the model. Miss White pulled her mere
md ba,led her there and Illustrated all her re-
marks by pointed references to the poor nooel
figure. 49,,
First Of all have the corset let out full width
when you put it on; that's necessary lake three
minutes and loosen the strings clear out DeIore
you go to bed. Il you leave it till morning you
probably won't DO IT, said Miss hnlte, suluis
the action TO the word
Then put on the corset and hook II IN front
Then fasten the garters; and never use sus-
pender with a long, solid piece running down the
front Ii impedes walking. Have two suspenders,
sewed solidly either side Of the front Of the
corset Now, lace Up the BACK Draw II III d.
the waist Iine-thats what gives the smartness
Leave it loose over bust and hips. Don't knot the
strings behind. 10 make Jumps under the 0ress
waist Bring them around, so, and fasten them
under the edge Of the corset the side
Now. stand up'-to the unhappy model Never
statue IN art gallery standing Two feet
They re always poised on one foot, with the other
toes Of one foot and rest the ball and Of the
other the floor behind you, balance you.
That viii throw the upper part OF the figure up
II belongs. You see gather the pettiCoat in the
pack- ana that makes fulneSs enough, without any
pad. And for the cavity that is left at the front
improved?'
There was murrnur of assent.
Ihe lesson was repeated with 4 tall young
woman and then with a slender
. no woman need ever grow old If she knows how
70 hoio herself. said Miss White Every woman
las diaphragm, she continued, announcing this
simple physiological fact with startling emphasis
ana that diaphragm bears the relation to
the body the watering pot to the garden. 1t
ItroWs out the waste air, and takes in the fresh.
iaReFy woman has diaphragm. Two out Of a
cranky women. nervous prostration. illness, doc
sof s oils, unhappy homes The minute you don
f tan9 now can you work and earn money without
health? And what good all her money and fne
Co.. ~ . 5le Iict woman Wltnout hedlt5 ,-ao
corset, strikes under the diaphragm and leaves
everything above ii free. The waist is not con-
lLneo the lungs are not confined, there is room TO
Then Miss White fitted waist and skirt Innings
10 models 10 the great interest OF the audience
II has been decided to appoint twenty-five vice,
Fan Francisco and Mrs. Lima r. Wade, or ST
:, ne Gay will be given Up TO tailor lessons ar
ne ne headqnerters to-day admitting only MY aor
The subject Of the dressrnaker handling her own
materials VIII also be discussed