The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-19
DRESSMAKERS
SHOW THE MEN OUT
Models Motive in Trying On
Corset Springs From
the Heart.

NEW YORK, March 1S.-Mice were
more welcome than men at last nights
session of the Dressmakers' aSsocia-
ton. and representative of the sterner
| sex were banished with difficulty before
! the living models trooped upon the
platform. The process of busting these
| unwilling persons from the Masonic
Temple was so tedious that the dem
onstration" was delayed for a half
hour, and so dense was the crowd the
| ushers scarcely could unearth the men
who tarried.
Some men who applied for admit
lance were captured at the door; some
sneaked in unobserved and hid in the
| shadow of q fluffy dummy. A few men
went out shame facedly when Miss
! Elizabeth A. G. White. the buXOm pres
| ident shouted: "All males will kindly
| leave the hall, because the undraped
! living models want to come in But
| some men tarried, and persuasion.
| threats and finally a careful search
were necessary before the room was
cleared Of the undesirable element.
Many women rebelled at having their
| escorts dragged rudely away. The eX-
| pulsiOn had its pathetic features. One
| old woman from BayOnne cried: If
my old man goes, L go too. He's a mar
ried man." So off the Bayonnese cou-
| pie marched. One man cried out that
| he was a man dressmaker. another that
| he was a physical culture instructor.
| and a third explained to the merciless
| ushers that he was ladies taiIor's as
| SiStant."
Excuses were of no avail. With the
| exception of the thin FLOODED superin-
| tendent, a trio Of immature uShers
| only two newspaper men represented
| the unWelcome sex. Before the living
| models appeared Miss White staggered
| down to the front of the platform, her
eyes blazing Indignantly.
| There's a man. she cried with the
| same tone of sCOrn that one might use
when commenting upon the presence Of
| a cholera bacillus. And l said, s'All
| gents out" The Wretched criminal
| shuffled out and Miss White was about
| to start her demonstration" when a
meek-vOiced woman sang out, Miss
White, they amt all out yet. Here's
one!' An usher removed the zone" by
| fearful threat. Suddenly Irene. the
angular model. shouted from behind
| the wings:
Miss White. there's one hiding in
the dressing room. He says he's wait
| ing for his sister!"
The sisters brother met the same
| cruel fate as the others.
Ladies" said Miss White, whose pa
! thence was tried soreIy, 'if you see any
of them around youy let me know and
|
| AT last" sighed Miss White, and
| the living models appeared. Irene Of
| the angular joints, Helen the luscious
| and plump. and Elsie with her bakers
| dozen of imperfections, were adjusted
| in corsets to the tune of Miss Whites
| sprighty discourse. Il amt trying on
| corSets for the money" she explained.
| MY trying on comes from my heart.
! l do it for the sake of women. When |
| go abroad-ahem!-I get sick on the
| ships when see some of these shape
| less, dowdy swellS.- / think, Poor lady,
| for all the money you spent to have
| such a figger!' Then my hand itches
to remold her shape. | hope every
| dresSmaker here will start this crusade
| for straight fronts, and. in ten years
| all America Will be q land of elegant
! shapes. It's all the corset. the garter
| and the diaphragm. Do you know what
| the diaphragm is? Well, ladies, it's
| the thing that makes the shape. Your
! whole shape must be made of a dia-
| phragm, and then you have a lovely
| abdomen. Learn to set right and the
| diaphragm will come out all right.
| Here" Miss White Topped into
| chair-"thatS the sit of some women"
| After a few lessons in the cultured art
! of acting" Miss White proceeded:
| Don't use false bustles or false hips
| The real, actual flesh has padding beat
| all to pieces. Now. my lily skirt flares
at the ankles, and can't blow up.
| want each and every one of you to
| have lily skirt. They're so swell under
| sheer summer gowns. And with them
| the skirt goes right with you. Wher-
| ever you go the skirt goes"
| AS a lone reporter drlfted from the
| Temple of Form, curious fellow ap-
| preached him.
Anything doing? Was It anything
| much?