The Jersey City news., 1903-08-18
MODISH C02SETS
Straight Front Models Still
Hold Popular Favor for
Summer and Winter
Year.
THE TRAINING OF BOYS
Treatment OF Earache-Joints
to Serve Cold Value Of
Dumbbell Exercise.
THE TRAINING OF BOYS

]. goes without saying that no woman
is w.ll al.sscd unless shc is We'll c,'r-
seted.
To be we'll co-sete,I nowadays means
more than 1t once did, for never was
the feminine whale-boned armor more
nearly perfect
The exact dimensions of the Milo
waist may not be approved by fashion
but no more is the wasp-like taille of an
cisnt beauty.
The correct corset gives the figure o
comfortable roundness, which, seen
small
But glance at it anidships. as it were.
and you will discover how much the
straight front and lowered waist line
have done for comfort,
All sorts of devices are used to give
ease to the body while striving for grace
ful lines. and one of these, corset of
special make, is system of lacing at
tie side fronts.
The leagth Of the corsets is decided by
ste requirements of the wearer, slight
figures needing those much cut out at
the l.ips. and stout ones demanding an
ailnost straight bottom line.
If the figure is of unusual heaviness
the corset bottom extends well over the
hips and in some cases many inches be-
low them. -
The garter straps are invariably at
tached TO the pendant tabs at the front,
and This popular method of wearing the
stocking supports is an aid not only to
comfort. but to looks.
The, straps drawing the corset front
taut the abdomen is incidentally held in
and the figure forced fnto a correct car
rage. .
Among the many corset models sub
r.itted fer sampser approval are two
which strike tile ease-loving soul as po..-
ssss;ug unusual virtues For praise the
instrument of torture as you will, it is
an instrument of torture still That is.
ii It's usual shape--and to the unusual
wcarer4for the woman who prefers un--
ssaMmeied muscles to a stylish appear
ance is as rare as white blackberry.
One of these corsets admits both grace
end comfort, fer il is no more than a
nsrrow girdle in soft satin ribbons. with
only the front steels aud a cluster of
whalebones at the back. Beautiful flow
erred and striped ribbons are used for
these nedels some of which lace at the
back. They ARE all the support neces-
sary for the usual figure. aud when the
other underwear matches in color as it
now frequently does. the effect of them
Is very ornamental
The second corset gets its inspiration
from the Louis Quinze period, the line of
the waist following the stiff V of that
time. The materials are mtbleached
coutille and brocaded> satins. shirred rib
b9ns begaying one texture and rich laces
the other. For bridal purposes the tops
Of many corsets are hung with fringes
of delicate white otiwers. The looseness
Of the prevailing bodices admit Of this
-dainty frlvolity, and when the eharmer
Is exposed in shop window "Ohs'' and
Abs are heard from all sides.
Women complain bitterly of the decay
of ehivalry in their brothers and hus.
bands. ret it is the women themselves
who are to blame for mans failing in
this direction. How can she expect an
overwhelming amount of courtesy and
consideration from man who has been
taught from his babyhoed by an adoring
mother and sisters that nothing on earth
is too good for him?
If the most favorable chair in the
house has always been vacated upon
his entrance into room. can she ex-
poet him to rise with gallant demeanor
and give Il i chair to his wife, mother
or sister?
rhe fault is not with the man. He is
only the victim Of misplaced kindness.
II is the adoriug woman who watches
). over his esery' action with such earnest