Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-02-10

lOosens the laces at night and tlghJens
them in the morning. When she puts
on the corset it is so loose that it hangs
upon her like a bag. She clasps the
garters that are attached to the front
and, il she be of stout figure, to the sides.
settles the corset down over the hips
and abdomen, drawing long deep
breath after this is done, and then pro-
ceeds to tighten the laces. She does
this carefully, drawing the lower ones
first and then those above the belt line.
Never must she make them too tight for
comfort. AS soon as she does this she
Injuries her figure as we'll as her feel
ings. When the laces are tight enough,
she should cross them in the back,
bring them to the front, pass them un-
der the garter on the left side and tie
them there.
The great advantage of thus tighten
ing the corset laces every day is that the
figure can be humOured. There are days
when woman feels that tight corset
is more than she can bear. Then she
leaves the laces loose at first and draws
them up later in the day when she has
reached the point where little closer
compression will be grateful to her.
can hear the protests Of busy women
over the time it will take to go to this
trouble. But it really takes less time
than one would think. At first, before
one is accustomed to the process it may
require few minutes more than one
has been in the habit of granting to
ones toilet, but as the habit grows upon
one of lacing the corsets daily, it will be
done more quicly and become matter
of course. And even If it does take a
few minutes more, is not the game
worth the candle? When one sees the
good figures that have been evolved
from shapeless forms by the use of a
good corset, does it not seem that little
extra care is very small price to pay
for the gain?
The corset once OH, the woman must
proceed to live up to it. She will find
that it helps her to keep her shoulders
straight and her body erect. She must
learn to poise herself properly, throwing
her weight on the balls over her feet and
resting the temptation to sway back
wards. That is tendency which grows
upon women as they advance in years
and i'll flesh. If they do not stand so
straight that they can lean the other
way" they let their shoulders drop until
the middle of the back is like a hump.
All about the country one may see wom-
en- in the late fifties who have bent their
shoulders until they look almost as
though they were deformed. This
could have been spared them if they had
taken little pains early in life. And
even an elderly woman can do much to
correct such stoop if she is willing to
give herself trouble about it.
To stand straight is neither to bend
backwards nor to droop forwards. The
prominent abdomen is as unsightly as
the bumped UP shoulders. The woman
with trend towards either should ex-
ercise herself every day standing in
front of mirror. She is wise if she
follows the advice of one sensible house
keeper and hangs looking glass in her
kitchen where she can see herself as she
steps back and forth about her work and
and bring herself up with a round turn
if she slips into any solvenly trick of
carriage.
The corset will give good figure for
time, but woman must work to keep
it. If she is too thin for beauty the
task will be simpler for her than for the
women inclined to put on flesh. The
latter has her work ahead of her. The
thin woman may have to take exercise.
as the stout one must do, but she has
less to carry about with her while she is
doing it. For both it is essential that
exercise should be taken in doors and
out The latter is vastly preferable, for
obvious reasons. But the exercise in
doors is far better than nothing.
One woman who would be called old
if her years were known has never, for
fifteen years, failed to go through a
certain course of what she calls her
gymnastics" on rising in the morning.
For ten minutes daily, she bends and
twists her body, STOPPING until she sits
on her heels and rising without laying
hold Of anything to assist her. She
leans forward until she can touch
the floor with her finger tips, without
bending the knees. and backward until
her forhead is in contact with the wall.
She swings her arms about, kicks