The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-02-18
concerning the Figure.
y Christine Terhune Herrick1

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There is no excuse for woman's
having a poor figure. 1t may give
hsr some trouble to get good one
MI it IS worth the effort
some women begin life without
scrres worthy OF the name. While
,bey are young girls they are
rraggy and fat, or lumpy and
.haneless. These peculiarities do
,ot lessen with age and when TO
.heir natural drawbacks the owners
,dd utter carelessness, it is no
Wonder il by the time they have
cached middle age they are trial
a tbe eyes of their friends.
As matter of course, it is easier
| n let oneself go and not take the
oons that the care of the figure
demands. But no woman with the
sast particle Of vanity in her make
m and it very poor sort of a
roman that lacks it-can help feel
mo a thrill Of pleasure when She
beholds the improvement wrought
IN her appearance by good corset,
puperly worn.
For the corset is the first essen
d2l in the making up of the figure.
4 number of other things go with
# The woman must carry herself
properly, but the corset helps her
IL do that. She must pay attention
10 her outer dress, and to do this
TOO the corset will stimulate her.
Her diet cannot be entirely neg
tcted, if she wishes to have her
hrm reduced from over stoutness
m redeemed from ultra thinness,
but with the corset as foundation
for her efforts she will be encour-
aged in the work of regulating her
fOod.
Even in this day there are plenty
Of people who find nothing bad
enough to say about the corset.
have seen one matron give way to
tears while addressing a woman S
club on the evils that had been
wrought by corsets. And she was
not a hysterical woman either.
She had known the corset as it was
in earlier years, before common
sense and science went to its max
ing and she knew the harm it had
done those who regarded it as an
instrument for the compression of
the waist into a smaller compass
than Nature had intended for it..
The new corset, the straight
front with which comic columns
and fashion papers have made
everyone familiar, is built on a
different plan. 1t does not squeeze
awoman's organs out of shape, but
holds them in place. AS | have
said before, it must be properly
made and properly worn. The
deal corset is one that is made to
mder and adapted to the needs OF
The individual body, but for those
who cannot afford this there are
Substitutes in plenty. A woman
should seek until she finds what
she wants.
The new corset increases the size
Of the waist line, thereby giving
nom for play of the lungs and dia-
lhragm. There is no difficulty in
deep breathing with the woman
who wears we'll made corset Of
the present style. That is, if she
puts it on properly.
10 do this she must loosen the
aces. Gone are, or should be, ~
he days when woman kept hel
Nrsets laced for days and weeks al
time. Now the woman loosens
he laces at night and tighten then
1.-THE morning. When she puts
the corset it is so loose that il
lanss upon her like a bag. She
aasps the carriers that are attached
the front and, if she be of stou
cure, to the sides, settles the cor
vt down over her hips and abdo
men, drawing long deep breatf
Tier this is done, and then proceed,
tighten the laces. She does thi.
aretully, drawing the lower one,
INST and then those above the bel
lie. Never must she make then
% tight for comfort. AS soon a.
ne does this she Injuries her fgur,
well as her feelings. When thu
ices are tight enough, she shoulo
loss them i'll the back, bring then
the front, pass them under thu
after on the left side and tie then
here.
The great advantage of thu
Shtenlng the corset laces ever,
4Y Is that the figure can be hum
fed. There are days when ;
oman feels that tight corset il
lofe than she can bear. Then sh,
SaVeS the laces loose at first, ant
laWs them up later in the da,
htl She has reached the DOin