The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1904-03-05

properly worn. Inc Ideal corset is
one that is made to order 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 room
for play of the lungs and diaphragm.
There is no difficulty in deep breath
ing with the woman who wears a
we'll made corset of the present style
That is, if she puts it on properly.
To do this she must loosen the laces
Gone are,-- or should be, the days
when woman kept her corsets laced
for days and weeks at time. Now
the woman loosens the laces at night
and tightens 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 carriers that are
attached to the front and, if she be of
stout figure, to the sides, settles the
corset down over her hips and aldo
men, drawing long deep breath af-
ter this is done, and then proceeds to
tighten the laces She does this care
fully, drawing the lower ones first
and then those above the belt line
Never must she make them too tight
for comfort. As soon rs she does this
she Injuries her figure as we'll as her
feelings When the laces are tight
enough, she should cross them in the
back, bring them to the front, pass
them under the garter on the left side
and tie them there
The great advantage of thus tight
ening the corset laces every day is
that the figure can be humored.
There are days when woman feels
that a 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.
1 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 fist, before one is accustomed to
the process it may require few min
utes 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
quickly and become matter of course.
And even if it does take few min
utes more, is not the game worth the
GAMBLER When one sees the good
figures that have been evolved from
shapeless forms by the use of good
corset does it not seem that little
extra care is very small price to pay
for the gain?
The corset once on, 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 proper
ly, throwing her weight on the balls
OF her feet and resisting the tempta-
ton to sway backwards That is a
tendency which grows upon women as
they advance in years and in flesh. If
they do not stand so straight that
they lean the other way they let
their shoulders droop until the middle
of the back is like hump. All about
the country one may see women 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.