The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-21
MISS WHITE SAYS
DIAPHRAGM GOES
Edict Has Gone Forth That
Figure Mast Change to Con-
form With New Styles

Those unfortunate women who have
diaphrag GINS must endeavor to get rid
of them in some way, for the edict has
goen forth from the DressmakerS' Pro-
tective Association of America that the
diaphragm must go. According to the
dictionary the diaphragm is large
muscle situated in the vicinity of the
waist line, and it is this unwieldy thing
which has to do with making women
ungraceful and hard to fit. Down with
the diaphragm!
Miss White, who is the guiding
spirit of the dreSSmakerS' association,
is authority for the statement that a
diaphragm can be done away with, for
she has made over her figure, and ac
cording to report has tucked away five
pounds of diaphragm so neatly that
no one would suspect her of having it
concealed about her person. The pa
per which wrote up this remarkable
feat of the clever Miss White says that
even Sherlock Holmes would not sus-
pect her OF a diaphragm. When inter
viewed the lady was asked what she
had done with her diaphragm and an
swered that she had put in the back.
When the straight front first came in,
she said, the diaphragm became quite
apparent, but the styles in corsets have
again changed and the diaphragm is
only in the way. If it could be re-
moved like a troublesome appendix, by
surgical operation, all would be well,
but it would hardly be possible to find
a physician who would remove a large
muscle on the diagnosis of a corset
maker. So another means of getting
rid of it had to be found, and Miss
White solved the problem.
The above mentioned versatile Miss
w. has laid off twenty-five pounds of
Vexing flesh in one month, and with
that amount of avoirdupois went the
OhipctiOna hlA dja NH cypn
In the first place you must sleep at
night, If possible, in such a position
that every muscle is stretched to its
fullest extent. Indeed stretching is the
secret of Kidding ones self of that hor-
rid diaphragm. 1t gets stretched out
of existence. 1t Is uncomfortable, this
process, even the brave Miss White
will grant you that, but what is the
discomfort of a few hours, days or
weeks, to the joy of ultimately losing
ones diaphragm and becoming more
beautiful in figure?
The road to acquired beauty is a
hard one. A few women are born
beautiful, others acquire 1t, and yet
others have it thrust upon them If
they listen to Miss White and follow
her directions to the letter.
Some brilliant mind evolved the die
tun1 that you must watch yourself
while asleep If you would be beauti-
full. This is a development probably
of sleeping with one eye open. That
open eye must be upon yourself If
you sleep in a cramped position, with
no thought of the diaphragm, you have
only yourself to blame if things go
wrong. Miss White sleeps-if she
sleeps at all-with no diaphragm in
evidence. 1t disappears, and when she
rises in the morning she must be beau
tiful indeed. But then Miss White is
genius. 1t would take an ordinary
person longer to rid herself of muscles
that were apparently given us only to
be torment like that useless little
appendix
Miss White has given the subject of
reducing ones flesh a great deal Of
thought, and yet with her powerful
mind she confesses that only hard
work will do it. She says she heard
that going to Europe would help, but
has been to Europe sixteen times her
self, and it did not help a bit If you
are too large, you must torture your
self into thinness by always stopping
just before you have had enough to
eat and never drink water with your
meals, or enjoy yourself in the least
Do the Lenten fast with a vengeance
If you are too stout, and thereby ex-
pand your soul and reduce the body
But eternal vigilance is the price of
slenderness, and one dinner party may
undo the work of months Say to your
diaphragm, Get thee behind me-" and
resolve that nothing shall stand In the
way of your keeping to the diet and
exercises prescribed. If the fiat has
gone forth that the diaphragm must
go, no UP to date woman will allow
herself to own one