Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-03-16
aRusTs up, NOW.

Ladies with that Carteresque figure,
take warming You are no longer de
rigueurl
If you want to have the latest thing
in spring styles as regards the form d.
vine, elevate your bust
At least, that is what Miss Elizabeth
A. @. White, president of the Dress.
makers Protective Association, is tell.
ing the hordes Of dressmakers who thropg
Masonic Temple in New York and drink
in the words of the high priestess OF.
dress and ''fgger" making.
The Masonic Temple has been the
scene of many weird mysteries, but as
the lean lady from Portland, Mich, said
"This here thing of meddlin' with the
human figger beats anything I've seen."
Miss White, of the many initials, held
in thrall gssping dressmakers from all
corners of the United States as she ruth
lessly tore down the last years stand
ards OF the female figure and explained
that the past seasons style Of anatomy
was decidedly ''de trsp." Miss White
has just returned from Paris.
al never heard of such nerve" COM
planned portly seamstress from Fair
Geld, Iowa. (She is called a modiste
on her native heath.
"Why, last year we we're all told that
the only way TO DO swell aud stylish,
healthy and good form was to have
low bust. Then, the minute we get
here we are informed that the busts
must go up. We're told that high
corsets are the proper csper-just after
all Of my customers have bought new
ones. | never will dare go home and
tell 'em they've get to change their
shape"
Figures made while you wait is the
wstchword, aud last night there was
corset demonstration on living models
that made some Of the members screech
out in sympathy while the prodding and
Juggling was going on.
"rhe difference in the 6gure," said
Miss White, sis in disposing Of the
diaphragm. Last year l made allow
ances to give it plenty Of room this year
say, remove all the surplus fat about
it. The figure must change il you want
to be proper
Incidentally Miss White has lost l8
pounds in the last three weeks, and she
says everybody can do the same thing
by going after the new "fgger' and
wearing the new corset.
Furthermore, you can gain an inch in
height. All the fat women and all the
"runts" sat up and took notes.
"Lie on your stomach with q pillow
under your chin, keeping the he'd up;
stretch your body, touch the foot Of the
bed with your toes, and you'll have fine
results"
The startling announcements about
the "change of 'front.' were greeted with
many protests.
There is really no use of anything,
said the leading modiste of Mount
Pleasant, Mo. "Why, my folks won't
stand for rsal betty changes 10 styles.
once year. What will they say when
| go home and tell them their fggers are
all wrong? They won't believe me-
they won't. And how have worked to
get them broken into those dropping
front eorsets."
Miss White gave some strong advice
on eating properly as a means to acquire
the new figure and lose the double chin.
Don't drink with your meals. Eat
plenty ofboiled and stewed foods and
never eat fruit first she said.
There never was a buster lot of
women gathered together than the dress-
makers who were attending thee conven-
ten. Nearly every one of them is
from out Of town, and What Miss White
says goes, though there was more than
one grumble about this "high falutiug
New York nerve of tryin' to make a
new style 6gure."'