The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-09-16
With an Outfit Tha. includes Bows
and Ribbons Nine. Wade Gives
ExhibItion
OF Dressing and Walking That Alarms
Lone Boy Amid An Audi.
enee Of Women.

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Posing and talking. Madame Linder
Ross Wade occupied the center OF the
limelight ut the corset demonstration
at the dressmakers' convention, held
in Masonic Temple, New York, on
Tuesday. In fact, she was practically
the whole show.
AT the hour of 8 she vaulted upon
the stage. somewhat lightly attired In
a negligee composed of fetching blue
ribbons. alternated with narrow white
lace. She faced the audience Of
women with a smile. Are there n
men in the room?' she asked.
The reply being in the affirmative.
she walked back and forth for a brief
interval, meditating.
AS a matter of fact, there was a
faint resemblance to a man In the
room--a small spindlelegged hoy. hid
den by the voluminous skirts of his
little country mother. There was no
body at home to leave him with.
Moreover, his mother had supplied
him with a thrilling blood and thun.
der tale. Madame Wade suddenly
halted in her line of march.
~ am here, ladies' she began in a
firm tone, Ito teach you how to wear
a corset. First. I will show you how
to wear IL, secondly, how not to wear
IT," and so saying she placed both
hands on the hips, drawing back the
fetching negllgee In a way which APP
peared to be ominous of something or
other.
The pose did bode something.
Madame Wade had stood for two sec
onds only in this attitude, when, with
a swift and accustomed movement,
she jerked OF the negllgee and APP
peared differently.
At the tops of her arms there were
white bows.
This little skirt" she began. as
only a common white skirt, as you
see. Some people pay any at
tention to their skirts. They never
seem to think they ought TO at over
the hips. They jerk them on any old
way" And. speaking thus OF how
people put on their skirts. she took
hers on.
This garment 1 have on me-" re.
sumed Madame Wade. failing to sug.
gest Its name, "is also another little,
inexpensive thing. l bought 1t ready.
made in a store. II has been washed
lots Of times" With this explana-
ton, she took that off, too.
The little country mother bent over
her boy.
"I'm glad 1T is a good story, my
child" she whispered.
Fine story, mother" W the
boy.
There we're n or two articles OF
apparel left after that, eve Explain.
ing fully that these, too, had been
washed and ironed and pink ribbons
had been run in them, Madame Wade
cast these to the four winds with the
same abandonment which character
lied her former movements, and left
herself ~delicately clad in a long blue
silk corset, black silk stockings, and
something or other to which were at
tached the white bows on her arms.
She commenced then, most of her
clothing being on the table, to occu.
py herself with corset strings.
you should unite your corset ev-
cry time you take It off, and keep 1t
united until you put 1t on again. See
how mine is fastened. At the bottom
first. That fastens me around the
hips as II | in a box. You could
strike me here on the hips as I strike
this box"-here she walked across the
stage and severely smote an molten
sive dry goods box lettering there
"and 1t would not hurt me any more.
| am packed as If l were in a case.
While IL holds me well about the hips
and abdomen. 1t leaves my bust and
shoulders perfectly Free
She rammed her hands down and
pulled up her chest.
Il pull up my chest" she explain
ed, but I eve pull up my bust CON
cl~usively."
She was interrupted by the voice
of a large. rude omar You have
not got much to pull up" cried this
voice.
Madame Wade was to be discomfort
ed but for a moment.
we are as the Lord made u.s. she
said to them. soIemnly. HE made
most of US shapely. We get out of