Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-24


@ADAME LINDA ROSE WADE,
IM vice president .. the National
NA Dressmakers' association, was the
tsHlt2N principal speaker and demonstra-
&A tor AZ the annual convention OF
the association held In New York City last
week. The delegates were women eHelu-
slvely, and the lecture and demonstrations
we're luminous and practical In every de-
tail. One man who ventured into the hall
while the guards we're absorbed In the eN-
hibition was eornered and shooed into the
outer air with a feather duHter Madame
wade's discourse and demonstrations oc-
cupied the greater part Of several thrilling
sessions, and some OF her remarks will be
appreciated by millions Of women who we're
unable TO be present.
In the first place II II had been cold
weather Madame Wade would really have
suffered chill or two, standing as she did
in the center Of the stage, clad In a light
blue corset, festooned with straps and
strings, and a garment or two more, but
not many.
BY and by she took up some articles OF
wearing apparel from the table and put
them on Then she looked little mora
dressed, but not much, for they were
articles not supposed to be generally worn,
though they may he.
First came two lovely rosettes, which she
fiouirshed in mid-air, so that all could sec
before she stretched them where they be-
longed, which was right in front Of the light
blue corset from arm to arm.
When somebody had fastened them in the
back she stood facing the audience with a
smile and bust like peuter pigeon.
You can put them inside" she explained,
''or wear them outside, just as you wish"
She snatched up lace corset cover from
the table, and made as II she would put II
on.
II was false alarm. She merely drew on
the sleeve, one sleeve only, and pulled 1t
over the rosette with an air Of triumph, ex-
claiming, "Therer
When she had finished with the rosettes,
and there were many different varieties Of
them, those with ventilators and those
without she took from the table some
thing else. This she recklessy cast about
her fgure, permitting It, after several trials,
to rest on both hips. we'll to the rear.
For those OF you who need this sort Of
thing" said she, 'and lot Of women are
awfully hollow in the back you know that
yourself, you couldn't find a better hustle
than this Il you looked, Large. light and
airy"
Well ventilated" went on Madame
Wade. gives the perfect figure wouldn't
mind II had to pad. Men need padding.
too They get 1t. too, from their tailors.
They would be hump-sheuldered as women
II II wasn't for their pads. They ought to
wear oorsets, too, these men"
Then, returning TO the pads, she showed
one for lopsided woman who needed pad
ding in one hip only. Then another fer
the other hip II she needed 1t, and then a
girl came solsmhly out on the stage In a
mask and nightly little else and took up
part of the attention.
There is everything In the way you put
corset on" said Madame Wade. ut is
the use you make of your corset that we
have to consider, not the corset itself"
Madame Wade showed the audience how
she put on her own corset, and incidentally
commented on the changes in the much
moulded" female form demanded by the
present fashion, and how the corset may
be used to produce them.
I'VE still pull ourselves cut of our cor
SETS" she said, hut not quite so much az
last season. The spring of the bust begins
Q little higher up. This gives a slightly
higher and fuller bust and the appearance
OF smaller waist while the decrease in
the apparent sse of the waist makes the
hips appear larger"
You can change the position Of flesh.