Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09
WOMAN'S PLASTICFORM
AS FASHIONS CHANGE, so DOES
THE FEMININE FIGURE.
Trouble Made for the Shirt Waist
Models by Shift From
Straight Front.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
I'VE had our trouble last year" said
shirt waist model in a fashionable shop.
But this season we are indeed up against
1t. The fashion has changed and we must
change our forms with it. l began as a
shirt waist model In the dayr; when the
long, straight front was fashionable. L am
five feet eight inches tall, which is just
about right for a model, and my hips are
forty-three inches around. L am in fine
proportion throughout. And have small
head and a good face. When l started out
as a model everybody said. What an ex-
auislte fgure! And then l would pull my
waist down longer and straighter in the
front and make myself more erect and
longer In the hip line. 1 was the ideal Of
two years ago.
This season, however. the figure has
changed The fashionable feminine figure
these days has a little round waist. Wo-
men wear the round girdle and the belt line
is distinctly marked 1t is a return to the
figure of long ago. though the waist is not
laced as yet. We models must change our
shapes to conform to the new lines. That
can be accomplished in from ten days to
two months.
ITO accomplish the change the model first
gets q corset of the exact kind she needs
Then she presses her hips and her waist
with her hands all day long, in that way
gradually lowering nef waist line. Next
she practices deep breathing exercises faith
fully. These lower the waist line moth
ing else will. The model takes the flesh off
her hips by a curious kind of massage
which Is not massage at all, correctly
speaking. She reduces her hips by pinching
and shaking them.
Ideal Form.
"At the beginning of this season the
shirt waist models were filled with conster-
field and became cloak models. But the In
dustrious ones remained. They were will
ing to work hard in order to get the new
figure. The ideal figure of this year is five
feet eight inches tall. A girl can. be
little taller If she desires. but she must not
be much shorter The taller the woman the
more becoming her shirt waist Is to her.
The ideal figure has a thirty -eight-lnch
bust. Say what you please about the thir-
ty-SiX the ideal Is larger.
THE best models have hips Of forty-two
or forty-three inches. This may seem large,
but 1t is only just right for a woman Of
five feet eight nine inches. If her hips
are smaller she will look lanky. If larger
she must reduce her weight. Many of the
new waists made without stocks, and
the model must have a pretty throat
we'll as a thin one.
"Once upon time I had thin throat
too thn-and 1t was sunburned. 1 noticed
that 1t was not popular. Every time l put
a waist some one would say, don't
like the neck
zone day 1 understood the trouble And
for three weeks l fattened my throat and
massaged away the lines and tried to make
my neck plump and white.
Pumping the Throat.
THE result was soon apparent AS I
tried on the shirt waists the people would
eXclaim, What a pretty neck! How beau
tifully the waist fits around the throatv
And they would add. I think I will by
the waist, as it looks SO nice around the
neck
Ny home treatment was a great SUCCESS.
sold the waists.
Then l had to take my hands in charge.
1 soaked them and l scrubbed them. l
bathed them in an oatmeal preparation, and
1 rubbed them with bleaches taking off
freckles, spots, rough places and every hing
that made them unsighty.
mot long afterward woman putting a
shirt waist on me said: THAT Is q lovely
waist. 1t looks so pretty around the hands.
The cuffs are so handsome and they set off
your white bands so daintily' Nearly
bursting with pride, / sold her the waist.
''Tas model these days must have an ac-
ing TN dip front, long waist. | nave q
wais, rleasri ement Of twenty-seven inches.
This is with the straight front
"But when / am putting on a new round
waist, with the belt going straight around
me. can throw of nearly five inches. /
lace little. and there you are. It is easy
when you know how. but you must be an
athlete and well up in physical culture to
know when and how to do it,
To Written Lace Curtains.