The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-07
Modern Woman Is Declared to
Be All Wrong.
By the President Of the Dress
makers Association.
OBJECTS TO WAISTS.
Says Stylish Women Have Moth
ing of the Kind.
Should BE Round Like Baby
From Chest to Hips.

Chicago. March Mime. Eliza beth A.
c. White. president Of the Dressmakers
Protective association. that held cor
set meet" with live models as demon
strators on the ninth floor OF the Audi
aorium hotel. says that the modern wo-
man has bumps on her figure. Her
quarrel Is with the normal woman who
has a waist.
THE normal woman is all wrong, "
said Mrs. White. she has a waist. No
woman should have a waist Stylish
women have no waists They have backs
and hips, but no waist. Only women
. who wear old, slaisy corsets have waists.
The trouble with most women is that
they haven't grit and nerve enough to
be chic and stylish. That is all it takes
TO be beautifui-grit. Now, most women
VIII cut or their corsets; they wear
7 little corsetss they wear a % when they
should wear a g. Now. as soon as a
woman cuts off her corset. her aldo
men pops out. That isn't right.
Madam White beckoned one Of the
( four models waiting In the background
( clad in several rows of lace edgtngs some
blue, pink, and white baby ribbon, ana
s. string of beads. The LADY with the
blue baby ribbon run through her lace
adrlng stepped forward. She was SIX
feet tall and from superficial obserYa-
eion Ii appeared that she was one OF
those who had no grit. Madam ~ hlte
herself Us pounds. and is addicted to
the word little You see, ladies', she
began to demonstrate, twirling the SIX
foot model about with an airy gesture
''this model has on too many CLONES 70
do justice to my point
one lady in the audience giggled
q7ervousIv 'fThey amt any men here
81 thev?ss she asked Of her neighbor-
"6he should be clothed IN simple
A HH1
the foundation. She should put on
her corset-so" Nine. White and her
assistant began to demonstrate one
reached with two arms haiI way
the other met her efforts from Ior-
ward. Mrs White shook her head.
'sShe has on too many clothes.
Too Many Clothes On.
A modest gray cat that had been
treading softly about the room made. a
desperate effort to climb UP steam
pipe, and someone announced "Ehe
elevator boy is peeking" The prest-
dent of the Dressmakers' Protective
association paused for order ana as
the elevator door slammed to and the
last man In the rear of the hail softly
tiptoed from the hall, she continued
giving the unresisting model announcer
twlri. "Fasten the garters,' she said to
her assistant. A triangle OF blue was
secured about the subJect's waist over
of" for, as Mrs White explained, 1t
was thigh busted. long hipped cor
set" Now. then" said the demon
strator, you see, ladies', she has no
abdomen and no diaphram, and that
The carriers hold up the stockings
and make her feel comfortable and
stylish. You should always fasten the
hose supporters before picking up the
abdomen. Now then she is ready FOR
her tights and then for her simple
little princess dress. A great deal was
said about too many petticoats. 1t ap-
pears that woman to circumVent the
normal appearance that operates
against style should wear no petit
coat other than the drop skirt in her
@little princess gown She should
wear only one garment for warmth
underneath and a little fur jacket"
on the outside.
II always try to be natural to ma
ture, said Mrs. White. But most
women take so little pride in their
figures that they let themselves fall all
together. They accumulate flesh in
the wrong place. There is no use in
that. Flesh can be distributed as you
will by the right corset Mrs. Whites
names the make OF the corset, and
called for the model with the beads
around her neck and the pink baby
ribbon in her ruf7es. Here Is what Is
what is called a short wasted woman -
she said. There Is no such thing as
g snort wasted woman. w G. ali nave
beautiful figures" The model with the
white baby ribbon turned her profile
70 the audience in an uncOnvincing at
tempt at demonstration.
Getting Rid OF Bumps.
on the subject of the elimination of
bumps Mrs White reverted to her de-
vodon to the naturalness of nature.
s'The baby is nature" was one of her
aphorisms THE baby has no waist.
The baby is round from the chest to
the hips. Women should be like the
baby"
The audience sat very quietly and
Eeverently through this disclosure. Il
give you tips said Madame White,
ssbut you must make yourselves beau
1iful and stylish
The talk covered messages, diet
distribution and garters. Some of her
more notable aphorisms. though popu-
Jar In form Of expression were never
fheless. forcibte
Don't throw up your heads: don't
throw down your heads: throw out
your heads. The curse of the Amer
lean woman is the double chin Wo-
men eat too much bread. They. should
eat fruit Get rid of the bumps For
nineteen years I've been showing New
York women what I've done but
can only give tips: You've got to make
yourselves beautiful.
Builder OF Brown Palace Dead.