The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20
The Thousand and One
Trifles That Make for
Perfection : Belts As
sumo New Importance
7Ae New Corset Lines
The Return of the
Bustle No Longer a Ru-
NOR, But an Accom-
plished Fact.

The field of fashion never presented be-
fore such fascinating, but somewhat be-
wildering, variety or styles, each one
cfashing with the other, but each one In
Just as good standing as its opponent.
Take for instance the shortwaistcd En-
plre effects, and the longwaisted lines
that characterize the Princesse modes.
The one simply coutradicts the other in
line, In appearance, in effect. And yet
both are favored to an almost equal de-
gree by the followers of fashion, whose
preference are law for those somewhat
lower in the social scale.
The corsehere Is very important per-
sonage In the present scheme of things.
One sees and reads advertisements of
readymade corsets, wherein it is de-
ciared that the such-and-so corset is ad-
mirably adapted to the Empire and Prln-
cesse gowns now SO much in vogue. These
are statements calculated to make the
fashdious dresser weep, and are doubt.
less the cause OF so many failures in the
sartoria lines that are dubbed variousiy
as Empire and Princesse gowns.
Any really good corSetierc, whether she
sells her own especial made-to-custom-
order-only corset, or vaunts the merits of
readymade brand, will tell You that to
wear either of L &c two warning modes
successfully special model corset Is nee
cssary. The Prnccsse gown cannot be
successfully made and worn over an EN-
pire model corset, and vice versa. For
those favored few who can afford to pat
ronize the high-priccd corset specialists,
who make separate model for each GUS
Toner, the matter presents little If, In
deed, any difficulty. II is merely that
two sets Of corsets-one longwaisted, the
ether shorter-are ordered where but one
was ordered before.
But for the woman who upon
the ready-to-wear corset saleswoman In
her tayor!te shop, there are Il few Items
of information 10 be CLEANED aneut this
trying situation.
Eut first and foremost, be sure that
the saleswomnn knows corsets She may
he an excellent saleswoman, as a sales
woman. and she may know what her firm
keeps in stock. but be sure that she
knows coraets and understands tlgures;
and when you have found such one
srappie her to you and 10 your interests
with hooks OF steel. She is well worth
paying court to-the successful corset
saies4oman, for she will add coun tieRs
dollars worth to your appearance while
saving you like amount In expenditures.
Since the best houses all arrange to III
corsets from the ready -to-wear stock
nowadays, it IL we'll to take advantage
o. this fact and have the corset fitted.
In the ready made goods there is usually
some little trife that 4 skilled litter can
alter, 10 the customers advantage, and
at nominal cost Unless you are abso-
lutely stock size that Is, OF the eStab.
lished regular commercial proportions, it
Is foolish 10 purchase and pay for cor
set that has not been fitted to you per-
souaily. No ten people In Il hundred will
take the same location OF the side steels,
aud. hence. the line of beauty that those
saLne steets are sulHAneAel 10 curve and TO