The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-10
OF COURSE NOT EVERYTHING
GOOD FIGURE 7 SAMIGHTY
FINE ASSET. MISS WHITE SAYS,

And With Cersets and Models and Ian.
suage and Lingerie she Shows How
TO Get It-Good Cersets fer q Dollar
-Prune, Maroon and Ecru as Coiors.
Y ell, it wcs tho very latest Partisan
style. a Gnal extra Of styles. made Of white
Cbar1elso satin trimmed with duohesse
lafo Ind a train exactly 8 feet ~ inches
long. II you ere a girl who Is thinking
getting married you might as well
m c-stand that you would make an ir-
reYocable mistake y you wore anything
elso on the big day. About 500 women
VINO crowded into the Masonic Temple
Yesterday afternoon to SEQ the new EST
briial costume show by Mrs. Elizabeth
A. c. White, who Is running the annual
fall fashion exhibition, became tremen-
dously excited when e trained model
stepped upon the stage wearing the new
est thing in bridal gowns.
There were a few men present, but the
men peered cautiously from behind dunn
mics. now and then hitching gently at
the skirt Of q wife or sister and inquiring
n IL wasn't time to beat 10. Whereupon
the daring male, person. who had no
e~special business to be there anyway,
brought upon himself the frowns Of all
the women within sound Of his grumble
and vent and hid once more behind the
particular dummy he had picked out be-
forehand.
You must know, ladies' Mrs. White
was saying, that the day Of exaggerated
bridal dresses has passed. Simplicity,
modified by artistic expression. is the
aim now Of the great artists who build
our most notew orthy costumes. Jennie.
please walk backward. So! Observe
how plain, how marveliously simple is
this costume ornamentei only by OUCH
esse lace
And all over the big square arose
a murmur, a gurgling chorus Of pure
delight,
How much would the thing cost?'
came from behind a dummy which bore
the name OF CIV endolin.
oh, George. can't you be sensible!'
was heard in the momentary quiet. please
keep quiet. You don't have to buy it.
Mrs. White stamped twice upon the
stage. The white satin bridal costume
swept away into the wings. Three cor
sets crept out. The first corset enoircled
model who would have tipped the beam
at 900 pounds. The second corset securely
clamped a girl who was lean and long.
The third embraced affeotionately a girl
who seemed-from n mans standpoint
to have a regular figure.
Now we will see what q corset can
do remarked Mrs. White briskly. There
was another buzz Of tongues all over the
iammed room. II you were particularly
observant you would have seen heads
attached to abashed male persons appear
from behind the dummies.
Women Of sense understand pref
aeed Mrs. White. that q good figure
is-well. not everything, but a mighty fine
asset. Corsets are useful in c~oncealing
defects and in giving a woman the APP
pearance of having a better figure than
she really possesses. Observe. II you
please
The three corset models wheeled like
a file Of soldiers, disappeared for a few
seconds behind a cfump Of dressers, then
reappeared strangely metamorphosed.
The fat model. having switched into q
ouLningly built salt OF armor. appeared
TO have lost at least 80 pounds weight.
The lean girl. wrapped in a contraption
OF silk and whalebone especially built
for her needs. looked fatter. somehow
much more substantial. The other girl.
the one in whom q masculine part Of the
audience had taken most interest, was
unchanged.
Then to illustrate the value Of having
a figure they put the fat woman's corset
On her, the dressers yanked at the
wriggIe or two and there you werel A
little more bulky. maybe. but just as
pleasant to look at by q man behind a
dummy as she vas before. Same way
with the lean girls corset. They let out
a few strings or something. the girl with
the figure drew herself In a bit and you
couldn't tell the difference.
Now there is q good deal to say this
season about corsets," said Mrs. White.
"A corset is about the first thing TO be
considered in a woman'e clothing. With
out a properly fitted. properly had Cor.
set it is impossible to wear O gown at
tractively no matter how good and ex.
pensive that gown may be. Women who
stay ct home, women who are In business
frequent the show places Of the town are
equally Interested in getting the right
kind OF CORSET to wear.
The ooquette wants style above every
thing else. She may sufe or excruciat.
ingiy. but II the style 10 there she vii
grin like the Spartan boy who stole
fox which gnawe ed his breast. The al
around woman seeks durability an
comfort. Many women think that get
ting a corset means merely paying money
enough for the article. That's all wrong
With patience and knowledge a womaI
can get the right kind Of corset for 81
Tremendous excitement, followed by lonI
continued applause from behind tn
dummiee.l The trouble with man,
dreesmake rs 10 that they do not pay
enough attention to corsets.
Mrs. White waved O hand. and q pro-
cession Of models a~ttractively done UP II
lingerie, pink. baby blue. ecru. black
dozen oolors-fled across the stage anc
came to attention. IL should be said
though, that the word lingerie 10 usec
here does not mean-w ell, 1t doesn',
mean underneaths 80 much a 1t refers
to all the fimsy. fnppy. silky. diapha'
nous things that form, II Is understood
an essential part Of every woman's ward
robe. Only women we're permitted at
this stage Of the exposition TO Approach
nearer than fifty feet, but Mrs. White
wished to be quoted later to the edecI
that the demonstration covered every
detail.
So far as a man reporter could gather
at other times In the afternoon. sheer
ana mirage silks are going to have IL on
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