Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18
~ AN you believe me when tell you
4 that many woman actually
~ poasts OF never unlacing her

that many a woman actually
- boasts OF never unlaclng her
>...set?
lis true. It's PITY" But it only
goes 20 show how very little the average
woman understands this universal artl'
cle OF womans apparel.
In this age OF eXtravagant dressing 1t
is said that the very badge of the rich
is destroyed ma gnificence'-top pay the
price OF stump uOus plume. then shave
IL, why, that Is the acme OF iuXurlance!
Now, the woman VINO buys ninety
innocent corset. IaceS IL to lit her, tnen
dons II and dolls 1t without looSehlns
the LAGER Is just as guilty OF uestruc
I've act as the woman VINO snaVeS her
plume-and, possibly, the dollar wom-
ans extraV2Sance causes more olsaster
woman.
The unchanged LAGER Will spoil good
corset, and IL does not give cheaper
one a fair chance.
The LAGER is cast for a far more I'M
portant role in the corset game than
you ever guessed. That is why 1t Is we'll
worth story. Its vocation is not mere
~ to hold The corset together n the
back (and that is the only Use accorded
II by the woman who never unties the
hard knot. for # that We're true, the
corset would have been supplied with q
breadth OF cloth in the back instead Of
with carefully finished edges and bones
and eyelets-iots more trouble to make,
you know. In the ability of the LAGER
TO tighten and loosen the corset lies its
value; therefore the LAGER must be much
longer Khan Is required to close the
corset.
The accepted way to lace a corset is to
begin at the top. Thread the top eyelet
on each side OF the corset and draw the
LAGER through SO that its exact center -
between the two eyelets- Lace i'll the
ordinary way until YOU reach the waist
line, which is usually indicated by the
eye!ets being placed close together
Then too. there Is always staying
tape On the under side which follows the
waist line
AT the waist line you make a loop In
Your LAGER by passing each end through
the next eyeIet Oh Its own side, then
oontnae u lace across 10 the end OF the
corset.
Here the two ends may be knotted,
out there is a pretty way OF fastening
t4Sn end OF the laccr-and practical. too
NON, let me see If / can tell you how TO
GO i'll COULD snow you in second.
\. men 20. reach the last eyelet instead
q passing the tagged end through IT,
CraW The Racer from the wrong side To
Tie IIgit IL "a little .oop close TO the tag;
then pal lie tag through the loop and
GRAVY the LAGER t7gft to hold IL tirnIly in
pace 10 You sec how Il is done? IL Is
Nery simple.
When the corset is put on it should be
Inlaced 10 its fullest extent, leaving the
SlA or cIEtt-lnch loop al either side OF
the waist line. In this way the corse, is
easily AJohed-without ANY strain to the
garment and with 'aolding OF
breath on your part. Next, fasten the
stocking supporters Most OF me corscts
o. the day have two scts-one for the
front and one for the sides-and cspe-
c!a!ly needfUI are these for the stout
woman. Adjust your undergarmeuts so
that they VIII not cause discomfort by
wrinkling or drawing. then adjust the
corset 10 the proper size 10y gently
drawing up the lacers. Do not draw the
corset closer together at the top and
bottom than at the waist line. IL the