The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-09-24

e,ies weave in and out. arma rise and
fall. 1.-THE bodies pose and change and
pose. IN attitudes learned carefully be
fo,ehanc
They copy attitudes from Crecian
urns with pain and hesitation Why
not? 50 the piano player finds her
way. awkward and haltine: only little
by little does practice make those
hard notes fall like showers Of pearls.
So the Eraces Of these earnest girls,
AZ first stin copies, became natural
and free. . poetry OF attitude and ges-
ture all their own.
When they quit their classical drap-
e.ies for tailor suits they take their
graces with them into daily life
These solemn rituals become habit,
give .bem-in our careless daily life
a touch Of gravity and dignity that
surprises and delights young men SO
they would have their girls.
The classical draperies are Of i'm
portxnce to impose graceful habits on
our bodies, said one girl. And these
ideals are in the air. Fashion itself 10
coming round to them"
Really" asked. Has fashion the
slightest tendency to corset reform!"
was astonished BY her answer
Remember. these girls are girls OF
fashion: and fashion has always
laughed At corset reform. Corset re-
form is in the air Of Europe. yes: but
when ! wrote q few months ago that
the Roumanian minister Of public In
struction had prohibited the corset in
the highest normal and professional
schools ~ - permanent obstacle to
the development Of the body and the
normal functions Of the organs"
felt. nevertheless. that l was mislead-
ing the reader.
What does RoumAnia count! What
does 1t count that the Bulgarian tsar
banishes the corset from all schools
where girls remain up to the age
Of IT,"
What does II count that all students
Of Russian lyceums and high schools
Of music. ballet and beaux arts are or.
dered to deposit in the cloakroom the
cuirsss which they wear under the
name Of Corset" and that the Car
Nicholas. in signing the regulation,
added in his own hand that the de-
velopment Of feminine charms will be
the Esiner?" 1t counts nothing that
In Scandinavian countries the mass of
girls have voluntarily abandoned the
corset through devotion to outdoor
sports"
These are unfashionabls lands,
where the costume Of women matters
nothing. Even in Paris the otherwise
powerful League Of Mothers Of Fami-
lies got itself laughed at by taking
up corset reform SIX months ago. Its
52-pase brochure. illustrated BY pho
tographs Of paintings and statues. an
atomical cuts and portraits of floating
kidneys was reviewed ironically by
the boulevard press. Its letters of en-.
couragement from 100 Paris physi.
clans. 100 painters, sculptors and poets
and 100 actresses and professional
beauties. beginning with Sarah and
Rejane. fell nat.
The great Paris dressmakers merely
smiled. When asked about those 100
actresses. they laughed: Sarah Bern.
hardt u still bony: but Rejane! She
abs-a woman Of that corpulencs
without . corset-h!"
Then suddenly they began hedsins,
Yes. concessions might bs made 10
the demands Of supplensss and grace:
the tendency toward more classical
garments might suggest kind Of cor
set reform.
The fashionable girls Of whom I
speak understand this perfectly.
The great dressmakers and the
corsetmaksrs themselves can alone
make the reform general" they admit.
And the grace movement 10 forcins
them"
The grace movement! Do you smile
At It! Do you So anything futile in
earnest girls copying the poses and
gestures from Grecian urns?
I'VE pay great prices for Tsnssra
hSurines and ask why!" one Of the
girls said. why do We 20 admire
them. II not for their grace slons,
Their beauty Of face and figure 10 nil.
Their beauty Of attitude aud gesture
II everything. II ID within the reach
of 10 all. Why not try for it!"