The Washington times., 1909-03-18
OF THING
PLENTY OF STRING
Dressmaker Says 1t Is Easy
TO Look Like a
Nymph.

NEW YORK. March 1S.-The secret
of the whole thing lies in plenty of
string Miss White said so at the dress
makers convention in Masonic Temple
and proved it TO the apparent satisfac-
ton of the entire audience.
How can you pull them down over
the largest part of you if you have
little cotton strings a yard long?' she
demanded. Not a dressmaker ventured
"a reply. but Miss White went on 10
say that she wasn't going 20 ask them
to take her word for it and told her
trusty lieutenant, Leila, to bring out
the living models
Leila obeyed promptly. The upstate
modistes left their seats in body and
rushed toward the stage to get a closer
view Of the procession that fled forth
from the dressing room.
The first glimpse of Dottys who led
the march, was enough to convince any
unprecedented spectator that it would
take all the string the premises afforded
to properly adjust hers. DOtty admitted
that she tipped the scales at 275 pounds
and added that she hoped Miss White
would be able to fit her, because no one
else had ever come anywhere near 1t.
Easiest in World.
Easiest thing in the world" declared
Miss white. Probably you have never
before had a sensible model. For
stout woman they must always be made
of coutil-neVer of batiste. You can't
expect to hold in 275 pounds Of flesh with
a few strips of silk or linen edged with
Valenciennes lace, can your"
Leila and Dotty selected a long cOutil
of
strings. and Dotty held her breath
while Leila devoted her attention TO the
books.
"Stopr' shrieked Miss White. Haven't
1 explained to you over and over again
that nature always intended women TO
breathe and that the true PariSienne is
doing her best this season TO copy ma
ture? Haven't 1 told you that every
woman l saw at the Olympia, the Folies
Bergeres, the Rejane, and the Jardin
de Paris was breathing just like q baby?
Leila, drop these strings and don't you
touch them. again until she has taken
three deep breaths.'
Dotty took the breaths. Miss White
then ordered Leila TO draw GeneVieve,
the perfect model, into the white satin
Botticelli model No. S74 while she tried
her hand at Dotty.
This lady measures forty inches
around the waist" she announced. "and
fifty around the chest and sixty-four
about the hips. The BOtticelH model
wouldn't do at all for her. but this one
/ am fitting her to is a charming little
creation made after the lines of one of
Rubens' masterpieces. You see II has
/ the adjusto straps in front which a-e
warranted TO reduce the measure at
least three inches in two weeks.
No Small Waists.
You observe that I pull the strings
very light over the hips and that I d.
not draw in the waist at ALL Nature
never called for a small waist. az you
can see If you take the trouble to look
at the woman statuary in the galleries,
as 1 did. Furthermore, If 1 don't pinch
/ the waist 1 don't interfere with the
| floating ribs. II IS true that half OF
/ the women who go 10 specialists and
! have operations performed for all sorts
/ OF diseases that they think they have
/ would be perfectly well if they only
knew how TO put on their clothes prop,
/ erly.
NOW" she continued. as she gave a
/ final jerk TO the strings which held
/ Dotty, don't you see how beautifully
! this lady's flesh is distributed? She has
no double hips like she bad when she
came out here, has she? She car
/ breathe. and she can stand on the balls
! of her feet. and she has the same lines
/ that Genevieve has"
Amt il awful hard 10 sit down fl
/ them long ones?' inquired one Of the
I dressmakcTs.
Not a bit" replied the one who knew
/ ''Ali you have 10 do is 90 have the bones
shortened bit If they strike, but never
| forget before you sit down in a car 10
\ lift your skirt slightly in the back and
/ you won't find your feet jerked off the
/ floor.