The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
What the Corset
Maker Suggests

Whalebone Is rarely used In corseu
nowadays, for 1t is exorbitantly expen.
sive. American corsets have improv.
ed tremendously in cut in tina
last few years, so that they
compare very favorably with tho
imported corsets. There have also
been many clever mechanical In.
Ing cost. SO that it is now possible ia
get a good corset at low price, says
Helen Berkeley Lloyd, in the Delineator.
For three dollars one can get very
good pair Of corsets, and. even tina
cheaper ones are much better than
they used to be- But In the dollar and
n half corsets, although they are well
cut and carefully made, the material
and bones are not as good as In the
higher priced corset. They do not
ware so we'll and in the end they are
more expensive. For five or six dol
lars and upwards you can get !corsets
of fancy materials and pretty trim
mings.
About Corsets Materials.
There is rarely anything new to
be said about corset materials, Bat
istc and coutille are used generally.
Countille Is heavier, but the new bat
iste Is almost as strong and is much
more pliable. so that 1t is gradually
taking first place. White Is the fav-
orite color. Very few pink and blue
corsets are made except In the brocadea
and broche silks. Silks and satins and
fine silk serge are used for high
| priced corsets and are very well liked
because they are extremely supple and
TIT the figure like a glove; but to Offset
| that ADVANTAGES yyoa n Nd
the silk soon breaks, A few manufac-
turers are making corsets OF an elastic
material boned only at the front and
back. 1t Is an excellent corset for a
perfect figure, but 1t would do little
to correct an imperfect one. for 1t
simply takes it's shape.
For Evening and Other Wear.
For decollete gowns 1t is absolutely
necessary nowadays to have al, even
Ing corset, for the ordinary kind are
too high both in the front and back.
There are several Kinds Of evening cor
sets. all with the long skirts. but with
different. devices. Mt the topo One is
called the broken- bust corset, because
the bones in front are In two sections
and are broken Just below the bust
so that the top OF the corset can be
turned in under an evening waist An
other corset has a. low gird1e top that
one could wear under the most decol-
lete dress. A girdle-top corset Is ex-
cellent for outdoor sports-golf or ten
nis--for 1t gives one greater freedom
in using the arms, For. horseback rid
Ing one should use. corset that Is
rather short in the skirt and not too
low In the bust. If a woman is slender
enough she can discard corsets enttre-
ly for outdoor sport and simply use a
pOO6 hrnSclarp af,,1L
ly boned corset waists are used over
corsets very generally, especially with
the new Empire styles. They are made
of tape and lace or coarse-meshed fab
RIGS. so that they are very light and
comfortable. They add a great deal
to the trimness of the figure.
Last Resting Place of Danish Royalty.
Far across the sea, in Denmark, is
the little town of Roskilda, OF which
| Anne Forsyth writes in the New idea
Woman's Magazine for September Yet
small though IL is. hundreds OF tour
that the beautiful cathedral stands In
which the Danish royal family finds
its last resting-place. IL
In the little chapel at. one corner
lies all that romans of the good King
Christian and his queen, Louise
Among the withered flowers E,at still
cover the queens marble coffin Is
cluster of dead roses. not more than
dozen white blossoms, perhaps. tied
with white riboon II one were to
look closely at the card attched to il
one would read: ITO our angel
Mamma From Dagmar. Alexandra.
Georgia.
Simple as this inscription Is, the
three names on the card represent three
thrones of Europe; for Dagmar is the
Dowager Empress of Russia. and Alex
andra. until few months ago. was
the Queen of England; while George,
a younger son OF the Denmark house,
was chosen by the Greeks for their king
some twenty odd years ago.
Children Carefully Trained.
No royal family has furnished SO
many heads to wear the crown Yet.
strangely enough, no children in Eu-
rope We're more carefully and rigidly
trained. You see, when they were
young their father was poverty
stricken and unimportant prince with
apparently. no possibility of ever COM
Ing to the throne. He was an officer5i In
the Danish army and was given an
apartment at the top of the royal pals
ace because he was a poor relative OF
the king. He and his family of boys
and girls had very little to live on,
and his wife. who was thirty Gar-
man princess. economical in every
possible way.
SO It happened tina. her daughters
learned to sew and were making their
own dresses at an age When most girls
are thinking only OF dclls, They trim
med their own hats, TOO. Indeed they
scarcely ever had the joy of choosing
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