The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-09-22

Here and there we begin to hear muir
nuns against the straight mont corset 80
far as these complaints are made on grounds
of health they can hardly he preliminary
TO the introduction OF the kind OF eorsets
that make for the cultivation OF the wasp =
waist, which used TO he accounted the
most admirable thing in women, But 1t
is certain some medical men are displeased
with the practice OF lengthening the waist
line in front by the doubtful process of flat
tening the abdomen and pulling the super
tluous flesh well above the waistline, Ac.
cordng to a leading specialist, this distort'
ing of the figure leads TO internal troubles
quite as serious as those caused by THE
hour glass model. However much il may
be boosted that the straightfront corset
follows only the natural lines of the figure,
it can hardly be doubted that in its pres.
ent length, strapped and frightened as il
is il may be quite as uncomfortable and
hardly less injurious than the earlier
models Possibly we shall revert TO these;
there are some who assert positively that
the waist OF the wasp is coming back. On
the other hand there is a very strong feel.
ing al this moment in Paris in favor of
the natural-that is to say the quite nm.
corsetted figure, and when stays are worn,
however much the hips may be nodded
and the bust restrained, the ambition OF
the corsetier is to produce soft and nat
ural effect, and even the illusion that no
corsets are worn at ALL There are GER
tainly movements in this direction. Bone.
less corsets OF elastic and various examples
in tricot or woven corsets have long been
favored by the Americans. These are
lightly made and boned and are slightly
gathered in front. ribbon straps holding
them in place over the arms. Some of the
brassieres resemble cache corsets, with the
lower part cut away and like these ate
made OF linen and trimmed with Cluny
lace,
A ship with a cargo of cloth and wool
consigned to Quebec, Canada, ina170i, was
lost at sea. Raw materials were in con.
sequence so scarce in the province that
Madame de Ripentigny, an aristocrat, spun
and wove several blankets of nettle and
linden bark
Martha Washington dyed her discarded
silk gowns, then had them carefully ravel-
ed and, woven into chair and cushion
covers, One Of her daintiest dresses, which
had red and white stripe, was made from
raveled chair covers and the generals
worn out silk stockings.
Some women in colonial days earned a
competence through the lucrative and
popular means of selling flower and
vegetable seeds. About the middle OF the
eighteenth century there were five OF these
seedswomen in business in Boston.
Mrs. Leneve often advised Walpole not
TO begin being civil to people he did not
like, For said she, you grow weary
of them and can not help showing it, and
so make il ten times worse than II you
had never attempted to please them
Female conspirators against Rameses
III, OF Egypt says Rawlinson, were con
demned in 1850 b. c. ito the servitude
of keeping beer house, which was thought
sufficient punishment for ladies of delicacy
and refinement.
Most of us can remember the fascinating
lump OF wax which was always to be found
at the bottom Of grandmothers' work
baskets, and still use wax to prevent a
long thread from twisting into knots; but
wax sometimes discolors the thread slight
" and is not always desirable on that ac-
count. For either silk or cotton thread
YOU can use. in the same way as wax,
small piece OF pure white soap that is per
fectly dry. This makes the thread slip
through the material very easily and
absolutely prevents twisted knots. Soap
may also be used before drawing threads