The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-23
SYLPHS IN PINK TIGHTS
STRUGGLE With WAISTLINES
Ceatinued From First Page.

ing with Hamlet, ''Oh, that this too,
too solid flesh would melt.' 1t matters
not; there are eorsets TO make you what
You would be. not what YOU are.
You, too. can be as gracefully shape
" as the three charming models
small. medium ami large-who in pie
turesque unattire of pink tights and
boudoir caps display the very latest
thing in eorest and braSsieres while
Miss Dougherty describes their adjust
ing.
Miss Dougherty tells YOU that every
hit of superiuouS flesh stays where it
should stay. whether you sit or stand,
You pull in at the waist, pull up at the
hips. leave plenty of space and venti'a-
ton over the spine, tuck lacers so they
cannot trail inadvertently and mortify'
ingly-and have comfort as wei as
"stunning lines.
Days of Torture Past
To get this you must be fitted. That
may seem hardship TO the very wom-
an who will spend hours prinking be-
fore glass getting her hat at the
right angle; but hear Miss Dougherty
give reasons for different models and
You cannot resist getting a new corset
tried on.
The manufacturers may decree the
small waist but they know that waist
line must be achieved with comfort. We
are said TO be going back to the hour
glass figure: but never will we go back
to the instruments of torture by which
Iatharine De Medici got 1S-inch waists
for all her maids of honor, or which
compelled our grandmothers to get an
1S-inch waistline by hitching them
selves to the bed post and pulling hard.
The new corset gives the appearance
of waist by clever eut-a dip at the
sides-with straight front and back
but there is room for expansion BY
elaSties, reinforcing and extra laeing.
and no possibility for compression
which means big doctor bills. The Is
lneh waist of the mid-Victorian maiden
was warped gradually. The "Sloppy''
figure OF to-day must be compressed.
Even the woman with weak back
or nj health can take healthfully eour-
age. for one of the most interesting
models shown this morning is a surgical
or maternity corset, which is recon-
mended by every physician who sees it.
Every woman should look up-to date.
There is no age limit for improving the
figure. What if you have been law or
fond of Sweetsf There is a model that
viii let You go on in your comfortable
ways and still look trim and fashion
ably gowned.
Besides the corset there is a most
interesting display of brassieres in
every style, from the hand-embroiderei
crepe de chene to the simple imitation
.
sheer frockS. And no matter what mod.
ei YOU select or what price you paw the
lines are equally good in all. But the
praSSiere. too, must be tried on if it
Is to suit individual needs.
A Cosmopolitan Audience
To-day the interest shown was not
hmltej TO age, size or nationality.
There was the white haired grandmoth.
er and the maiden of sweet sixteen. One
of the most intent watchers was A
bowed. aged figure in blanket shawl
ana hood. Another who listened with
hated breath was a foreigner with
liquid dark eyes and her hair tied in
festive silk handkerchief. eager to
learn the ways of her American sister
and the secret of the graceful American
figure.
For each and every one of these
woman there is corset adapted to her
special needs; and demonstration who
studied corsetry eighteen months and
has been ION the road ten years. - She
Is glad to discuss her wares whether
one buys or not, and can tell at
glance Just what will change you from
queer lines TO woman with a gooi fg-
ure-ai the minimum price and maxi
mum comfort
But remember, only woman are ad-
mitted.