The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-03-27
MERE MAN |hvENTS
PUNCHING CORSET
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Ouch

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WIN the trou-le
That old corset steel piuched rae
Ana that Same little complaint has
been heard from women since abe day
The corset WAS invented. some maN
troubled more than others. h>, If
shefe~iss yvear@r of f-assf'fs- ~ alo has
never experienced thnf "a agreeable
little nip upon straight ling up after
ssooping or bending. she ~ more than
usually fortunate. that's all
Twas ever thus" but that does
NOT necessarily mean that il will re
main eser thus Relief ~ in sight, in
tact IL is right here il one may be
Lexa the statement of Ut least one
West side wearer Of up~to- date gar
hnents.
This matron, who liz most particular
tn her choice OF corsets. was breaking
the glad news 50 a girl friend a day or
two ago. This happened after the lit
fIe dialog given above.
That's too had +" was the Uatron's
vmpathetic reioinder. but r1y dear
you viii simply have 10 get q pair
khas won't pinch you.
That's easy to say Scotfed her
friend 'tbut | never saw pair Of cor
sets yet that wouldn't yet you uaoe
fn a while Bend over like that and
when you straighten out--~0af' And
the worst of ii is that IL s hard on your
underclothes too. And you know
h isn's because I'm fat either, for
that is the least of my troubles. drink
jnx three glasses of milk a day as ]
30 IN hopes of adding few pounds to
Inv savoirdupois."
go on, go on" laughed Mrs
wcstsitle. but IL youu stop long
fnougtt to get your breath, am going
: 10 teli you something, And what ts
more I'd show YOU something that you
acverssaw before
This promise was enough 70 take
her callers mind from her own small
trouhfcs, and she was all interest. as
knp- Woman -mnuld be when clothes
Are the matter II discussion.
Il have on the latest thing in cor
tets'a declared the matron, and can
bend or stoop as much and as far as
I like, without having 10 worry in
khex least over pinching steois, Why.
with This thing on, 1t Just can't be
done III show you why roo, 1sr
I hav-s another upstairs
t-pstairs went the two, and there
the~ gf~i friend was convinced that
her hostess spoke truly, for seeing Ia
believing The non ~pinchiuR corset
ftecl III an actuaiity, evolved by a
Uorcasester man after years Of ex-
nerinaenting Mrs Westside explained
u thus.---
You See she said TITS The clasp
Thar makes all the difference Il was
lnv4ntcd by A. j. iecoutre, the head
designer at the Royal Worcester Cor
set @soupany--~who could imagine
man thinking of such a thing-and the
whole thing hinges on these little
studs. See how it's made, not with
q long neck topped with a little fiat
cap, spch as we always have been
used to; but with a neck just long
enough, to allow for the clasp and the
matenlal Above that. you sea Ii
rounds out just like "A little inverted
cone, that spreads out into the cap.
5ts nne.. It brings all the strain on
The base OF the stud. instead of the
top. and the clasp simply can't slide
no to the top. And just because the
strain comes on the base of the stud
right close TO the steel II keeps The
ktoels from separating. They lie fiat
ali the time. and as long as they can
not separate, they cant come together
Again and pinch you, see. Believe me,
its 4. great thing"
70, I see," exclaimed her friend
Why. have you heard OF them, or
how did you know it?" gasped Mrs. !
hR.skside.
20. I. Chat what they call the /
new clasp. and I thought ] was one
81 the few Initiated" explained the
tnatron.
20. see.' said her friend again, |
md then they both began to laugh. |
ssYf s,~Ft airliy Is a great thing, too