Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-15

\ rEW YORK-(Special correspond
N ence.)-It was a grand day for
business generally when the long
dress was launched. The false hair
manufacturers, the shoe man, the one
who manufactures eyebrow growers,
and last but not least. the corset man
ufacturer. look upon the advent OF the
new silhouette as q Messiah come TO
save industry.
The corset business trembled in the
balance for the last season or Two
With the same gusto with which they
were abandoned a while ago. now they
are being draped about the 1879 figure.
No new model. unless particularly IA
vored bv Providence, can well appear
corsetless with the new cllnglng,
slinky frocks, which calls for the lllu-
sion of grace and slenderness.
lust the other evening | was at one
of those smart after theater dancing
places, wher the lights are soft ana
low. designed purposely low, methlnks:
RI soften that first terrific impact OF
ewes and check total after a few simple
hits of f~oodstuffs. There were lovely
women and formally dressed swans
beautiful dancers. and there | saw the
extremely long chiffon dancing trocks
over corseted figures, with but II cX-
! ception. Gone the vulgar Hawaiian
suggestion Of movement, noticeable
hitherto among the uncorseted Oh
dance floors.
Most Women Need One
Corset manufacturers have put much
art into this revival of their wares
Their study of figures and of HYGIENE
nrinciples deserve favorable comment
and the adoption of their manutac-
t,red article. [ do not hesitate to say
that few women over % are not I'M
uroved bv wearing a well fitted corset
But since corsets are designed OF
certain lines for certain figures, OF
other lines for heavier figures, why
% 70 n cOunte and pick up a bargain
pair when one might walk out muci
more t~riumphantly with a corset ina
would wear longer and give better INT
If fitted TO the Individual figure.
There is no doubt that a corset IS u
the majority of figures as important d
the dress. Under my direct ooserVa
ton was this demonstrated recently
An acquaintance who thinks nothing Q
snpuding hundreds on dresses and fuf
she leans toward the heavyweight
cIass-had a pet economy, even as yo'
and 7 have one, aud hers was bargain
corsets. She never looked really smar
because she had fleshy shoulders an,
ran in taste to the tightened waist
which sent her bullying from the corse
top up. nm w soid tb
costumer over a dream of a Sl65 dress
"and have her fit you properly, or yol
cannot have this dress"
Friend J. came back, put the dres
on, and I'm not exaggeratlng when
say 10 years was hidden away some
where in that corset. The corsetler
told her that her corset was three size
too small and it's waistline was TO
high. With the larger corset til
bulges are missing and the wearer /
a credit to the artist designer of tn
frock.
In Lieu of Exercise
OF course it would be an ideal stat
If the article could be disposed of. an
it could be II women lived the life 0
exercise originally intended to keep tn
symmetry of figure. But we dom
account Of excuses that have the SCUM
of reason and then again have not, an
SO the corset is a necessity for mos
of us: not Just any old corset, but tn
one which suits our individual figure.
Present day manufacturers must b
credited with a study of the wide vari
ETY. of types to be met in their business
And nowadays, when line is preache
from every magazine and womaD's fea
ture page, the Importance of correC
corseting is not to be overlooked.
suppose the worst lines al
spoken by the woman who still il
7 sists uDOn tight lacing, The result