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"3n J3S573BiaUAIHRnHR$:7' JiPes3i a Hnifirtaf HMB w3 XT ' V 4;:'iii -Mil li, Sr-Tn 3t yHBfBHlBHHHK Ni " r 't- -Mmmmmmt v'-- -;&-.& i - .r.. f " ' " -. x- fprf a m v vrr - - naiHHHnw . Jt m .: . r .j'wrztvs-SKJ!xj'j--J(?.., -a- i ,"Vi4! ix i'-;:"t;ri'V':t-';--K-i - i n mx i ymHA i h. p z?: - r.MmmvwmmiHm.. r --w--. -r4ft y.a4rx'4j'&v&M'.yrc'?2 v i a- v v i i TTi jv.. us? j& y-,. t' . s-t- Buntafii2Bmit? " VC-' i-J ''"'" i"'-- w BP"(W1V:HH I iBi -.ww w. -vi MV .ir vm- j, v4??BBic'J5vliPE:: V - M-lfiiH B7 LILLIAN RUSSELL. NTTMRKIl nf fnVifon fniirnnl in trvlnir jfl I to make as think that the modish woman j J3t. I ,8 8'neT to so without her corset, but when she sets to her dressmaker milady probably will And that she need not die card her corset: she must only look as If she were unooroeted. For the first time since that of the ancient Greeks, we are coming -to realize that a woman's natural figure la al ways the beautiful flffure. The day of the wasp waist, l&rce bust, and redundant nips has passed and even the fashion plate today has some resemblance to the human form divine; and most women have found out that their dress may be com fortable, artistic, beautiful, and stylish at the earns time. Half the cry of the doctors and dress reformers against the corset has been because these people have tnVfm their Ideas of what the corset Is from the wooden figures In the window displaying models for commercial purposes or from the impossible fashion drawings in the magazines. These figures and draw ings evidently are always made by some one who has no Idea of anatomy, as there Is no place for the heart, lungs, or other necessary anatomical arrangements of humanity. Even today the fashion magazines will show you drawings of the feminine form In which no live woman could exist. Critics Have Wrong Conceptions. With these fashion follies In their minds, It Is quite probable that all the good people who rail against the corset think If a woman wears one of these Instru ments of torture she must positively eliminate all the Important Internal factors from her physical being. We are getting more sane on the subject of dress every day; we are placing our belt line whero it be longs up under the bast; .we are making our hips smaller and our waist proportionate to hips and bust. It is all nonsense to say that at any other epoch woman's attire was more artlstlo or comfortable than It Is today. The straight lines make for comfort every time, and every possible adjunct has been added to en hance feminine beauty, whlcSwneans feminine health. Of these perhaps the most Important is the corset, and rightly .fitted and properly pat on. It Is the most com fortable garment fhat woman wears. There has been more Improvement in corsets in the last few years than any other artlole of woman's at tire. Iom a dreadful, torturing armor of heavy iron and cloth, it has become a dainty bit of lingerie of the softest material rad pliable whalebone, 'thai not only, idds to the comfort, but to the -beauty of Its wearer. Wearer Must Stand. Corredp. Bad to relate, in this age of luxurious llvisg-, there are few women who hsve a perfect figure, but evn tf they have, a corset will make them more at ease io. modern costumes, as it will eliminate the feeilatT of constriction around the walstwhlch a tight band will give and also that dragging from the shoulders if one's B9wn h wigs-from there. The up to date corset lu so designed that It 11s- ?&wm&im 'y&v .. -Sbpw ; WZZ- ttt ffiyi &: ft'5?,AA: :- . .-: riiXKM ' v, " 'V 7 -Tv " X , L &i-. S-fev. km ?:3r a&i&tisi. ' MiSiZJz . -'t-fc;"': W &: A TV- 'zrx.rUA.uz.zzxzVi. yr&i8X&M. rJ?Jz:5-Sf V.i 44i ; ?&cj.cir? ?& v jui r & W., i -k45S ij . . '. vi . . m& &Mz w '.a. A-': $?.., : , 4 rst -wwys $ lMrizA mm ' iDTSrallsl rtM &88 n ' Szw (3i?set- e jhpaxv lefottlbu 7te & On- this article been perfected that If a woman buys a well made, well designed corset today and puts It on properly It Is almost Impossible to have what is often referred .to as a high 'stomach. So cunningly shaped le ..the modern corset that one must perforce, hold the abdomen In and the chest up. This puts the center of gravity where It should be straight down to' the balls of the feet. - Teachers of physical culture are priding themselves upon the Improvement of the human form in the last few years, and they should be congratulated, for their campaign for health and .beauty has done much. But unquestionably Improvement In the shape of "the corset has done mqre, for it nas helped thousands of women who-do not go in for physical culture, 'who Are too In dolent to work, off their flesh, or even, stand and breathe properly, to improve their forms. . Fashion NovtBtcotmng 'Sensible. All this talk we hear -nowadays about long lines. ? ? x $, sssssnsssT -l M&'SMmi 3S 'MmM'- smgiZs jtssf-n. viJtf2?.?.AS- fffts- SSJPf 'i t&Sffta 4. i wm "& i$z:?aitt" ?&!?? &,i&l-Z& xJhsolztrely' ipa.itfhtZixiesjfaptzflecessBjry'-' true If your bust Is large, in which case a low bust1 corset and b-ai&sere should be worn. Tour corset should be unlaced until It 'will clasp easily and allow you to bring It down properly over the hips without pulling your flesh down unduly. So not try to draw your flesh up in your corset, as was the fad a few years ago. Next fasten the front and side stocking supporters; now adjust your figure by taking a long breath and rising to the balls of your feet. Then the laces should be tightened up to the waist line and from the top a downward to the same place. In a back laced corset sometimes the laces are tied about half way to the waist line and then again at the waist line, but in the front laced style the adjustment Is always made In the waist line. Do not have your corsets laoed too tight at the top especially if you are a little plump across the shoulder blades, as this will give an ugly bulging effect of flesh ) at the back. Leave your corsets looser above the waist than below, as just now the most popular figure Is tha one that suppresses the hips. It is every woman's ambition to look sylphllks, but most women are too Indolent to work for the trlasv figure they desire. They would rather resort to a corset wbTch binds in their- superfluous flesh to a point wher it Is imposs)blefor them to breathe properly than to harden their flabby flesh by proper diet and vigorous exercise. However, as long as fashion decrees the narrow skirts and simple lines of today, every woman wh cares for that nameless thins we call "mode" must paraphrase Polonlut' advice to his son and use as one of her shopping commandments: Costly thy corset as thy purse can ' buy, f or the corset oft proclaims the stylish woman. Economize on anything else, but mak sure that you buy only the best artlole or its kind, as your8lmple frock will be pronounced perfection If the t proper attention to the purpose and adjustment of your corset is given. : Ai;v;.fr j. &-ZrS'V.T'& P&Sffa ?n.jyK2Vsm n!? f1sVcrBB-'':iW! PI rT'f.'rrtTT to Urn efPrrLTPP kfl St -fhd &S 'WsLxbtrZttxes. JttwzLys 6TL VpUbvnpGrset axrjvwnx eighteen .Inch waist .and forty-two inch hlpr was not unusual,! but today she would be 'the, observed ofall observers An elghteen-inch waist must hae'the hips and bust in proportion; and todiyt the woman with the forty-two inch hips must have at least a Hhlrty-two poses the flesh in proper places and helps to disguise inch -waist. . ,.--. the fact that one has too-little bust or too much 'hip, or .he modern corset designer wisely gives the hips -a vice versa, it makes the hips fppear both the same- proportionate slimnesa by- making. thV-.twalst , larger, also, even lfLone Is a little larger than'the more Important than all the reft, if property. makes the woman. stand correctly. " After you have taken off your corset at night notice badly corseted women. how apt you are to slump dwn to a heap. Tou'i'mme- -The majority of women -would rather be molded to dlately make the walls "of year abdomen do the work thefri corsets thaa have their corsets molded to them. slim hips, and natural .busts, is perfectly sensible and " not ,ook " s,U'in tlSfht coiset as in one that wiir sane. The woman of 'a .few, years 'ago. who had-an flt you '"P'T- la inese cays ot aundreds Of different designs,. It Is almost as easy to be fitted In, a ready to wear corset as In a ready to wear shoe, but unless- you are perfectly comfortable anB you feel that the lines of th "i.nrt "tried? on are suitable to your figure. Insist upon being oalblllty 2 fitted -with "another style. Some women pta-thelr fait ta al110 to the corset which 1-i in front- h,a n.. vf- veiope has many1 points of excellence Others -will only wear ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. JINXIOUS: -A. careful diet is necessary besides local treatment in order- to reduce the bust Gentle massage with anlrlts of camphor is frequently heneflrlaJ. Be sore that -the massage is zu other. -and. giying'the effect of straight line xreea the bust' w..es in the ,bafcic This ta almos tpurely a wy. fltted, ltw aDd,she keeps the -upperpart ot the-gure. graceful and -n,ftter of tMt',y 0n8 flnd-'fPleadid designs in each' soft, -eliminating, that " trussed Tip " 'look seTpalnful In "claa8:' . v Proper 'Aijuttrntpl' Essential. that should be pat -upon the haekBoae, and this is, the reason' why so war weemen eessplain etTahlsh,'pro trudlBr abde-mea. These' wasaeB anUL lately, have fceea the desaalr C tha eefitt ei3ier,''bttt so'aiarly as- After buylng-your conetafto'rou are sure that it but .the expert fitters Jn the shop are aaklag. .their not only the sue, but the style that fits you, oqiy he; customers understaael "jtaat mt least a co-rsetiaust be of. the matter to wettleiVsi xat put It oajttop large ?enousn. v it wiu 39t saaxe youcjee ay seere for tne averafe wowes. a eerser wiw a low doswi sleas)r If 'you wear a small eorst;lB act,'7ou. will 'long hip Use Is sseit v heoeBsts. Particularly., is - fSFWflSStiiZ. ' erst: 'x JKstKJrMBMwlr cirrt,c t zprrt iBisv&stiWVmMSt " i r sasgsKO -iij. '"g-jyvjsenfiMMjaffv '--- PtowSMwESC 'gyfrjtgsfaF?- -? ..-, jsHBBRSBasjasjsB ( '. rT&.&ZWVXr'SlP- ,j SnK&lV amSSxMt: ABmsmtiMj . EssBttssBeKl? 3?1aV ?;-mWmh&LL&Sr VUtf3 H