Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1886 — Cuvier on Tight Lacing. [ARTICLE]

Cuvier on Tight Lacing.

The great naturalist, Cuvier, was walking one day with a young lady, who was a victim of tight lacing, in a public garden in Paris. A lovely blossom upon an elegant plant drew from her an expression of admiration. Looking at her pale, thin face, Cuvier said: “You were like this flower once; to-morrow it will be as you are now.” Next day he led her to the same spot and the beautiful flower was dying. She asked the cause. “This plant,” replied Cuvier, “is an image of yourself. I will show you what is the matter with it.” He pointed to a cord bound tightly around the stem and said: “You are fading away exactly in the same manner under the compression of your corset, fund you are losing by degrees all your youthful charms, just because you have not the courage to resist this dangerous fashion.” An electric spark m a dusty atmosphere causes the dust to settle, and if the air be smoky, clears it up. This is probably one reason why the air seems so clear when sniffed after a thunderstorm, even though there has been but little rain.— Dr. Foote’s Health Monthly.