Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1892 — Fitting a Dress. [ARTICLE]

Fitting a Dress.

Sitting in a woman's tailor shop the other day I heard a cry from the fitting-room, then a heavy fall, and then the sound of feet rushing to and fro in wildest haste. “What is the matter?” I said to an attendant. “A woman who was being fitted has fainted,” she said. “That is all.” “Is that a common occurrence?” “Oh, yes indeed; it happens nearly every day.” “Tight lacing?” No; not as a rule. Sometimes it may be, from that, but very seldom. It is caused usually by standing too long. You know it is very difficult to stand still any length of time. A woman who can walk all day cannot stand in one place fifteen minutes. "They feel faint, try to light it off, and, if the litter is intent upon her work and does not notice, over they go in a dead faint—New York Recorder.