Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1911 — Known by Their Backs. [ARTICLE]

Known by Their Backs.

To the frivolous minded the dressmaker’s fitting room suggested preparations for an Anthony Comstock raid. Even the adjustable wire forms representing women’s figures were draped in white sheets. “We do that,” said the dressmaker, “at the request of the customers. These figures belong to women who order so many clothes made that it pays to keep forms permanently adjusted to their shape. The figures under those sheets are by no means perfect. There are stout figures that cannot be made to look slim and thin flgttyns that will not look stout; there are uneven shoulders and hips that won’t match. Customers who know each other have the eye of a detective for recognizing Bhapes. Nine out of ten can pick out the figure of an acquaintance. “ ‘That looks like Mrs. Brown’s back,’ they say. I may lie away krs. Brown’s you crfh’t fool those women. That is why most women want their wire forms draped. Imperfections that can be hidden by a well-fitting dress look as big as a camel’s hump In a wire form.”