Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1911 — ELASTIC SIDE GUSSETS USED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ELASTIC SIDE GUSSETS USED

Boon to Those of Stout Figure Are the New Corsets of Very Long Hip Cut. Elastic side gussets are introduced on corsets of very long hip cut, as shown in our illustration, and stout figures especially can be assured of added slimness in those shapes, which particularly give flat hips. A reduction in the circumference of the figure of from three to five inches is an important consideration to the smart woman, even if she now does not exceed an average build; every garment, as she well knows, looks .and wears so much more advanta-

geously on a slim figure, provided that the rounded lines are preserved and the whole is well proportioned. There is no reason in these days why grace, increased support and comfort to the figure, extra slimness and consequent additional smartness should not all be achieved at the same time by the wearing of good though not necessarily expensive up-to-date corsets. The big, heavy woman, however, will do well to wear the special belt corsets which have reached such perfection this fteason. These are most comfortable to wear, besides making the figure inches smaller; therefore they will be found invaluable to those of corpulent or inclined to that build. The particular feature of this season’s corsets, however, for ordinary figures is, as our illustrations show, their straight fit over the hips and abdomen, but their construction and style of cutting make them "sit” most comfortably, while aSording extra abdominal compression and support