Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 226, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1912 — COMMON SENSE IN CORSETS [ARTICLE]

COMMON SENSE IN CORSETS

Stout Woman Must Sensibly Adapt Herself to Increasing Lines of Her Figure. “Of course it goes without saying that It is the fat woman who has the mcst troubles. This much-harassed woman must learn that flesh has got to be accepted. She cannot push It aside, because that only makes it the more prominent in a place where it ought not to be. However, there really Is a place for all flesh, but all flesh mUBt be kept In its place. Be sure to remember this when you start to reduce your figure. Don’t try to move your abdomen up and then compress it in a place where it does not belong. The flesh is adaptable in its place, but it is more than perverse and obstinate where it does not belong. “Then, above all else, every stout woman must stop thinking that she can wear a corset two or three sizes smaller than she needs by actual measurement. What earthly difference does it make whether a large, wellbuilt woman’s waist measures 26 or 30 inches? It is how she looks in her corset, and how she feels in it, that counts. Let me tell you tha.t the fat woman looks much better in a corset an Inch or so too large for her, where her fat can sink down into It,, rather thah in a corset two or three inches too small which presses her fat up and out until it appears In many unsightly bulges and bumps. A safe rule to follow Is to wear a corset In a size three Inches smaller than the waistband of your dress. For instance, if your waistband measures 32 Inches, you can safely and correctly wear a corset size 29. I am referring, you see, to the stout wpman."— Woman’s Home Companion.