Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1913 — HEALTH AND GOOD LOOKS [ARTICLE]

HEALTH AND GOOD LOOKS

Proper Fitting of Corset Means Appropriate Care of Both Those Important Items. Various doctors and artists have been once again discussing the vexed question as to whether women should wear corsets, and they have once again come to the inevitable conclusion that if they wear the right corsets they are considerably improved by them. If ever the wasp waist asserts itself again among us it will be something to grumble at, but the corset of today is really beneficial rather than harmful, If it is properly made and properly worn. It may be that we ought not to require the support of corsets, but life in these days is artificial, and surely it is better to have a good figure by means of a good corset than to have a bad figure without it. Just the same, a good many women are not sufficiently careful about their corset, and then they wonder why their gowns never look well. Better a cheap, ready-made blouse robe on a good corset than an elaborate frock over a shapeless one. It will not only be better from the point of view of health and carriage, but it will even give an air to the gown. French women have built up their reputation for dressing well, not on their taste in gowns, but by their attention to the corset.