Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1914 — THE DOWNWARD TREND. [ARTICLE]

THE DOWNWARD TREND.

Come, Nora, Nance and Nellie, Let us study Botticelli When we-'feel the gnawing craving to ha smart. \ If we want to be de rigueur We must educate the figure „ To show the downward trend of "plasti. art.” The outline should be slack, Slippy-sloppy, front and back, Till bodice, skirt and tunic—every stltchSeem to call for the support Of the handy man’s resort— That naval gesture termed the “double hitch," The shoulders must be drooping, The knees a trifle stooping. And the widest waist, remember, takes the prize. . When motoring or shopping The coatee must be flopping Through a belt that’s sagging downward to tlie thighs. But the evening toilet scheme Shows the opfibsite extreme. And when for dance or dinner you’re equipped A clinging ’’mermaid’s tail” The nether limbs must veil. While the corsage Is the only part that’s slipped. —Punch.