or down with corsets. This never obliterates the unnecessary flesh, but instead calls attention to it. A string cannot be tied around any part of the body without pushing the organs beneath it out position. Witness the effect which the "lily hooks" of China have ya the ankles! What must a corset do? Many of them (the sort usually worn by the stout) are no more comfortable than a straight jacket. If the stout woman would wear a corset slightly boned and {hang her clothing, lingerie incluied, from the shoulders, she woud look much more presentable. The only sight more humorous than a very stout woman corseted to death is a very thin man with a
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I say frankly that I have no patience with obesity. No woman with a sense of humour unless she is downright lazy, will allow herself to become a "sight." All that is necessary to overcome supe! fluous flesh is will power. One our famous actresses at the age of 45-decided to regain her girlish figure. She had become foolishly stout. She accomplished her 4e-sire at the end of six months by wise eating, plenty of exercise and no pampering. "Let us return to our muttons" as the French say.
A woman who is too stout can by certain dressing conceal some of her defect. I can hear stout women say "I never could go without stays." "I need support for my back." "I would look hideous in one-piece frocks" etc. I still Bolcoln Strauss Service The latest headgear for elite folk Ts a droped harem veil on @ smart toque.
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