Show One Instance Chicago Tribune The bearded man who was asked to speak at the Women Reformers convention conven-tion on the subject of Corsets Their Injurious In-jurious Effects Upon the Human Frame had spoken at considerable length and closed by saying In short the corset Is the abomination of abominations It serves no good purpose whatever He sat down amid loud applause and the professor who happened to be profe3or happene present pres-ent was called on for a few remarks He said saidMy friend who has Just preceded me has said the corset serves no good our pqse In the course of a life now well past the middle age 1 have known lust one exception which indeed may be considered con-sidered as proving the rule A California cow bad become so emaciated that when f 1 she ate grass It dropped out through the spaces between her ribs before It could b acted upon by the stomach and assimilated as-similated Into her corporate system In this emergency and as a last resort a largo corset was strapped around tho cow This kept the grass in and thus tho cows life was saved Still she was not a valuablecow and I should not mention her case were It not that In the pursuit of science wo must be rigidly exact I thank you ladies for your atenton |