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Show AN ARTICLE FQ?V : EXCLUSIVE PERUSAL ' OF.TIIE YOAEN. ji This article is for the exclusive perusal peru-sal of women. Men need not read It. ' In it will be found all the best advice given by various lecturers before the dressmakers' convention. The chief subject considered today is the corset and the petticoat and the hose supporters all items of the greatest great-est basic importance in correct dressmaking. dress-making. All the dressmakers agree that a per feet gown is utterly wasted on a woman wo-man who has not a good corset and a correct petticoat. Corset Lore. .These are the corset principles advanced ad-vanced by Madame Pyne of New York, an expert on the subject of fitting and making stays. "The first principle of good dressing is a good, well-fitting, straight-front corset. "The corset laces should be drawn up gently to fit the figure. "The corset should be well placed over the hips and abdomen. "The shape and fit of the best corset in the world are ruined if it is put on with the laces tightly tied. "Don't draw the corset too far down. "Remember that the aim of the corset cor-set is not to give a woman a freak shape. ' "Don't twist into your corset as If your body were a sack of meal. "Start to hook the corset at the top. "If you are stout, wear a corset with dip hips. "A corset well fitted over a pair of unruly hips will make the ugliest curves look graceful. ' "An ill-fitting corset is the cause of the kangaroo walk. "The kangaroo walk is not a fashionable fashion-able nor a correct walk. "If you cannot stoop you are not properly corseted. "Unlactthe corset before removing it. u "Women flop too much. "Stand firm and erect. "Women are going to belt more than ever. Belts should be ten inches high in front. "Don't take your skirt off over your head. Garters and Petticoats. "Never wear round garters. "Have one pair of hose supporters on the front of your corset and another pair on the side. "Keep your supporters taut and neat, and don't let the elastic grow old and sag. "The new corset gospel la not one of tight lacing. "Have your petticoats fit tightly and smoothly over the hips and legs and ruffled about the feet. "Don't have your petticoats too full anywhere. "Be sure to see that what fullness there Is Is concentrated in the back in smooth gathers. "Never wear more than one smooth-ntting smooth-ntting petticoat over the corset. "If you must wear other petticoats wear then under the corset. . "The women In Paris are wearing even their outside petticoats under their corsets. "The best-dressed women have abandoned aban-doned petticoats altogether." Mme. Baker has been elected the new president of the National Dressmakers' association. It has been decided that the next convention shall be held in Chicago in September. |