Show Allens Allen's Co Figure o. o I I I And If And How Flow to Develop One Just Like dike It i r ri rf f i sit sc d t Yi x y I IJ J OI e 1 Miss Maud Allen iu in Oriental 9 i dancing costume I el V I ISS MAUD ALLEN Grecian int in- in t dancer was reade readie read read- ie e report of the United States i Health Service vindicating the use of if the corset forset Never she ejaculated vigorously at the end of the first paragraph and nd ended by spreading out her hands in tn ina ina a gracious gesture oo of ot deprecation But its its it's urd she de declared fared How could a corset improve a figure figure fig 0 ure j se Miss AUen Alien has never worn one one Let those who aspire to a finer physique l seek it amid the ancients oi of That is her dictum The dancers dancer's animus ag against l st the corset was unmitigated Nature she said has given e you youa youla 1 l-a l a corset two corset two fine sets of ribs a backbone backbone back back- I bac-I bone and an excellent auxiliary force I of muscles Why this craving for whalebone and s steel eel They're unnecessary un un- necessary necessary unna necessary unnatural tural To support her argument she hall hail recourse to antiquity The Greeks 1 model of races knew of ot no such mon mon- I Boys Doys the finest physical specimens of ot modern times dont don't need them Why develop their muscles they muscles they know how to stand I walk and run iun f If If wom women n would but learn tl these ese I three things said Miss 1 Allen there would b be a general discarding of cas cas- ings Balance your weight prope properly ly let it swing from the ankle and you will find find Ind no strain stran on any muscle Moreover Moreover Moreover More More- over over you will find your figure improve im prove each part o 0 of your anatomy in its proper relation to the others no need of at artificial aid to produce a graceful line I Women complain that their backs I ache that ache that they need corsets to support support support sup sup- port them than Do you know why Because Because Be Be- I Dc-I cause they cant can't walk Heels first they strike the ground and the result result result re re- I sult A Jar of course Let them try I walking walking on the ball of the foot and note the difference in the result I Miss Allen occasionally does violence violence violence vio vio- lence to her feelings by watching her sisters hurry burry to catch cars They dont don't run she said Tb They y waddle no sw bg no speed They should be De taught minus their cors cor- cor cor cor- s sets et The case of the stout came up for consider consideration lUon but Miss l Allen was still in the opposition Bandage your arm she said and fand see what happens You push away the flesh in one part only to have it reappear elsewhere It will 1 out like murder And the only result of tight lacing Is Inability to breathe properly I The woman who is uncomfortably tably corseted breathes from her chest In Instead instead instead in- in I stead of ot from her diaphragm and the consequence ence Is both for her lungs lung and her general appearance appearance I And then when the case for the cors corset t seemed irre Irretrievably lost Miss 1 Allen made a a concession to the enemy There is Is' Is isone one case and one only when a corset Is h help that help that is if it any of ot the organs have been dis die placed Then wear wear one by all aU me means ns j until you have been restored to toy your ml normal condition but haw havE as little as-little little boning as possible I myself always wear the Grecian substitute substitute-a a band cut to my ray own measurements and fitting loosely loosely over the hips Practically every woman however well developed needs need that ha much support But even those who have been accustomed from their heir childhood to the unhealthy unhealthy assistance ce I of ot superfluous whalebone I can can ea easily learn to dispense with it Exercise mild mUd at first but taking heel heel heel- In every muscle from head to that is the proper substitute for the I corset sa ss toss F r |