Show EVERY GIRL CAN BE A VENUS MODERN DAY VENUS GIVING POINTERS SAYS GREEK BEAUTY NEVER WORE CORSETS I t n x v y f Y jt i iI Mt I f I III y 1 7 w Y fL i f fx x I L 1 x 3 C yx X y s' s Posed especially for fop THE TELEGRAM by Emily Illingworth called the Venus of New York and The American By EMILY ILLINGWORTH The fifth of six articles written es especially especially especially es- es for TH THE E TELEGRAM by the famous dancer hailed by public and critics as IS the modern-day modern Venus and the Pa of America For years sculptors have tried to figure figure fig fig- ure lire just what the Venus de Milos Milo's arms were doing before they were broken broke of oft off But Dut no one has ever claimed he her arms were being used for lacing her corsets And there thee are two reasons I maintain main main main- tain First corsets had not been in in- in in- in vented Second admitting there were stays of some come sort no woman wearing corsets could have developed so wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- a figure But generations of or women preceding us ha have ve worn corsets because corsets were the fashion and today we we-I we I except except except ex ex- ex- ex myself wear myself wear them for tor the same reason When the lines of fashion change we change the lines of the corsets and fit the body to the corset not the corset corsetto to the body I dread to think of or the narrow es escape escape escape es- es cape I had When I was 13 I bought a pair of corsets and a friend showed me how to put them on For a year and 1 nd a half I wore them All the girls admired my beautiful figure but little did they know that day after day I sat Rat in school with numb hips I still bear marks where spots on my hips hip were worn raw by those corsets I Cors Corsets interfere with correct standing standing stand stand- ing and deep breathing by binding the laps hips and putting an artificial bone I down the front of the body One of the most harmful effects of a corset on a womans woman's figure is the softening softening soft soft- c ening ning of the muscles by holding them in m one position and giving iving them no op opportunity opportunity op op- II to strengthen To ro remedy such a condition and the slump of ot the back that usually accompany accompany pany wearing of corsets put into practice practice practice tice the simple exercises I give for correct standing breathing lying also 1 his exercise the best of its kind for forthe forthe forthe the purpose I know of I Assume the correct standing position Taking a deep breath slowly stretch I the arms upward from the shoulders bend from waist until you feel a pull on the back then slowly unfold starting start- start ing ng fr from m the waist lino IIno and taking a adeep adeep adeep I deep breath as you recover From the original position bend back at the waist waistline waistline waistline line and slowly recover taking two I deep breaths slowly I |