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Show THE FALSE MUSCLE INDUSTRY. filiapely Calves Slado to Order For Bj. cyclists In Welsh Factories. There is one department of Industry which, by the general admission oi those engaged in it, is exempt from thj stagnation which so largely prevails. Indeed it is in a remarkably flourishing state, and the men and women employed employ-ed at it are kept busy from morning to night It is that which deals with the supply of artificial sinews and muscles in order to give to limbs the plumpness and symmetry which nature has denied. The great demand at the present time 1b for well shaped calves for the legs, and for some time the purveyors oi these oiybelhshniGnts could not makt out wl so many of them were wanted, because the requirements of the ladies of the ballet and burlesque actresses are piaity much the same all the yeai round, and there was nothing going on to occasion an unusual request ir the articles. But they have now found out the reason. rea-son. Thoy sro required by lady cyclists who wear knickerbockers, and who, naturally enough, desire to exhibit tc mankind the limbs which aro not covered cov-ered by these bulky garments in at shapely and attractive a form as possible. possi-ble. The stuffing required for this purpose pur-pose must bo of the best kind, and it i also necessary that the mold should be well fitting; otherwise the lady cyclist would becomo a kind of scarecrow on wheels instoad of a thing of beauty The articles, therefore, cost more than t'tm ordinary calves, and it may accordingly accord-ingly be said that the latest fashion among women not only encourages oycl making, but also aids the artistic upholstery up-holstery of the hum an. figure in th highest form. Cardiff (Wales) Mail jnrs. uatnanne Conklln, 37 years old, who lives in the mountains near Huguenot, Hugue-not, N. Y., since tho death of her husband hus-band three years ago, has supported herself her-self and child by cutting cord wood. |