Show < FACTS ABOUT BUSTLES The Great Need of Some Modern Bm provcmcnts in This Very Use ful Article New Orleans TimesDemocrat Yes said the saleswoman the bustles are about the same now as they were eight or ten years ago the only in provement being in the adoption of bet ter shapes which better fit the human form and consequently cause the dresses of ladies to show to greater advantage There has been no change however in the materials out of which bustles are manufactured the thin steel wire being used exclusively and you know this wire sometimes snaps and oftentimes tears valuable dresses and causes a good deal of personal discomfort It would bo a great deal better I think if bustles were manufactured out of some material that is more pliable and elastic What do you call those bustles which are rather large and point out and up ward after the style of a handle on a tin dinner dipperdo not know that they have any particular name unless you wish to call l them costume bustles as they are used to give a neat set to dresses that have long heavy trains and consequently have to be stronger than the average paniei The small lumpy little bustle which is tied around the waist like a lifepreserver is worn with walking dresses and around the house Is not the life of a wire bustle rather briefYes Yes they do not last long for the reason that they are soon crushed twisted and bent into awkward and horrid shapes and cause the wearer to appear as if she were deformed A lame bustle when a lady walks will not keep in its place but will wabble first one way and then another an-other and make a poor woman a perfect frightWhat What style of bustles do ladies like bestTo To tell you the truth sir the homemade home-made article gives more satisfaction than any other I mean the newspaper bustle which can be made in a few moments and doss not cost a cent A great many ladies will wear no other kind because when the papers are properly wrapped around a piece of baling twine it will retain its shape no matter how severely it is i crushed j whereas a close seat in a I street car is death to a wire bustle and and that is the reason why ladies when they ride in the cars spread their dresses over the seat and usurp as much room as they can II |