The Corset.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2992, 6 June 1893, Page 2

The Corset.

The corset question has been brought to the front in Duuedin of late (says " Civis *' the " Otago Daily Times,") and a correspondent sends me an object lesson thereon, which, with the permission of Mrs C, I print without comment for the benefit of whom it may concern :— 1. This is the shape of a woman's waist on which a corset tight is laced. The ribs deformed by being squeezed, press on the lungs till they're diseased. The heart is jammed and cannot pump; the liver is a . torpid lump; the stomach, crushed, cannot digest; and ia a mess are all compressed. There* fore, this silly woman grows, to be a fearful mass of woes, but thinks she has a lovely shape, though hideous , as a crippled ape. 11. This is a woman's natural waist which corset never yet disgraced. Inside it is a mine of health. Outside of charms it has a wealth. It is a thing ot beauty true, and a sweet joy for ever new. It needs no artful padding vile, or bustle big to gived it " style. " It's strong and solid, plump and sound, and hard to get one's ar.n around. Alas! if women only knew the mischief that these corsets do, they'd let Dame Nature have her way, and never try her waist to " stay." Time was when I could have been happy with either were the other dear charmer away. But h'sh, no comment—l am forgetting my compact with Mrs C.