Dear Sir. – Will you, with your well-known courtesy, permit a short letter in reply to several correspondents who have expressed doubts as to the existence nowadays of a real hour-glass waist. Undoubtedly, trim figures do exist, but are disguised under the shapeless modern dresses. Five years ago, when my sister and I were fifteen … Continue reading The Hourglass Waist
Dear Sir. May an old reader reply to “Mrs S.” who suggests that in certain Continental schools for young ladies figure-training is still carried out? I can confirm “Mrs. S’s” suggestion, as although at an age when a long journey including a sea crossing is a terrifying business, my very old friend persuaded me to … Continue reading An old reader’s views on modern girls
Dear Sir, – I noticed a letter signed by a “Mrs. S.” in “London Life.” in which she stated that she was screwed into steel corsets. It would be interesting to know what kind of corset this was. For many years I worked in a corset factory in the North of England, and we made … Continue reading What Daughters Endure
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