AN OLD SUBSCRIBER says – “I fear you will be almost tired of the subject, but I would fain say a word or two in the tight-lacing controversy. Permit me to observe that, so far from small waists being “fashionable,” as SCHOOLMISTRESS and some others affirm, you would not find one waist in a hundred … Continue reading An Old Subscriber
MIGNONETTE writes – “As several of your correspondents have remarked, the personal experience of those who have for a number of years worn tight-fitting corsets can alone enable a clear and fair judgment to be pronounced upon their use. Happening to have had what I believe you will admit to be an unusual experience of … Continue reading Mignonette
LUCILLA MONRO says – “LAURA need find no difficulty in following the fashion of small waists if she will take the trouble of having her corsets made for her. Any staymaker will furnish her with as strong an article as she may be wish at a moderate price, and if she can only command the … Continue reading Lucilla Monro
L. THOMPSON says – “No one will grudge the young lady herself any sympathy she may claim for the torture she has submitted to, but so far from her case being condemnatory of stays, it is the reverse, for she candidly admits that she does not suffer ill health. Now such a case as hers … Continue reading Thompson
A SCHOOL MISTRESS CORRESPONDENT says – “As a regular subscriber to your valuable Magazine, I see you have invited your numerous readers to discuss the subject brought forward by a correspondent in Edinburgh, and as the principal of a large ladies’ school in that city, I feel sure you will kindly allow me space to … Continue reading School Mistress Replies
EFFIE MARGETSON SAYS – “As one of your correspondents recommends the waistbands in lien of corsets, I have, during the last three weeks, made a trial of them, and shall be glad if you will allow me to express my opinion that they are not only disadvantageous but positively dangerous to the figure. Your correspondent … Continue reading Effie Margetson
TIGHT-LACING. On this subject, we have received a letter from the “YOUNG LADY HERSELF” whose experience brought about this discussion. She says – “In last month’s number of your valuable Magazine, you were kind enough to publish a letter from my mamma on the subject of tight-lacing, and as your correspondent ‘STAYLACE’ says she is … Continue reading Young Lady Herself
One who signs as A YOUNG BARONET says – “As you have given your readers the benefit of ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT’S excellent letter, will you kindly allow another member of the sterner sex to give his opinion on the subject of small waists? Those who have endeavored to abolish this most becoming fashion have not hesitated … Continue reading A Young Baronet
MEDICUS says – “My attention has just been directed to an interesting and important discussion in your Magazine on the subject of corsets, and I have been urged as a medical man to give my opinion regarding them. Under these circumstances, I trust you will allow me to attend the ENGLISHWOMAN’S Conversazione for once, as … Continue reading Medicus
BELLE says – “Please let me join in the all absorbing discussion you have introduced at the ENGLISHWOMAN’S monthly Conversazione, and let me first thank STAYLACE for her capital letter. I quite agree with her in suspecting the story of the young lady at the boarding-school to be overdrawn a little. Would the young lady … Continue reading Belle