DEBUTANTE says – “MIGNONETTE’S case is not an ‘unusual’ one. She has just finished her education at a West-End school, where the system was strictly enforced. As she entered as a pupil at the age of thirteen, and was very slender, she was fitted on her arrival with a corset, which could be drawn close without the ‘extreme tightness’ found necessary in MIGNONETTE’S case. They did not open in front, and were fastened by the under-governess in such a manner that any attempt to unlace them during the night would be immediately detected at the morning’s inspection. After the first week or two she felt no discomfort or pain of any kind, though, as she was, of course, still growing, her stays became proportionately tighter, but owing to her figure never being allowed to enlarge during the nine or ten hours of sleep as is usually the case, this was almost imperceptible.”