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 services of a country staymaker the most unscientific artiste can reproduce the London or Parisian model if furnished with a worn-out pair as a pattern. The slight extra expense of having stays made to order is always counter-balanced by the superiority of workmanship and fit. If LAURA will purchase the double silk laces she will find them much stronger than the round or cotton ones.”