TIGHT-LACING. From correspondence still received on this really important matter we find that the subject is not yet exhausted. From amongst the letters that have come to hand we select the following: —AN OLD SUBSCRIBERS says—“In the numerous communications on the subject of ‘tight-lacing’ which have appeared in the ENGLISHWOMAN’S DOMESTIC MAGAZINE, but little has been said on the best mode of applying the correct in order to produce elegance of figure. It seems to me that nearly all those who suffer from tight-lacing, do so from an injudicious use of the corset, and in such cases the unfortunate corset generally gets all the blame, and not the wearer who makes an improper use of it. I can easily understand that a girl who is full grown, or nearly so, and who has been unaccustomed to wear tight stays, should find it difficult and painful to lace in her waist to a fashionable size; but if the corset be worn at an early age and the figure gradually moulded by it, I know of no terrible consequences that need be apprehend. I would therefore recommend the early use of a corset that fits the figure nicely and no more. Now, simply wearing stays that only fit, will, when a girl is growing, in a great measure prevent the waist from becoming clumsy. If, however, on her reaching the age of fourteen or fifteen, her waist be still considered too large, a smaller corset may be worn with advantage, which should be gradually tightened till the requisite slimness is achieved. I know of so many instances in which, under this system, girls have, when full grown, possessed both of a good figure and good health, that I can recommend it with confidence to those parents who wish their children to grow up into elegant and healthy women. As to whether compression of the waist by symmetrical corsets injures the health in any way, opinion seems to be divided. The personal experiences of tight-lacers, as your correspondent BELLE has observed, will do more to solve this knotty question than any amount of theory. But whatever conclusion we may come to on this point, there is no denying the fact that very many of the strongest and healthiest women one sees in society habitually practice tight-lacing, and apparently do so with impunity. Perhaps BRISBANE will tell us how this can be. I confess my own inability to do so.“