A Woman's Waist
Thb Ib the ■nape of a woman's waist on whioh the corset tight is laced The ribs deformed by being rqnetzed, press on the Inngs till they're diseased. The heart is jammed and cannot pump ; the liver is a torpid lamp ; tie stomaoh orashed, oannot digest ; and in a mass a 1 are oompressed. Therefore this silly woman grows to be a fearful mass of woes ; bnt thinks she haa a lovely shape, though hideous as a orippled ape. This ia a woman's natural waist which oorßets never yet disgraced. Inaide it is a mine of health ; outside of charms it haa a wealth. It ia a thing of beauty true, and a Bweet joy for ever new. It aeeda no artful padding vile or bustle big to give it 'style.' It'a strong and solid, plump and tound, and hard to get one's arm around. Alas ! if woman only knew the mischief that these corßets do, they'd let Dame Nature have her way, and never try her growth to stay.
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2956, 29 April 1898, Page 4
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173A Woman's Waist Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2956, 29 April 1898, Page 4
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