LENGTHENING SHORT WOMEN
Tge London, tells of | new «(mtHvano.eifo£ • mjifcigg J^dies/jtaller. The woman whojs.to undergo this process is encased^jn avery tight corset, and her feet are'placed^^slioea weighted with fifty pWunds fofleatt-each. She is then placed ina'pachineflconsistingl of a ring, which e'ncir'ele^ I her BwaisP,8 waisP, and 'is suspenaed'frdtn_the ceiling at such a height as to prevent . her feet from : touching the ; ground//; Tfie v^&sM* of the corset fo'rcesjtlje : "jipper'pa'i4 "df her body, upward, ami the oorf r the shoes sirecche^herfro^the'Wa^^doVnward. It is estimated' that the extreme length to which the sspine can be stretched by rthe process ffiu§ :! de]j'cribed is t\ro_inches, : and tHat ,tbe knee and hip joints can ; b'e'stretclie'd an inch and a half more.^ This three inches and a half can lie added to the. hight of almost any- woman who ;hasj(6h]ejpQi»age to undergo the trouble and painjnjbcessarily 6ffiinecte"d with a stretchiggprocess, lasting, mshi/brief intervals, during five or sixmonths.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 39, 14 January 1884, Page 2
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151LENGTHENING SHORT WOMEN Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 39, 14 January 1884, Page 2
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