BANNING THE CORSET.

North Otago Times, 17 December 1904, Page 1 (Supplement)

BAING NN THE CORSET.

About, 00 ladies ami many more gen- ! tie n, all in the Hiikli of youth, liavo 1 joined tliij Anti-Coi\si!l Leagiio at Leeds, j which kim oll'-shuot of the Lewis Society of Physical CHiltiwo. The stern males ] ■have vowed never to marry "coi\-:ct weeks." A lady who competed at the ( Leeds beauty show is at Calverley ex- i 'lending the influence of the league, while at Hudilcrsliolil and Morloy also the league has taku root and flourish- ' ed. Tho corset so much in favour with ' ladies is denounced as destroying the beauty lines of the body. Yotiii s men are called upon t 0 choose natural waists •', or no wives a.t all, and to disconra»o as far as they can the-sclf-iiiunolatioii iicccs- ' sitatcd by Uio wearing of .stays. Ladies 0 aro exhorted to endeavour to linv<> nil garments suspended from the shoulders. J If all girls am] women could be induced to foKii,ko thin present fashion and don '\ tho loose garments of the' dames of :,' ancient Greece, the world would be all . Uio better, py the officials of the league. While the crusade is going on t preparations aro proceeding at Leeds .1 for another beauty show of both sexes. \i