Woman's Waist.
No doubt it will boo relief tosomo girls with nthletio proclivities to know tho ex- i trenie limit of tho sizo of tho waist. A recent nrticlo from tho pen of an eminent J authority on the subject e:;;s it is not tho proper thing to laco or even to have the appoarance of lacing. No waist should ba smallor than 24 inche3. The proper measurement for tho chest of a piri whoso waist is thct sizo is 38 inches. Thus it will be seen that tho modern beauty must bo solid and nearly approach tho proportions of the heroic rkc. Tho present ago is nn athletio one, and as long as tho young women continue their healthy exercises — lawn tennis, croquet, rowing, riding, bicycling, fencing and vaultinc, jumping and turning in the gyiunr.siuuis — blight eyes, good completions and firm, wull knit and muscular figures will bo found.
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Manawatu Herald, 10 March 1898, Page 4
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150Woman's Waist. Manawatu Herald, 10 March 1898, Page 4
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