Sandow on the Cult of the Corset.

Manawatu Herald, 16 July 1903, Page 3

Sandow on the Cult of the Corset.

Eugan Sandow has an article on u Woman and the Corsat ” in tha March number of “ Sandow’fl Magazine." He admits, with « few of the presaat-dajf women can

lay aside thsir corsets. Their bodies are too weak to support themselves without artifici&l aid ; but what cannot be done at a single stride can be arrived at by patient endeavour. A lady called at one of my schools,'’: says Samlow, “ suffering from dyspepsia, insomnia, with a tendency at times to hysteria. She had suffered for some six or seven years. After questioning her as to her habits and mode of living, I came to the conclusion that a tight-fitting corset was the cause of,all her ailments. She was measured over her corsets by one of my young lady attendants, who reported that the tape showed a girth of 22 inches; immediately after the corset had been removed the waist measured 28 inches. I gave instructions that she should lie down for half an hour. At the end of that time the waist showed-a measurement of 24J inches. I ordered thirty" minutes gentle exercise of abdominal movements, after which the measure showed 25J inches. A three months’ course of systematic exercise was then prescribed, which was rigidly adhered to. At the end of this course my patient had a waist measurement of 26£ inches, which which was maintained for the remainder of the time she was under my training, and all her old ailments .ihad disappeared/’