MORE ABOUT TIGHT LACING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 8, 13 November 1883, Page 4

MORE ABOUT TIGHT LACING.

Tjtg writer ef " A Woman's Letter to Women" in the Liverpool Mercury discloses some startling facts in connection with the pernicious habit of tight lacing, She mentions a case where a woman went to a dentist to have some teeth extracted, and as the operation would be painful she consented to the administration of anesthetics. The dentist asked her to gee that her dress was quite loose and easy in every part, as otherwise there would be danger connected with the business. She declared that everything was quite right, and the operation was gone on with, but, to the horror of the dentist, the lady died under it. Upon examination it was found that under her corset a steel band was fastened with a screw (intended to reduce the sire of the waist) which prevented the free action of the vital organs, and death was the result. An instance is given of a mother who, in order to reduce the site of her daughters’waists, ‘'found it necessary for them to wear their corsets at night.” Tor a long time the mother laced them close, but she found out that her daughters cut the cords, and she had to whip them soundly. Another mother, who experienced the game difficulty, tied her daughters’ hands in front with silk handkerchiefs. A third person put a chain about the waist, padlocked the chain, and put the key in her pocket. This, she in-u-a-u, —-to ar, effectual way to prevent her daughters tampering with their tight-laced corsets at night—a matter of great importance, as the swelling at night spoiled the work of the day ! These instances are vouched for as true, and the writer says she u blushes for her sex."