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 The first corset showed a difference of 20 inches between waist and hip measurements, the second, a difference of only 14½ inches, producing better proportions by 5½ inches and giving a comfortable feeling as well as better appearance to the body. This shows that a large woman appears much less conspicuous if her body is not encased so tightly in corsets that the flesh is displaced and caused to protrude where the pressure of the corset ceases. 