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 Diagram 9 shows by the contrasting outlines that it is possible to make a good figure better. The woman, forty years of age, weighed 200 pounds. The worst feature of the corset, indicated by the broken outline (which was custom made by an "expert" designer), was the deep curve in the back which threw the body out of poise. The black outline shows the correction made with a ready-to-wear model of the physiological corset, proving the basis of construction of this corset to be normally correct in outline, proportion and poise. Improvement in comfort was as great as im­provement in appearance, and the fitting was a practical illustration of the fact that the corset which is anatomically correct is also the most beautiful in outline, and that correct poise of the body means also added grace.