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190, 58, 20, No. 32,  10, No. 370.—"In the useful article of female attire, known as the Corset, but little general practical improvement appears to have been hitherto made; and it was in vain that we looked among the specimens of our continental neighbours, hitherto deemed the leaders of fashion in this article; but fashion, it would appear, is greatly at fault, aiming at the making, instead of preventing, a mode in which the undue and unnatural compres­sion tends to produce pulmonary diseases, and consequent shortening of life. The specimens exhibited by this artiste are ­constructed upon anatomical principles, with a view to effect the desideratum of adding elegance and grace to the human body, and rendering this article, usually one of discomfort, a really useful and beneficial support. They comprise the new and 'self-adjusting Corporiform Corset,' calculated to yield to the various movements of the body, and avoid the usual pres­sure and inconvenience; as also the 'Registered Child's Bo­dice.' She has been the first to apply anatomical and physio­logical science to effect her numerous improvements, and the result has been, that around her Cases in each Class are daily congregated a numerous bevy of fair visitors."—Morning Ad­vertiser, July 17th, 1851.

—"According to the title of this paper, we consider it our duty to bring before our readers the articles most worthy of their notice, and we would now draw attention to Madame Caplin's establishment, 58, Berners Street, Oxford Street, finding from the Jurors' Report on articles exhibited at the Great Exhibition, that she is the only person to whom a Prize Medal was awarded for Corsets in the United Kingdom, and as this must prove interesting to ladies in general, we were induced to pay a visit to her establishment, for the purpose of judging for ourselves how far she was deserving of the high honour thus conferred upon her, and are happy to say