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Rh its normal state by the aid of our corsets and mode of dressing, in Fig. 2. The symmetry, the ease and beauty imparted to the wearer, say more for our adaptations than any written description that we could pen.

In Plate IV. Fig. 1, we have a case of absolute deformity. The shoulders are raised and pushed forward, the neck bent, and the curva­ture of the spine actually commenced. A glance at Fig. 2, in her easy, upright, and graceful posture, shows how soon the body may be brought into an easy position by the use of our Corset and Reverso Contractor. The reader is requested to bear in mind, also, that none of these are sketches of the fancy, but real and veritable human beings—ladies who have come under our own observation, and been restored by our aid.

All who have laboured hard at any given purpose know that there is no joy like that of conquest, and no consolation so sweet as that which springs from success; and those who do succeed have a right to be proud of their triumph. What else shall repay us for the daily toil and nightly study, for going with the anatomist through the body, and, by calculating all its mechanical adaptations, discovering to a hair's-breadth the proper point of support? What, but the conviction that we have rendered a service to womankind for which thousands shall daily bless us.

Hitherto we have only spoken of the corset, and have avoided any allusion to the other articles of dress, which in many cases are equally faulty in their construction. Many ladies will say, and say truly, that they never lace tightly, but who at the same time, make the dress so tight as to completely crush in the stays, and, in pressing the unyield­ing bodice of the dress upon the folded underclothing, produce more evil than a tight corset would. It becomes, therefore, a matter of some importance to arrange the whole of the underclothing upon such principles as shall give all the warmth and comfort necessary, and, at the same time, allow the natural and healthy action of every organ, whilst it displays the full beauty of the human form. We have for this purpose constructed a petticoat suspender which will be found to answer every purpose that can be desired. A glance at the illustration below will give a good idea of the manner in which this purpose is accomplished. All the petticoats are united in one band, by which means an equal distribution of the whole weight