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 smooth flesh back toward the sides, not up in front, and lower corset well over hips.)

1. Stand in front of mirror to begin adjust­ing lacer.

2. Grasp lacer at waist line, one loop in each hand, give firm, strong, downward pull. (This to prevent corset from slipping up.)

3. Gradually tighten lacer from bottom of corset to waist line.

4. Take up slack.

5. Begin at top of corset and tighten lacer down to waist line.

6. Tie loops at waist line, fold ends and place under lacer.

7. Attach side supporters well back under the knee.

Perfect adjustment leaves a spacing of from 1½ to 2 inches wide at waist line, gradually increasing toward top and bottom to 2½ to 3 inches. Spacing must never be more than this.

Put corset on in the same manner as a back-­laced garment.

1. Stand in front of mirror to begin adjust­ing lacer.

2. Grasp lacer at lower end of front clasp and give a strong pull to anchor corset under the abdomen.

3. Take up slack lacing toward the waist line.

4. Beginning at top, take up slack to waist line.

5. Adjust spacing to leave a "V" shaped opening one inch at bottom, 1½ to 2 inches at waist, and 2 inches at top.

6. 14. Tie at waist line, drawing ends up under lacer and placing under bust.

7. 15. Fasten side supporters back under the knee.

Correct adjustment is vitally important to se­cure comfort, service and style in corset wear. Why can you not wear your left shoe on your right foot? The answer is obvious. Wrong ad­justment throws the lines of your corset out of position, thus defeating the intent of the maker and the art of the designer. Your hat wrongly adjusted merely mars your appearance. Your corset wrongly adjusted not only mars your ap­pearance, but injures your corset and ruins your figure lines. The correct model for any figure becomes a failure through faulty adjustment, nor can it give you the figure lines you are entitled to when pulled and distorted by wrong adjust­ment.

Give your corset air and sunshine if you want it sweet and odorless. You should not ex­pect the best results from your corset without a second one to wear alternately. Any corset needs a rest; two corsets worn alternately will give more satisfaction and service than the same two corsets, each worn continuously until they are worn out, just as two or three pairs of shoes last longer when worn alternately.

To keep a corset sweet and odorless it should be laundered when necessary as is any other garment. Washing will not injure a Spirella corset in the least, if done under the right condi­tions, and laundering a corset made of cotton fabric is very simple. There is no reason why Spirella corsets should not be washed as often as is necessary.