are stiffened with Coraline cloth. Rub these until the starch is out of the cloth, and they are much more elastic than when new.
[Note.—The various cotton and manilla cord imitations of Coraline are no more to be compared with this tempered Coraline than lead with the finest tempered steel.]
Coraline Compared with Whalebone.
THE question naturally arises "How does Coraline compare with whalebone as a stiffener for corsets?" In the first place, Coraline is more durable. The best of whalebone and horn will break, as every lady has learned to her sorrow. Coraline will not break, but will in every instance outlast the corset. So, also, Coraline will remain pliable and elastic as long as the corset is worn; while whalebone or horn will in a few days become set to the shape of the body.
But perhaps, the greatest advantage of Coraline over whalebone, is that it is more pliable and yielding to the movements of the body. The object of stiffness in a corset is not to convert the form into a rigid statue, to paralyze the action of the heart and lungs, to destroy a woman’s comfort and to ruin her health. All the benefit a corset
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