Use but one pair of laces — long ones . . .
After lacing them in the corset, fasten each end of them so they cannot pull through the eyelets, and arrange them so that the surplus length comes just at the waist line.

The corset must always be unlaced before
it is put on . . .
and it should also be unlaced before it is taken off, in order to save the extra strain on the cloth. Wear is caused much more by extra strains than by use — if properly chosen and worn there is no strain on any part of it. As the corset must be unlaced before its next wearing, it takes no more time to unlace it before it is taken off.

The sides of a corset . . .
should be six or eight inches apart when it is put on.

Place it about the body . . .
as low down as it is comfortable, and hook the lowest hook.

Take a long breath . . .
and settle the corset still lower, until it is under the body. Perhaps you may have to slip the hand down inside it at the back and sides as well.

Then fasten the front elastics . . .
and begin to lace it with a sharp pull at the strings to anchor it at the waist line. Always pull the strings downward in lacing. When exactly right, a corset should have its sides two inches apart at the waist, and three at the thickest part of the figure.

Do not wind the surplus strings . . .
about the waist and tie them, for that wears out the material and helps to break the garment at the waist. Tie them in the back, and twist them loosely. Then poke them inside the lacing next to the body, not in a bunch, but in a line lengthwise of the corset.

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