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Corsets: Old Style. The Florodora girls were but babies when the U. S. corset industry began. For practical purposes the date is 1874. That year two specialists in women's diseases, the Brothers Ira DeVer and Lucien C. Warner, rented a wooden house in Cortland, N. Y., hired some girls to make "health"' corsets. Two years later they opened a factory in Bridgeport. By 1880 their corset business was so prosperous that they quit the medical profession, moved to Bridgeport...
Last week no depressing seasonal valleys, no troublesome style changes marred the corset curve. Warner Brothers' Chairman DeVer Howard, 65, son of the elder of the two founders, stayed in Bridgeport busily manufacturing. But proudly walking around the Warner Bros, showroom was the son of the other founder, shrewd, kindly Lucien Thompson Warner, 52, who was last year selected by his colleagues to head the committee which codified corsets, seventh industry to come under the NRA. And busy in their own showrooms chatting with buyers were the proprietors of many another corset company whose name is familiar...
...main trouble I see," said Representative Paul A. Dever of Cambridge, "is with girls. No one can tell how old they are nowadays. The tavern will not be harmful," continued Mr. Dever, "it will be an aid to temperance, and will keep the students away from the bad influence of speakeasies...
Concerning the package store, both Senator Putnam and Representative Dever did not believe that it should be kept away from the neighborhood of the University. "The proprietor should not neglect to ascertain the age of his customer," explained Mr. Dever. "It is like selling 'dirty' books; the storekeeper has his conscience for his judge as to whether he should make the sale or not. He must remember the responsibility that is put into his hands, and also that his license can be immediately revoked if he breaks...
...State" in the Chicago cabinet) Mayor Cermak again turned to the "better element" that had supported his campaign and chose Col. Albert Arnold Sprague, 54. millionaire grocer (Sprague, Warner & Co.), Wartime infantry officer, potent crime crusader, civic leader. Commissioner Sprague had served in the same capacity under Mayor Dever, was thoroughly familiar with...