Word: elasticize
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Mr. Hearst and other Red-baiters will doubtless find in the publication of a newspaper by the Harvard National Student League further evidence that the seats of higher learning are rotten with un-Americanism. The "Student News," however, fulfills a legitimate function, defined in a remarkably calm editorial as: "to...
The roof of the hip socket is gristly and elastic for many months after a baby is born. To overcome congenital dislocation of the hip, the orthopedist need simply spread-eagle the baby's legs with a brace or v-shaped mattress for about six months. The spread-eagling...
The first suggestion of comfort came in 1907 when corset-makers hit upon the idea of "anchoring" the corset to the stocking by means of the hose supporter. With little change the corset pinched and pressed its way through the War into the "corsetless era," which was not corsetless at...
Lastex and the two-way stretch are not the same thing though they were launched simultaneously. The two-way stretch is purely a matter of weaving elastic threads up & down and across the corset so that the garment "gives" with every movement of the body. Lastex, made of latex, the...
Not all propaganda novels are against the Government or in favor of a Communist State. Some have smaller fish to fry. Such a well-sizzled fish is dished up in Holy Deadlock, serious satire on the English divorce laws. Though Author Alan Patrick Herbert is a professional humorist, rings all...