Friday, July 5, 2013

DAMNED YANKS CAUSE TROUBLE IN WOMEN'S CORSETS


A  strange  September  9, 1916  advertisement  in  Stead’s Review, Melbourne,  was  headed  HOW AUSTRALIAN WOMEN  ARE  HELPING  THE  ENEMY.  It  said  our gals  were  weakening  the  Empire’s battle against   the Hun  by  buying  American corsets!  This   meant  there  was  less  gold” left in the coffers  to fight in Europe. Patriotic  women , it  said, should  buy  English  made  corsets  like the “NautilusNon-Rustible.   Australian  women , it continued , will  support  the  English  corset  makers  as  against the Foreign  or  Neutral  makers