IMPROVED ELASTICS. 297 



ized gum-elastic cord, braided over with silk or cotton, the same 

 as those attached to the braces, figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. 



LADIES' ELASTICS, 



This, like the gentlemen's suspenders, is also an article, the sale 

 of which is divided among a great variety of kinds. The article 

 represented, plate xviii., fig. 17, is made of various patterns and 

 styles well known to the public. The kind now in common use 

 consists of a ring of elastic compound, covered with silk or ribbon. 

 They may be made by any person from the elastic bands that 

 are sold at the shops, by fastening a ribbon around a bottle, or 

 tumbler, or any other article, either round or square, of the right 

 size, then place the elastic ring over this, and extend another 

 ribbon over them both ; stitch the two ribbons together on each 

 side of the ring, and the elastic is complete. 



IMPROVED ELASTICS. 



Those which are represented in the plate, figs. 18 and 19, are 

 called improved, on account of their durability, and the very 

 small cost at which they may be produced, and because they 

 may be made as fancifully as can be desired with little expense. 



The article represented by fig. 2 is made of the same materials 

 as the suspender described, plate xviii,, figs. 8 and 9. The felt is 

 perforated and printed in the piece. When cut up and the 

 clasps attached, the elastics are finished. 



Ladies' elastics are yet more cheaply made in another man- 

 ner, and by many they are preferred to those with clasps, by 

 cementing them in the form of an endless band, in which case 

 the clasp is dispensed with, and they are put on by being slipped 

 over the foot. See plate xviii., figs. 20 and 21. 



