To show the downward trend of "plastic art."

The outline should be slack,

Slippy-sloppy, front and back,

Till bodice, skirt and tunic—every stitch—

Seems to call for the support

Of the handy-man's resort—

That naval gesture termed the "double hitch."

The shoulders must be drooping.

The knees a trifle stooping,

And the widest waist, remember, takes the prize;