DISCLOSED IS AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SHEETS STACKED ONE UPON ANOTHER. THE ARTICLE IS ELONGATED TO HAVE LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SIDE EDGES (1a, 1b) AND LONGITUDINALLY OPPOSED END EDGES (1c, 1d). A FIRST SERIES OF COMPRESSED PORTIONS ARE DISPOSED INWARDLY APART FROM THE RESPECTIVE SIDE EDGES (1a, 1b), WITHIN A REGION THAT EXTENDS LONGITUDINALLY ACROSS A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING CENTERLINE (Ox-Ox) OF THE ARTICLE TO HAVE A PREDETERMINED LENGTH (La). THE FIRST SERIES OF COMPRESSED PORTIONS ARE ARRANGED IN A ROW IN AN APPROPRIATELY SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP FOLLOWING A SHAPE OF THE RESPECTIVE SIDE EDGES (1a, 1b) WHILE LEAVING UNCOMPRESSED REGIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROW.
