Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-10-04
Allerlean Girls Abroad.

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Il 2 tall, thin English girl sees short,
dumpy girl ID dress that sets of her
charms to advantage. she appears soon
afterwards In an exact copy OF this
dress. and then ;ndulges in the pleasing
delusion that she looks well in it,
Thus it is that dumpy girls 60 about in
clothes betting tall girls, and tall girls
iri those BETTING dumpy girls; that long
faces have hats made for fat faces. and
fat faces hats made for long faces; that
blondes array themselves in colors that
look well On brunettes, and brunette in
colors that look well on blondes. Now,
American girls rarely fall into these er-
rors. The other day, at Homburg, / was
standing near the spring, talking to an
American girl. who lookedlike picture.
so harmoniously did all the colors in
which she was arrayed match, and so per-
fectly did she seem to make one with her
clothes. like a bird IN ITS feathers
"How do you manage it," Iasked.-
"The root of il all is" she answered,
athat We each study our own style.
eve never wear dress as it comes
from dressmaker, but we drape it our
selves. We know what colors mate h
and we take care not to produce dis
cords. Nature has not made us all per-
feet. If We have too long neck We
reduce it by tying piece Of lace round
It. 1t We are short-necked We don't
"dress it high" If we have long faces
We don't wear tall peaked hat, but If
We have round faces we do. Most of
US have small feet, but il our feet are
large we don't utterly neglect our shoes
and stockings. Then we never forget
smaller details. We know where to
put bow, and we dom have too many
OF them. If our forcheads are high we
don't draw our hair back, and If thew
are low we don't drag our hair over
our eyebrows. We don't wear out
landish jewelry because we happen to
have it. Indeed, we very seldom wear
anyjewelry at all, becatise it looks vulgar.
IAN English girl goes into a shop.
tries hat which takes her fancy. and
then puts 1t on straight over her eve
brows. just as the stupid hat-maker has
told her to wear il. Do lookas well
like this :" she added, as she pulled
her hat forward. had to confess tha:
it was not an improvement. THE way
you wear your hat," she continued
warming with the subject, sis Just as
important IS the hat itself. Costly
feathers don always make fine birds,
and all feathers don't suit all birds alike.
| knew an English family in Paris
The amount that those girls spent on
their dress was perfectly frigh.iul, and
they were never fit to be seen. Scme-
times they would all come out dressed
alike, as if the family had bought web
OF cloth. When they were not dressed
alike, their things seemed to &c: mixed
up, and the effect was most disastrous.
They had no idea Of neatness. Inever
saw one Of them without something
wrong about her." "Were they pref
ty:" asked. Eyes, very pretty, she
replied, ..'and this pre.,iness is what
spoils English girls; they are so proud
Of their looks that they think that it
does not signify what they wear, while
We Americans are naturally modest"