The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-11
MOST ArrRAcrsvE WOMEN
Nra York Noffs


 Where are women most allrActve on ,se street. on the stage. in he ball-soom a church ot al home Women a,e seen {. Q her plAges and under othss Coad,. 'ioas. bal Ihla qucy Is intended to cover ont, a ies distinctive roles that women assume ia s3tteiy aS now organized More Somef sse sctn on the street than 1 any~hcie e,Sc .ss; ts. The greatest pamaer oi a.ti tieient tl.ta zee the l1eatesi i eau bes oi aiiieien, women aa hc street. or rathe, in street costume lo, tisc, ma, see them n iIro.dway bus, os on d sic lmboat, oI eu the elevated fsilroad or on 4 street 1T. \ woman m street costume IS a very different looking crca turc from soin sn n stage costume. or n bail dress. CT ln a home wrapper No, enly are there striking contrasts in he matter ot dress. bu, m the matter of personal bearing as well. and as an ob : feei to De looked a,, criticised and ad sulred, a lady walking along Fif.h avenue n front of the | .fh Avenue hotel IS a ~holiy different being from the lady who igon',cs m mimic tragedy or dan es a oas scai. l. is in the street. that the shose appearan ot woman oeComes mos, effective. There you sec hat. dress. shoes, gloves. parasoi. as veil AS the face The s,e~ is generally ,ransitoty and often deceptive And ye' with these advan- tages how seldom II Is that you see really hands me woman on ,hc stree, oa all the hundreds that you ~ill mee, on far afternoon iu Salk from Thirty thT3 siice, to ourteenth street or Bfoad- say hos many are there that arc really pretty suppose though, like ,h,s nss popped into he minds of great many people, and always with an ac- comp .ny,rg fee.tag ei disappointment, When on dress puade, ss most women
 fe @ho go out or a psesly afternoon, .he ienale par of mankind h not al it's bet, There 4ie too many things that are need iu ,o make up the tull requirement. In seme oi these q woman IS almos, certain 10 tall short. Suppose she has pretty lace but too much paint or iiy Ina, spois her as complete beau'y Sup. pose she has pretty face u, bad form shleh is ius.y teSt lied fiom the wais' np by the iishi fitting dresses they wear sAfays suppose she has pretty lace bu. has badly hiing dress, or a faE-down shoe, of sosled gloves. oi an anocc omIng hat, or toiors in her cost une that are pot harmonious, And suppose she has bad walk S1ppose she jerks heavily along like cia~iish that moves backward. of lopes along like horse a canier Don't yoe see fov many things are ;o be taken Into con sitcr4tion wheu ,ou look fos really handsome >~oal an on the street That e why yoa' so1se time sec s face like dream as Il passes you and ,ou think tha, IS heavenly yision bu; when you see II better. and sec more ;kan the face .in other words when you have he complete xn- rnNp before you nlneiy-nlne iimey out of a hundred there all be s0methlng turn up ,hs, spoils the picture Alter al there are but iew women who dress sell. So soman dresses well unless she has some original conception of shat iS oe coming to her. No wom4 4n dresses well ~ho submits herself sn,iieIy to inc ideas Of somebody else Uho makes A bushes. of dressing people The mos; perfected 4rt IS 10, al all commercial In char acier, trades takes away the freshness of every good idea" Well, Of eoarse 'he Frsc1s woman is to be dressed the moro nis, akes xill happen and the greater he number Of possible ineongrui,ics 10 there Is a good reason shy women, 4s yoa meet them 1n the s'reet, are dis appointing The yey elabora,eness with which they closhe themselves is the source of those very defects thA, rob them ot many charm