Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-09

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We cannot all of us be beautiful;
beauty is rare and, We are often told,
not entirely fortunate gift; but grace ia
within the reach of almost every woman.
Taste in dress aud grace in motion and
bearing are two very good substitutes for
beauty, and many woman possessing
these eventually outshines women who
have nothing but beauty to their dover.
Charm, that subtlest of qualities. is. like
the perfume of the rose, the most potent
attraction any woman can possess. Those
women who make
AN ART OF DRESS STUDY
something more than the arrangement of
folds and the blending Of colors; they ea-
press IN their garments something which
ia characteristic of themselves.
The woman 1 have known who eIcels
all others In this art IS never fantastic in
her dress, but If / should see one of her
frocks IN Egypt or Newport l should
recognize it, verify believe, as belong
ing to that sweet and gracious friend
whose touch beauties every room she
has ever lived in, whose ioveliness glad
dens every one who beholds it. Her
figure is not without faults, if one ex-
amines it critically, and there are dis
tinct defects in her face; but her charm
of character, OF manner, of movement is
so great that you cannot look u her
critically. Something of the harmSny of
her character is expressed in her dress.
The quality OF the material is often
rather out of fashion, but wherever she
goes (and l have seen her wearing
plain home made frock in q company of
al
of the great houses in Paris anu Lon
dom she is confessediy the best-dressed
woman in the room.
Mr.. Worth, who is without question
true artist, "crsates' his costumes very
often from something in nature. One of
his successes was suggested to him by
painter who on hearing that friend was
going to order dress, gave her long
and beautiful golden pheasant feather,
saying, 'Present this to Worth with the
compliments of q brother artist. The
result of this hint vas q dress in which
the colors of the pheasant were utilized,
producing most harmonious and beau
tiful effect. Another time the painter
sent the dressmaker q sketch of q silver
birch-tree. This time dinner dress
was wanted, and q dinner dress was pro-
duced which was one Of the masterpieces
of the master of the art of dress. The
colors of the silver birch, the tremulous
quality of its foliage, were all suggested
by this gown, which suited the figure of
the wearer to a nicely. She was tall and
pale and slender, something about her
suggested the silver birch to the painter,
and the artist in stuffs caught the sug-
gestion and acted upon 1t.
1t Is the greatest mistake in the world
to fancy that q good filter and draper is
necessarily an artist. One must know
how to At and how to drape, but one
must have imag ination as we'll as reason
if one hopes to excel in
THE ART OF DRESSING WELL.
Beware, II you have limited sum to
spend on your wardrobe, of too fine
clothes. The distance between your
common frock and your best must not be
too great. 1t is much better to be suita-
bly, dressed every day than to be extrsv-
agantly dressed on Sunday aud poorly
attired on working days. Nicely in dress
is one of the great qualities which dignity
dressing into an art. Cleanliness is not
enough. We must have nicely as we'll.
To insure this. every garment, from the
stocking to the sortie-d e-bal. must be
put on with all necessary care. Beware
Of dressing in q hurry. ''Miss So-and SO
looks - II she had pitched her clothes