Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-05-28

there is no comparison. She looks nice
enough to eat. He is unpalatable.
The dress which makes n woman APP
pear exclusive to herself has its own
charm. Notably is this instanced in thr
tailor m ado gown and siufuB futfu. The
round form locked in stiff cloth and
close buttons, the white throat closed
behind stiff linen, the pretty wrists be-
yOnd reach in the white circle of the
cuff, gain added witchcry. OF course
the form must be round, the throat
white and the wrists dainty, or the effect
Will be either painfully lank or unpleas.
antly masculine. The heavy gloves
make one fancy the hand dainty, soft
and white: even the cigarette held be-
tween saucy lips make them-if mascu-
Unity and vulgarity were not suggested
seem the roster, the swoeter, the more
to be desired because so protected and
engaged. There is a sort OF guarantee
OF woman's reserve suggest in the
gown that could not be approached too
nearly without becoming disarranged.
While the tailor-made suggests n spicy
self-posSesson on the part OF the wearer,
the smoothly folded muslin across the
breast means an unconscious reserve
that keeps its wearer admirable. These
things are the ethics of dressing, and
should be thought over.
A woman must always seem exclusive,
whether the suggestion be conveyed by
sleekly polished and close drawn hair
and spotless keIchief or by close crop
ped and precisely combed, side parted
hair, crisp collar and chin-buttoned
bodice. She may seem so to us because
the lace is drawn so loosely over her
shoulders that touch would urely dis
place IT, or because her flaring nuns cap
sets starched barriers about her. Now,
here is n summer costume which, al
though unlike any OF those have men
toned, still has that suggestion Of un-
ruilied and inviolable reserve I'm the fair
wearer. My readers NAV use 1t as a
fashion plate, for IL is good type of
gown for the resorts this season. II
embodies, moreover, the idea that the
charm Of woman's garb consists large
ly in its suggestion OF purity, and that
impression should never be lacking.
Thus 1t is that some women I'm low-cut
gowns look naked while others seem to
rise from their shoulder straps clothed
with purity, and, through every absence
OF protection, quite unassailable. OF
course the effect they convey has moth
ing TO do with morality. IL Is sort of
corporal atmosphere. One woman's
drapery slipping from her seems to be
unworthy to touch her dignity. The lax
folds OF another's gown implies the half
covering OF what Is shameful. Women
should study themselves moro than the
store windows, and think more OF why
they wear this and that, than of what
they wear.
The tendency Of the new summer
fashions is toward elaboration. and the
dresses Intended to be worn out Of doors
without any extra covering are IN many
cases designed so as to simulate IL The
popularity OF spots is on the wane. Two
figures are often made TO melt into. one
another on plain surface, and con-
trasts OF color are permitted to be rather
violent than otherwise Wooden plaIds
are smaller and simpler, and usually
made up diamond-wise into very close
fitting skirts. Flowcred materials are
much used, and embroidery is so much
In demand that the wonder is that there
should be any womsn out OF employ