The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-12
CLOTHES md CHARACTER.

Personality IndeHed by WOman's
.'r Habuments
Inasmuch as they are an outward visit
bic sign OF inward grace-(or the lack
thereoD-and an unfaning index TO the
sweet or not sweet secrets OF their wear
ers personality, a womans clothes should
receive az her hands something more than
the mere mechanical, quiescent, listless
provision as OF necessary but unlOved
thing. or the vulgar interest arising from
a desire 20 either Outshine or equal her
neishbOrs in fine array.
savage women. with the whole mental
and moral nature asleep and uncultivated,
- naked. and from their nakedness to
the intucacies or the habiliments of ultra
fashion there are many psychological
Steps % travel, ultra fashion here signi-
lying ultra cultivation and the highest
social advantages, not the often excessive
ta"dfintss of many very rich, which is
far more uncivliZed and less human than
savage nudity
Sidney Smith spoke the truth when he
ft1 that 800 his opinion IL was radically
MloHs to teach girl that taste i'm dress
was worldly and unworthy thing, and
lHti very often the whole course OF her
i-re may depend upon the style and
fI.or ~ "a bow of ribbon.
These pretty bows OF ribbon. these trig
lImea BITS. the jaunty hat-say TO other
f iAan masculine beholders what grace
neat. p.luant creature their wearer is.
DO saa had been mentally and physically
.- and unsraceful the little bow would
ir'G have been fashioned after so butter
fashion. and its color would have
e1 less daintlly bright. 1t would either
t'e been dark and unbeautifully sombre
Hldily and aggressiyely brilliant.
i she were a domestic and social SLOUGH,
trim fitting dress would follow the
of her soft shape with less clnging.
relative neomess; her mind and
are FOO those seams. mind you, and
every fold of the graceful drapery.
Y .Ie We're not bright. observant ORR
clever in a wOmanly knack Of
lg LIES little things, instead Of the
hat which examination proves to
composite creation of odds and ends,
Doe "a dinEy one from last season.
arned by ingenuity and unimproved
lrIty care, and the face beneath IL
I he the unsunny one OF the un-
Fable girl who has no disposition TO
he best Of life.
were arc few, very few, girls so lovely
" Dee able 70 stand carelessness or
. .l the matter Of dress and lose
II
al other behOlders out OF the
N.a. men, as "a rule, are far more
Iy Influenced and attracted by neat
a-l that indehnable thing called
n woman than the most pro-
".tI a.1 undeniab.e physical beauty.
'-, uis ls the case argues well
\ y ."eL good sense and penetration.
VIII never come a time when !
i /. - Pr MOI more attracted by true |
Eenueuess, brightness, pu- !
-. "1 NOBILITY OF mind than by any /
f''-} or combination Of quail |
woman, and just so long will they |
- IN. ,o hoice her clothes and the /
30 enc wears Them
nc an know how the woman whose /
800 1Die Us coafsening gradually passes
Z ~. '.."'y or tint and faintness OF
80 ~ 'DlAe 70 Che aggressiveness OF
' WIS ana lle nauseatiOn Of musk.
i'" one 6iu is dainty as "a dohutente
10 snowy as a social veteran wbne
I lother passes through the ordeal INTO
IeHooo' motherhood ana old age ,yith
er pure elegance unspOied or spottsd.
-" one shl rs charming in the cheapest
lowdy in SILK
wOman's body IA inst a. ,ho..-,,-
he gift o. God as is Aer mind ~, ~ Sl,. 0suiy
- 80 Des' type 4 woman will shrtnk
e,aS rom me exf sses Of the extreme
= ,,n,,,e., latNlon apd the negligence OF
e minimizing and He careless.
"e al know tbafktt Is easily noss,,,.
'f.t o"eeter and txhtre desirable In the
III o.. oI calico Vel made, than in
IN, t."ateness OF k sighted.
/ CO.. aN excellent fhing for "A woman
Ie,,s pie-fnd theA ruth that her gar
un,as. ~ telling bll her little world.
,,,,. taxable <Nguage. her tactful
= ST., nW hsenq 80 and tasteful mind,
Iiosa.'' P'4city Industry, and her
,.,a,LI or-her Egarity OF taste, her
'''sfai and thrl Is habits, her entire