The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-04
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THREE KINDS OF WOMEN.
The Dressmaker's Classification of Fig
ures and styles.

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sign the modishness of every change
of season have classified women into
three distinct divisions. The first
class includes only women of height
and perfect. figures. svelte, graceful,
neither stout nor thin. For the sec
ond grouping come women tall or
short, but abnormally slender and an
gular; while the third class comprise
those of robust weight, both the mas
sively tall and the round and short.
Were it possible to hope that most
women would honestly place them
selves in the category to which they
belong the following suggestions
would work wonders.
Where the girth of the waist Is alb
normally large. avoid belts and gir-
dies, or anything to call attention to
its size. The only model in that case
is a bodice whose seams in the back
fall below the waist line, and form a
yoke for the skirt to be attached to.
The fronts may be loose. but tucked,
or striped with lace or ribbon, length
wise. and form into stole tabs several
inches long. This gives n becoming
front to the bodice, and obllterates the
Objectionable lines.
Nantes for such women should be
of three-quarter length, and hang loose
from the shoulders. rather than take
jacket lines. All large women should
wear their skirts to the ground They
diminish the natural size wonderful
ly.
Those in the first division, according
to the modes of the day, have few re-
strictions placed upon them. as for
them alone have present modes been
created. The one great care to be OBJ
served by them, as a class, is that
they shall resist all temptation to over
ornamentation of their gowns, and ad-
here to a simple treatment of skirt
and bodice, so as to make prominent
their conventional contour. Such wOm-
en- will afterward learn that. gowned
in this manner, they not only do jus
tice to the beauty of their figures, but
gain immensely in personal distinc-
tion.
Women who are extremely slender,
whether tall or short, need soft dra-
peries to counteract natures angular
ity, plenty of flouncings and plisses,
laces, and ribbons to create grace of
movement. Bodice and skirt should
never retain the least rigor of out
line. Arms should be swathed in
dlaphonary coverings, and necks hint
ed at rather than exposed. The art
of concealing defects becomes famil-
lar after a little study and attention,
and when that happens we may be
convinced we are on the right road
toward dressing in good taste.
Contrary to these suggestions must
one act who is overburdened with
flesh, be she massively tall. or
round, roly-poly figure. The study Of
n woman of this class should lead
her to avoid light colors, which never
fail to enlarge the figure line, and to
confine herself to middle and dark
colors. Stripes are always most fat
tering to the robust, and especially so
when they decrease toward the belt
line, on both bodice and skirt, as they
should be made to do. Nothing gives
the Illusion of slenderness so perfect
IL. If pale colors are ever attempted
they should be yelled over with some
thing that will tone down the bril-
liancy, take the accent off the line. and
subdue or break it altogether. Trim
mings are to be kept close to the fig
ure also, and as fiat as possible The
waist-line of the bodice should be
pointed, or made to appear so, by the
manner in which the girdle or the
bodice flnish is put ON. The bust
should never be pushed up by wear
ing a corset so constructed that gives
an undesirable prominence which
would ruin any figure. Sleeves should
never be fitted to a large arm with
the closeness we sometimes observe
That is deformity, because of the
suggestion of breaking through, which
is painful.-New England Farmer.