Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-18
THE ILL-DRESSED WOMAN
Margaret L. Briggs Points Out Her Mistakes to Her
and Shows Her How She May Become
Well-Dressed and Pretty.

vas there. ever any lone more unfortunate than to sloppy wOusni No mat
ter how handsome r clothes. they never look right Her lis Ind her skirt do
come hers stomach sticks out her shoes g unclaimed for dy' her gloves are out at
the finger
Most Of the time she cannot devote the necessary few minutes to brushing her
dres. and it is edged around the bottom with a crust Of mud. and half the time
the binding Is worn through. Her hair usually hangs with a lot OF scOidins locks
in thu back ind altogether se is a mOstt riOrn looking creature Her friends are
ashamed to meet her. and she, when anything is said about her appearance sH-
claims; Obi what's the use of m bOtherns' I'm not pretty ad things Ill not
look right. no matter wha I IL" She doesn't understand that S'ns pretty lies
largely With thu woman AM how she handlSh herself
There's the tall, thin woman VII always walks WIN her t0m'n out hr HN
in. and her shoulders rounded. All she needs is to straishen herself up, to pin her
skirt u in the back ad down in front ant to vail as though she lad a backbone
he here is the sout substantial LOOKING woman wHo is always 700 u1
Walk an who cannot stand having a collar put OF properly and who always does
manage somehow to get herh hat on crooked and to keep it So Hers skirt" toe always
drag in the mud and Invariably need a binding.
There's another kind Of woman. mo is even worse thar these and he's the 70
ma HI never has he tms nor the inclination to axe the necessary baths or TO
change her und"clOthns She isn't even ashamed to lave other me~oes OF the
family call her attention to her habits but merely loses her temper at their inter-
ference There are plenty of these wOmSu-wOmen who wear the sam undertaking
day after day. M do lot understand why they should lot do Sc . "
OF course these do not pay attention to their dress because they haven't
nervous system. due to some trouble with the temas organism. that has not yet
perhaps. declared isSf. n actual pain why I know one woma who went so far
as to hide her soned clothing n a tunk and flock 1t Up that it might not go to the
laundry. The friends of his decided that here was really something wrong
paln-and called in a doctor. OF course he didnt understand the case, and gave a
tonic to bring temporary rnef from the hystsrs. but ddnt attempt to put thai
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tnt sn~or ..1 ~. ever .oIS recover u0u ne chang. N. with her WIN IL >.
hadn't AXE Mrs Pnkhams medicine the chances are she would have become worse
and worse, until insanity would have declared ITSELF r. ~
OF course this is an extreme case IND merely quote 1t to sho, what these things
may lead to. 1t Is womans natural instinct to make herself attractive She wshn
Ito be admired and adored and hi likes to conceal her bad points as well as she an,
making tn most Of what is good about her face and figure When q woman does not
do this, when The grows searches Of her dress and doesnt care whether she bthSs
or not, she is sick Perhaps, II yu ask her, she will not. acknowledge here h ny
pain Or anything wrong with her, BUT soon she will conhde in yol. There is .
heavy feeling not exactly pain, nut she feels depressed. The head aches frequently.
ad often here is a bearingdown pain that makes Ter irritable She doesnt con-
i slider m of these things worth bdheing about but that too Is beeause she Is sick.
She negncts hem as we'll as her dress because she has lost her interest in the
things thai e. to make up life for a strong healthy woman.
All these troubles can be cured II the woman, careless OF her Dress. will but
take lydia Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. II she DOGS that before long shs won't
kpov herself Her husband once more will TX pride In her, and evGy one will re-
80 o#Ictad with Nervousness or any unes of The feminine organs. It aiwayRh helps
women whose IDEAS of life are warped, because the brain is Instantly responsive
for female complaints. I