The Indianapolis journal., 1903-05-24
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
GIRLS WHO MAKE MISTAKES IN THE
ATTITUDE THEY ASSUME.
The Overcrowding of Bric-a-Brac a
Fashion That Is Passing-The
Bright Clothes Cure.

Some girls are to a morbid degree, over
fond of admiration, says a writer in Col
lier's Weekly. They are restless at balls and
parties unless they have the attention of
every man present. They become vindictive
unless they can feel that every other wom-
an is neglected on their account. 1t is not
enough for them that they can dance the
whole evening, or have a pleasant COM
panion at dinner-they like to feel certain
that they are envied. Their own partners do
not satisfy them; their enjoyment is dimin-
ished unless they can others left in the
cold. They wish, not so much from unkind-
ness as from real vanity, to assert them
selves to the disadvantage of their friends.
Indeed, they regard every girl or
their own age, not as a comrade,
but as a possible rival who ought
TO be Inundated on every occasion. Girls
of this type can never be popular. If they
happen to possess large dowries, or If their
parents hold important social rank. they
will have a large number of acquaintances.
but they will never have friends. They
must be invited, but 1t is as certain that
they never will be welcome, it is impos-
sble for persons so constituted to under
stand the meaning of happiness, of affec-
ton, of generosity, or of fair play. 1t is. in
deed painful to realize that the charge is
so often brought against women that tney
are deficient in a knowledge OF what Is
called playing the game"
Many girls, amiable enough In disposl~
ton, wish to appear better dressed than
their associates. 1t is normal that women,
especially young women, should desire
beautiful gowns. When gowns are chosen
merely for their beauty, they are good; put
when they are chosen, as is too often the
case. In order to destroy the attractiveness
0< 4th r,ltf how
ii by a hardness, an ostentation which is
never becoming. 1t Is a small triumph TO
wear the most expensive clothes In the
room; Ii is vulgar one TO look as II one
were wearing them; it is disaster to make
a point of wearing them. One does not tire
of beautiful portrait. A lady, not neces-
sarily handsome, in a gown not lndispens-
ably the finest procurable, can hold a spell
on canvas for two or three hundred years or
longer; it is certainly more delightful TO
appear a number of times, in garment
which is harmonious, than to appear always
in something new at the risk of being only
occasionally well suited. Should girl pos
sess large allowance, she may crafty her
taste for the exquisite in laces, in the de-
tails, the delicacy of her attire-points
which please everybody and jar no one
The strangest fact is that very rich women
often dress badly, and they are frequently
shy and suspicious on the subject of their
fortunes, showing a morbid desire to be
liked for themselves rather than for any
decorative note which they can add TO their
surroundings.
1t would be hard to say too much against
the intellectual pose. number of intelli-
gent girls seem to feel it their duty to talk
like the learred reviews, and TO put on
superior air when small domestic matters
crop up in conversation. If they happen to
have been we'll drilled in foreign languages
or literature, they drag foreign phrases
into their talk. They discuss books and au-
thors, pictures. politics and music-not.
alas with freshness, but with a kind of
mental strut. which produces the same ef-
feet on the hearer as an exhibition of tight
rope dancing does on a nervous onlooker.