The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-09-02
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MIDDLE AGED WoMEk's DRESS.
Its Limitations II 1t Is to BE Kept within
the Pale of Quiet Elegance.

the Pale of Quiet Elegance.
"There is limit, you know" said a
middle-aged woman, whose milliner
had been urging her to buy n large,
fat hat, shelving out in front. "It's
all very well to say that there are no
old women nowadays, and that we can
all dress alike, at any age, but it's a
matter in which good taste and COM
mon sense must set check upon
fashion,"
But you look young" said her
friend.
"Thank you, my dear! But II that
statement has any foundation in fact,
apart from your favorable view, it is
simply because l don't pretend to be
young. If dressed like a young girl.
| should look old. It's true that there
are no distinctive styles now for young
and old but there are subtle modifica-
tions that make all the difference. At
my age We must be freer in some par
ticulars, and more restricted In Others"
Il don't quite see what you mean by
that, though | do understand about
your subtle notifications / think
you manage them to perfection. But,
as to freedom and restrictions
"Well we can have little more free
dom from the tyranny of styles for
example. We needn't always appear
in the very latest thing If we have
a two-year-old waist that has not n
very long front, or stock collar too
high for this summers prevailing
mode, we can wear them without fear
that the girls will say we look as If
we had come out of the Ark. With
years and honors. we have surely won
some little emancipation from the
smaller tyrannies of fashion. We have
outgrown our dread of back num-
ber.' We may even dare to adopt an
individual style of our own, which
ultra conventional youth could hardly
venture upon. But, on the other hand
there are some things we must not
cannot. dare not wear"' .. ......
For instance?"
''For instance, big picture hats, fiat
hats without trimming on the top, big
flying wells hanging down at the back
Il lot Of knotted ribbon ends. and all
such youthful fluffs and frills. And
We should avoid bright, delicate colors
in large masses, using them only in
small quantities to relieve an all black
of very dark costume. A middle aged
woman should never adopt conspicu-
Gus styles, or go to extremes in any
way; she should study the little less
that gives quiet elegance. She should
delight in black. and her favorite COM
bination should be black and white.
But she need not be afraid of q touch
of pale color-a line of blue, or even
rose-if it's only line. Violet. of
course, belongs to her, but pink should
only peep out timidly, like vanishing
memory of YOUTH
Come. you ought to write a poem
on the subject" said her friend. laugh
ing. "Such language is really inspir-
Ing"
II feel inspired, with all the ardor
of a reformer." said the woman of
middle age, laughing in her turn.
when l see what guys some women
make of themselves in their efforts to
look as young as they would like to be.
They don't appreciate the value of
years or the beauty and dignity that
belong to every stage Of living when
properly harmonized. / don't want
to go back to the funny big caps and
shapeless gowns OF my grandmothers.
but do want to be fittingly and
graciously attired."-New York Trl.
bune. ..-sSak