The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-15
Nclp to Dress tke Geck
The Throat Can Be Petter and Pretter in spite OF
~ the Advance OF Years.

For the Post
once upon a tlme--thls is as good as
fairy tale--there lived real live siri' VINO
tnew how TO dress her neck.
she had n plump, well-molded chin. she
had round throat Her chest was pu't
rcsh color. The back OF her neck was wen
shaped.
This glri. looking In the glass reasonea
that since her neck was so nice. SO Wen
colored SO shapely and so attractive 10
would better be left unadorned Ana, /
though abe had dressed in high-neckad |
gowns Of course. yet she exposed 1t Us
much as possible
she d,d not wear chokers. She did NOT
ne her throat with wide ribbons sac wore
no crinonne around her neck. And as Tor
tho boned foundations, she would have as
soon died as put them on. for she regard
cd then, suicidal to her beauty. And with
beauty cone, lie would not be worth the
living Such was her line OF reasonlIlES.
So this girl studied the Tudor CIlSt ?,
she nIaced Stuart neckpieces around her
neck leaving her throat exposed az
learned the trick OF undressing her IN o1 ~
without appearing decollete' ana, Wnen ii ~
cnme summer time, she grasped eagerg
Mt the reckless gowns In leu OF those 'A"'
Rugged the throat .,. rno girI,s
throat being pretty. 70 begin with, re-
NAMED pretty. 1t kept It's smooth, r9unu
outlines; It's color was preserveoi w. -. IN jr
ness was assured; and, one year rom Ine
zine she began wearing low open colaIst
bar neck was much better than when she
began, though she had grown year oluel'
HOW THE THROAT GROWS OLD
Now this is contrary to the usual order
If things. After the age Of 2o-and TINS
Girl was eo-the throat Of woman ee
,erloratea Nor does It detcriorate slowly
INIT very rapidly. Day by day the !he'
com. tho creases deepen, tho color fades
or gets very deep, and the baggy outline
onnear. At % many a throat Is ruined
But the girl who succeeded IN keePiip1i
her throat nice was one VINO wore NJ
collars that dipped in front She chos
stocEs that came down to a point. Sh
mt on little rims OF velvet with a dang
ling ornament under the chin. Sne az
many little things which allowed her Z
expose her throat little without shown
when It came evening, this girl had he
reward. She was In her element IA. az
now she could wear the low co.lnr VII
impunltv And, 10 matter how low tn
cut OF her neck, or how widely 4et tnf@ -,
was exposed she knew right Wen lnN' 'N
effect was u becoming one.
Meanwhile tho othor girls were Solu
upon their way each SIT Woi"a ! ''
for herself her own destruction OF thr'l
ono young woman, O very pretty ono, "
volopcd a fondness for rhe very t.El
wide ribbon. She would {ofe i1eS ,rl.,
her throat She would couy II or.E'
ard around. pulling It all the time on
the wonder was. that she dld po ,,, Gn'F .
death Then when it was vrh "'o.l.
would take tho ends aud tin thew I'm % i
fat ribbon bow, right nj l1' ', .,.,.,,l q,
speeles ~ torture snn "''' 'p'''
Ti,is g'r 5.ao had n fancy fr hol
her ribbons. md sh. Womb actuaur 81
Zen them and th.n pun th.W a'"uN'
mock as though She were pl.iir- be' ~
WHY SHE rMNrrp
ono evening this young woman t'r'
They sa!d g. was the heat 90 tho d.a
ing room But her phys!ciln know
she knew. aud her maid knew. thnt 1t
the tight ribbon around hor throat ="
this and nothing more.
Al this same evening gathering there
o woman of 4O-fat, fair aud plump as
could be- This woman also wur L
ribbon banded around her neck II
high and very snug lNr9G lhe gyut
and as she was Eoirg home, she conu
IN her hostess that she had narrowly
capped a stroke OF apoplcyy. MY pIFHl'
saws | will have o stroke some day.,
she 'if tie up my neck too tight.
But aside from the Nlntnees aud
auoplsxy, there are evils from uelug
throat too tightly which woman arc
more. And Uese are the dangers of
figuring the neck.
or course. the girl who wears a pr
store-made stock Will not iniure her u
The stock is made TO ut the neck !
dipped hygienically and lined and
fane1 With soft stuffs IL IS not too Il
Rnt the woman who makes q spccialt.
tying up her throat with sclf-made Oh
orr who twists two yards Of ribbon art
her vocal apparatus; who takes bias
Of silk and winds her throat up; who
not get things tght enough, she 1t Is
suffers.
TAKE the best neck In the world and
the owner put 4 high linen collar ar
II, two sigeB too small, and tie It wi
tight necktie and she will ruin her II
about "a fast Al the operation can be
formed.
of the troublesome things that ap
the FIRST ls bag under the chin.
will hang down over the collar In Z
They call II brisket, this neBhy dir
der the chin.
There will be lines around her neck
these will be a kind that can not be {
the lines of Venus They will be
and either black or yellow, making