The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-01

seeing themselves as others see them
and get sidelights upon themselves, as
il were, and TO have the profiIes and
attitudes as commonly presented Tor
their contemplation as their full faces.
"One thing l have frequently noticed
is that pretty women who are said to
just miss being pretty are the women
or most potent charms and the great
est air of distinction. 1t is all because
their art is called upon to make up for
natures carelessness, and so adroitly
do they enhance their good points and
gloss over their defects that the result
is often finer appearance and a more
pronounced fascination than their more
gifted but less clever sisters.
Never suppose that all women
should follow the same rule as to poise
of the head. AS a general statement,
1t is safe to say they should all hold
their heads high, but even this would
be misleading.
Take. for instance, a woman with
a chin a tritie too prominent and
strong. She should be very wary OF
adopting the uplifted tilt, so Won
! drously sweet for chin of delicate
modelling, lest she appear aggressive,
| assertive and too self-reliant.
Indeed, apropos of self-reliance,
should say that it is just here that the
incest taste is required in learning
the poise of the head. There is a par
! tlcular angle, beyond which one should
never tilt the chin, and below which
enc should never allow it to drop. OF
course, this angle is determined by
l close observation and study of ones
own style.
Unless woman keeps her head
poised proudly and high, she lacks
the style and dignity she owes her
womanhood. She looks tame and spir-
itless and almost meek enough to be
provoking. And yet, how conceited. ir-
ritating and vain she appears when
her chin oversteps the mark and is
| cooked in the air in haugty self-suf-
! ficience.
But all of this defies analysis and
should be appreciated and apprehend-
ed by each woman for herself. l once
knew little woman whose short neck,
although beautifully modelled and
| turned to perfection gave her a great
deal of concern. She used to say that
nature had denied her the right to be
| sentimental.
%" My soul yearns for poetry and
, romance. but my short neck forces
me to be piquant and saucy, she said
with mock pathos.
We'll you see she was right. She
/ had studied her style and she knew
| full well the futility of effecting a
manner and poise at variance with
the length of her neck.
She was wise enough to allow her
| self wee bit of individuality and a
I slight divergence from the procession
of fashion in affecting gowns cut low
in the neck, so as to show her pretty
throat and give the impression of
greater length to the neck
Another clever little trick she had
was to decorate her waist, just at the
base of its low collar, with either a
jaunty bow or a dainty cluster of
flowers so as to give a touch of color
and attract attention to the perfect
! contour of her throat and the excel
lent lines, although trifle short, of
her neck.
Yesterday 1 saw a young woman
| crossing the street. My attention was
| called to her by her awkward, inele-
CANT appearance. l watched her a
few moments and made the discovery
that she had the making of a stately,
handsome woman.
Really. my dear, 1 was forced to
| exercise great self-restraint to keep
| myself from running after her and
making an appeal TO her in the name
of vanity and pride of sex. She held
her chin close to her collar and allow
| ed her forehead to lean forward in a
way that was very ugly and sugges-
| tive of being out in a hard rain.
Indeed, she looked determined, and
even dangerous, while she could have
| looked so splendidly serene and noble,
| for her profile was classic and her
neck slender and like a column.
ITO me such a woman seems sinful
| and profligate of natures best gifts.
| Could l have my way 1 would make
| her wear a check rein until she ac-
| quired at the least a self-respecting
| habit of carrying her head.
81 believe there is no more whole
some and stimulating influence upon
a woman's nature than the proper
poise of the head. and my advice to
all women, from young girls to women
of advanced years, is to dress before
a triple mirror, where not only the
front view of their profiles and the
natural tilt of their heads are daily
brought to their attention"