The sun., 1903-02-15

colored. 20 shapely and so attractive. 1t
better be left unadorned. And. though
she had dressed in high-necked gowns.
Of course. yet she exposed II "a much as
possible.
She did not wear chokers She did not
tie her throat with wide ribbons. She
wore no crinoline around her neck And.
as for the boned foundations. she regarded
them a. fatal to her beauty. And, with
beauty gone, life would not he worth the
living. Such was her line Of reasoning
So this girl studied the Tudor collars
She placed Stuart neckpieces around her
neck, leaving her throat exposed She
learned the trick Of undressing her throat
without appearing to wear decollete frocks,
and. when it came summer time, she grasped
eagerly at the neckless gowns in lieu OF
those that hugged the throat.
The result was newt able. The girls
throat, being pretty to begin with. re-
mained pretty. 1t kept its smooth. round
out lines: it's color was preserved; its firm
ness was assured; and. one year from
the time sho began wearing low, open col
lars, her neck was much better than when
she began. though she had grown a year
older
Now this In cont rary to the usual order
OF things After the age OF 7o-and this
girl was 20-the throat Of q woman de-
terioraies. Nor docs II deteriorate slowly,
but very rapidly.
Day by day the lines come. the creases
deepen, the color fades. or gets very deep,
ana the ba6gy outlines appear. At IS
many throat Is ruined.
But the girl who succeeded In keeping
her throat nice was one who wore little
collars that dipped in front. She chose
stocks that came down to point.
She put on little rims OF velvet with
dangling ornament under the chin She
did many little things which allowed her o
expose her throat little without showing
IL too much.
When II came evening this girl had her
reward. She was In her element. for now
she could wear the low collar with impunty
And no matter how low the cut Of the bodice
or how widely her throat was exposed,
she knew right well that the effect was
becoming one.
Meanwhile the other girls were going
upon their way. each girl working out for
herself her own destruction OF throat.
One young woman, a very pretty one,
developed q fondness for the very tight,
wide ribbon. She would take piece four
or five inches In width and twist it around
her throat. She wo uld carry II around
and around, pulling 1t all the time unit the
wonder was that she did not choke to death
Then, when II was well wound, she would
lake the ends and tie them In big fat ribbon
bow, right at the back. In this species OF
torture she would spend whole days and !
whole EVENING".
This girl also had q fancy for bonine |
her ribbons, and she would actually stifIen |
them and then pull them around her neck, |
az though she were pulling her stays.
One evening this young woman tainted.
They said II was the heat OF the drawing !
room. But her physician knew, and she
knew. and her maid knew, that I, waa tic
tight ribbon around her throat Only
this and nothing more.
A. this same evening gathering there WAS
q woman Of 40-fat, fair and plump az she
could be. This woman also wore a tight
ribbon handed around her neck II was
very high and very snug.
During the evening sho became very red
In the complex exion, and. as abe was going
home, she confded TO her hostess that abe
had narrowly escaped stroke OF apoplexy
My physician sayp viii have a st roke
'ome day: said abe. ~ tie up my neck
90 tight,
But, aside from the faintnese and the
lPopiexy. there are evils from tying the |
hrost too tightly which . woman dreads