Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-31
When

When
The baby girl arrives let it be remem-
bered that there are new things 10 be con-
sidered in her reception. Once the hope of
the mother was in having a daughter who
would be nearer to her than any son could
possibly be. And the fond papa's delight
was in the picture of some day having at
tached to himself something which would
be the envy of other men and which he
could take pride in living up TO financially
like any other taxable luxury.
But the baby girl of now comes with the
right of being considered an investment.
For each of those families where the son is
pointed out a model and considered the
best and most deserving young man in town
because he takes care of his mother and
sisters who does not know another in
which the girl is doing the same thing?
Who doesn't remember the daughter who
is the burden bearer when reverses come,
when the brother is going gayiy off after
things matrimonial? And who does not
know the father with whom things went
backward instead of forward who has the
pretty, protecting good-fellowshfp of the
daughter who IS helping out at home with
a little salary of her own?
When II comes to the little embryo that
she is. for brilliant possibilities the baby
girl is the one who VIII thrill most the
heart of the man who has the gamblers IN
stinct for chances. These, for the boy,
who will depend on brains and force alone
can almost be counted on not to go any
higher than the level that has been reached
by his progenitors, even allowing for new
combinations. But the father whom you
see in the car with the four-ye3r-old, of
peachy skin and brilliant orbs and pencfed
eyebrows and eyelashes sitting with grave
dignity under the Greenaway hat, has that
beside him whose power no man can meas
4F..r1 liz loss ara 10 N
combination which good birth can play
with the beauty and charm with which it is
her role to attach good things to herself.
And today's baby girl whose future opens
up TO her with independence and brains as
well has a chance of making double pair
royals in getting there. which are debarred
her small brother.
Don't mistake the possibilities There is
no need TO make excuses for her not being
a boy
Said
A girl specialist speaking of dress and
OF going: Il used to stay at home if l
didn't have something which especially
fitted the occasion, but now l go every
where If l don't seem to have rag to
wear. The important part is the consci-
BUSINESS that you are well gowned enough
to fit in and play your part in the affair. If
I have to wear an old gown 1 try to think
why Was invited. L KNOW IndI IN q gem
eral way the strength and the insists of
my wardrobe are known to my hostess and
all my friends quite as we'll as they are to
myself.
while in an unconscious way a hostess
considers them as part of one. it would be
absurd 10 think that she invited me simply
in the expectation that l should wear some
thing different or new. Only common sense
and justice to her make me remember that
she has picked me out for some other rea-
son. Il is because L am an essential part
OF some group that is 10 be there or be-
cause of some way that l can contribute
that she has invited me.
My success all is a matter of trying to
see what this is and playing up to il. OF
course, II is easier to get into the part If
you feel that you are dressed for it. You
make a better start. But If l go holding
fast TO this other idea 1t is only a matter
Of getting there to get my cue. glance is
enough to show me that there are others
both better and worse off In dress, and that
I fit in just as well IN what l have on as I
would have done In anything else.
The whole point Is TO be in something in
which you are unconscious of yourself Ii
Is better this way than to wear d new
thing which you are not used to yet and
which constantly IS getting in your mind.
There Is just as much art in knowing
how to be success in being entertained as
to succeed as an entertainer, and con-
sgiOusneSs of clothes is a rock upon which
Gnost people wreck themselves. On the
Ewhole, there is more need for going TO the
OtneE extreme anu prepare TOT leSllLS at
ease IN a new gown which won't become
part of you readily NJ putting 1t on to come
down TO see somebody in or even to lounge
In It once or twice around home"
That
individuality acquired with the taking on
and keeping of graceful little habits of
manner and dress often makes for attract
iveness more than the most up-to-date at
temgts to look young. Some sage has re-
marked that while we talk about this one
looking old for his age or that one looking
young any one OF ordinarily observing hab-
its knows almost to exaCtness what is the
age Of anybody else. The appearance of
youth Is made up of many subtle things
which weigh unconsclously in the estimate
but which are too little 10 register even in
the mind of the observer, and the woman
who starts out to dodge the little outward
time marks finds herself entering into a
fencing match in which she has to be on
guard continually. With femininlty, no
matter how young or how fresh looking
there is sure to be some little outward sign
of dress which stamps her with the differ
enCe which adds or detTacts ten years from
her age
dresser on the couture. the~telltale way of
wearing the rings, the thickness of the
wedding ring, the setting OF the engage
ment ring. the that mas been pierced,
the way of wearing the watch. the cling
Ing to the pretty old-world way of carry
Ing q fan that are all subtle insignia with
which people proclaim age TO a nicety, but
with not any of which they would be hope
leSsly without distinction.
The woman who rushes off 10 have her
wedding ring made over who invests in
somebody who takes hold of her to bring
her up to date may battle the duh observer
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