Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-18

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and embroideries. am thinking of the
etceteras, the hundred and one minor
details of feminine attire, and their
suitability, or the reverse, to this
type of woman and that. For every
woman wears Tor ought to wear)
trimmings" of particular type and
description, and some can wear q
great many, and some should wear
none, and others, yet again, can wear
none and look all the better for it,
beauty unadorned, that is, not adorn-
ed the most, but can stand alone "of
its own unholpen merit
Some people can wear beads. | am
a beady person myself. have worn
beads always (oh, no, not necessarily
"barbaric' ones; | wish beads dill
not always suggest a sort of South
Sea Island type, as they seemed to do
to some people), and hope to do SO
for a good many more years yet.
When l am old. when a good many
more years have gone over my head. |
shall have to give up most kinds Of
bead, because they are not always
suitable to white hairs; but let us
not go half way to meet grey
locks and beadless existence.
1 am not very happy just at present,
because beads are worn" That
means that everybody tries to wear
them; they cease to be characteristic
OF the true beady type, and in a
little while they will be common. and
ones pet necklaces will have to re.
tire into seclusion until the stigma
is removed by kindly time. The new
sorts are very nice, though, albeit
much too cheap. The strings of stain.
ed mother o. pearl are most attractive
tand within everyone's reach am
sorry to see), and the fat spheres of
white coral, family tinged with pink,
though much dearer, luckily, are to
be seen in every shop window that
has descent excuse for displaying
them. And the real necklace shops are
full of all corts and shapes and sizes.
from the smallest Of the small, In
which any needle but the finest
sticks fast half way, to things like
pigeons eggs, too large and too frank
ly striking for any but the most
picturesquely inclined. One needs "a
temperament" to wear row of
pigeons eggs, and a really suitable
appearance to carry them Off properly.
That Is the worst of this sort of trim.
ming. Exaggeration creeps In.
sideously in, and all sorts of horrld
results ensue.
The glass and jade bangles of the
day are a passing fancy also, imag.
Inc, though certain jade bangle of
my acquaintance, OF rare and perfect
coloring, has been worn for many
years, and will outlive this craze of
the moment.
Some women can wear hair combc
very well, can appear in three or four
at one time without looking over
combed, and to them the newest and
mott delightful specimen never comes
amiss, from The smallest, daintiest
kind to the great antique Spanish
tortoiseshell spade" But combs
want wearing" and some people
should be forbidden them by act OF
Parliament | admit should like to
make the wearing OF the paste sort
by day a punishable offence, and those
set with big bosses of imitation tur-
quois or pearls ought to be publicly
burnt. A modern Savonarola should
arise who would induce us to destroy
many Of our gewgaws of today!
The tendency to overtrim the head
is always deplorable. Really good hair
really well dressed, should stand
alone. A youthful relation, whose
tresses are the much initiated shade
of horse chestnut, plentiful, and
with a natural wave, who has also
good neck and shoulders, asked my al.
vice as to what she should wear on
her hair and around her throat on
the occasion Of recent royal com
mand." Nothing" said. When head
and neck are capable OF standing alone
forgive my acrobatic metaphors
they should remain beauty unadorned,
and their owner will score the truest
success, an artistic one.
Mind you, | do not forget that many
women look best with a little trim.
ming OF that sort. Some people do not
look finished Off unless they wear
something. But let the Juno type
avoid the japanese flower, the French
fiyaway bow, the frivolous and gilt.
tering sort Of etcetera. And the girl
who depends upon her charm, her
freshness, her originality OF type OF
coloring rather than on regular good
looks. should shun any severe or elias.
sic adornment. The true English.
woman looks at sea in rocco or
barbaric trimmings, and the Oriental
or Southern Europe type should not
deck Itself with th2 pearls and lilies
of the valley appertaining to the wild
roses Of the fair-haired. bIue-eyed
lit Briton
II Is a funny thing. but most women
have their particular type determined
Tor them by the nose, as a rule. OF
course coloring has a great deal 10
say to II, particular noses 10 with
particular eoloring generally Have