The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-29

BY MARGARET E. sANGsTER. fcopyrfsht, 1906. by Joseph B. Bowies)
 Jessie has reached the age when sne fusses and fdgets about her dress. looks at herself in the glass, worries because her cloak or her hat or her Jacket or something else is last years stvie. and altogether behaves like a vain and silly girl" exclaimed Jessies aunt Marion, who Lad no patience with such frivolous conduct.
 ..If Jessie had been the fourth daugh- ter in q large family" said Mary Elix- abeth. looking up with . smile, she would have learned to be thankful for small favors. Until had passed my thirteenth birthday I never once went out of the house with . costume every bit of which had been made for me. l usually wore. Susan's last years frocks' and Mildred's last years hats, retrim- med and freshened up. and when l had a jacket 1t had been worn before me by Ethel. Mother always bought good things that would last and they lasted until several children wore them out was cured of fussiness before 50 much as a wee leaf of 1t cropped up in my character. Generally speaking had new shoes and that was com fort"
 Jessie had listened to both speak CTS with an air of serious attention.
 T love pretty things" said she, 'and hate ugly ones. Why shall sis ter Louise, who6is young lady, wear . corset that gives her good hgure while I. who have no figure at all am obliged 10 wear corded waist ana button my skirts to it?''
 By this time was so stirred up that I was compelled to intrude my views on the girls.
 What on earth can you be thinking of, Jessie? A school girls first duty to herself is to wear healthful dress and although corsets are excellent and suitable in their place for grown up young women, they are not parts of hygienic dress for you. l hope that you spend a good many hours every day out of doors, and that your director of physical culture superin- tends your calisthenics and your exer- cises in the gymnasium. The gym IS as much an educational place for you as the Latin class/or the recitation room where you study and present any other abstruse subject in the school For daily use a school girl needs we1l-niade loosely fitting blouses and skirts, and the weight of her clothing should hang not from the hips but from the shoulder.
 Deep breathing is your great ne. cessity: your lungs should be filled daily and often with the purest air and your chest have abundant room . to expand. As for shoes, y uomust have common sense lasts broad enough in the sole and low enough in the heel to enable you to walk with ease and grace. A school girl must not wear a tight shoe nor high heel. You are too young and too pretty to require much ornament in your dress. and there is no sense in your fussing over shirt waists and simple Atocks. hair ribbons and belts.
 Once your wardrobe is supplied with what is comfortable and you have equipped yourself with golf cape, a rain-coat and sailor hat, you are ready for every occsion."
 For receptions and announcements and Sunday school evening at homer uueried Jessie. her dfmples playing hide and seek as she archly glanced at me, a T beg your pardon" answered. "A girl does need one or two dainty frocks A for evening wear and they should pre- fefablye be white The simpler they are efhe most suitable they are sure to be. A great many .tucks, puffs, ruffies and lace insertions are misplaced in girl s dress while she Is yet in her teens. There may be-. of course, some unob- trusive decorations. but not very much is needed for she herself sets off her gown. I like to think, too. that girl who Is growing up takes little time now and then to bestow attention on the laundress who has to wash and iron the dainty muslins that are so elaborate and so beautifully finished with lace edges and delicate embroid- cries.
 "A girl who has opce or twice done her own laundry work, washed and ironed a white muslin gown. or a duck skirt, will know by experience that 1t Is far from easy work, and she will be somewhat more careful about fre- quently sending 1t to the tub, than her friend who has had no such person. al knowledge of the labor involved"
 No young girl has the slightest oc- casion to worry about her figure If only she has a dress that fits her comfort ably, if she stands up straight, throw ing back her shoulders and holding up her head. The figure will take care of itself. Health Is the great beauti- fer and sensible dress is for young peo- pie its best ally.
 Fortunately for young girls, there Is no question about the length of their skirts. For everyday wear frocks that reach the ankle. are comfortable and insure ease in walking, and immunity from contact with mud and dirt. For functions such as Jessie referred to in her native question about receptions and Sunday evenings, girls best gown while she Is in her teens may be instep length. Girls never wear trailing skirts in these days. An excellent ad- Junct to cleanliness, comfort and health is a whisk broom or clothes-brush scrupulously used every time a dress is taken off. It we would carefully brush our clothes and shake them out of an open window before hanging them in closets or warbrobes. we should rid ourselves of the danger of germs that may have lurked in outside dust.
 Girls should be grateful that their lot is cast in the twentieth century. An eighteenth century girl, or one born in the early nineteenth, wore short waisted frock with the skirt beginning under the arm-pits. It was of cling ing stun and swept the floor as she walked. Her shoes were thin slippers without heels held on by strings crossed over the instep and around the ankles. On her head she often wore a construc- tion of muslin and wire that was half turban and half cap. NHer sleeves were short and her dresses half low at the neck, as a rule. Do you not think that you are much better dressed than she was, both for health and beauty?
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