Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
! W. B. MOSES 4 SONS, F Street, Cor. Ith.

worst, then, If 1t is at all becoming when
you look well and your hair is curled the
hat, OF course will be perfect dream; but
with this woman, she'll look well in her
hat today and never again until her an
nual visit to the hairdresser, and between
now and that time she will blame me for
selilng her an unbecoming hat, while in
reality 1t is all her fault" -,
My friend went back in her shop to Law
her wonderful STRUCTURES upon the fiuted
hair OF the exasperating customer and
stayed to watch the crowd. There are
fewer women who walk well in New York
than In any other city l am convinced.
Perhaps they don't get accustomed to II,
as you see them hailing car to go only q
couple of blocks. At all events they either
jerk along, as IL their clothing were not
comfortable. or they stride over the ground
swinging their arms, and holding their
necks Grained forward I'm the agonized at
dtude Of the eight-day bicycle racer
V!ennese countess who could not get
her debutante daughter to walk we'll final
ly hit upon the following plan. She got
round vegetable basket and set it upon the
daughters head, filling it with some light
articles. The girl was made to walk up
and down the room balancing this basket
Naturally, she had to walk straight and
to keep her head up. The mother insisted
on this being done every day for twenty
minutes to half hour, and when the
daughter was presented at court she was
conspicuous for her stately and graceful
bearing. Once a girl knows how to walk
i
wonderful what a difference it makes In
her general department.
To know how to carry yourself is the
most important thing for the debutante.
If she knows herself to be graceful in
physical sense she quickly acquires the
mental ease and the social grace necessary
for success. You can't be charming op
cfOnc IN m
ment conscious that you are fearfully
angular and all elbows, as it were. All
these little things are part Of the big
beauty cult, part of the art of charmingi
I don't know how you feel about it, but
1t seems to me that 1t is one Of the most
necessary things for woman to study the
art of pleasing. Those gentle little cour-.
tesies, those delightful little bits of senu-
ment, the graciousness of manner, the art
OF remembering other peoples idiosyncra-
sizes, their likes and dislikes, and when 1t is
possible and legitimate of catering to Them:
all these graces belong to the woman who
knows how to please. And all this, strange
as 1t may seem, rests upon foundation of
physical health, bodily strength and grace
and beauty.
II you sit in a large restaurant at noon
and watch the women at lunch. you can
tell In few moments, by the very way.
they move and eat, how far they have
gotten in the cult of beauty and grace.
Good table manners were at one time very
formal. The rules were exceedingly strict,
and the use Of your fish fork In eating your
meat caused embarrassment, modification
and shame Nowadays, the fish forks and
meat forks are often complex in design,
boullon spoons, dessert spoons and fruit
spoons are turned out in new patterns
every day, and few people even try to keep
UP with the latest thing in asparagus pine
ers. 1t is enough If the persons manners
are easy, graceful, gracious and quiet, and
whether they have seen the latest things
in entree dishes Is a matter of no import
ance. To mistake your china oyster cock
tail dish for a real green pepper, and exc
claim over it, does not place you at once In
the list of social nobodys. People are even
known to put their elbows on the table and
still to retain the respect OF the company
for manners are becoming more and more
a question of the point of view and of the
general attitude Of mind, and many Of the
smaller forms and conventions are being
lost in a keener appreciation OF the guests
natural capacities Of heart and mind and
his or her personal charms.