The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-11

How to Dress Correctly
BY MRS. E S ADAMS.

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-yo r p perfetlyd dressed on all occasions is a ideal worth striving for.
There is nothing so bhtanty ordinary as The person who constantly
l. overdreses. Particularly true is this when it applies to a young girl
md girls in heir teens are the ones most prone to err in this respect
No girl who has lot yet made her bow to society or who has not reached
the Stage of Iog dresses should wear jewels Of am sort save plain ring a
seal ring prhaps a chain to hold a watch. Man girls wear bangles, and
If they are not jeweed they are not absolutely out of place, but it is better not
to wear these except on dress occasions.
Many foolish mothers allow their daughters to wear handsome rings ven
to school, n by these the children are judged by scholars and teachers alike.
overdressng iss breach of good taste, as well as an indication of undephreed-
ing. They are not sorry that they have subjected their daughters to ridcue;
they merely intimate that teachers and pupils are jealous envous. They
cannot see that children nd young girls should be simply dressed and not
out In a n unsuitable to their age
Furthermore, such display Of possessions is most harmful to the character
of the child who carries 1t. the writer in the Philadelphia North American AYERS.
She is soon made self CONSCIOUS N eager to how off. n it is not long before
she begins 10 realize how conspicuous she is Naturally, she attributes bis not
to he fact that she is undeshaby conspicuous. but 30 the fact that she wears
more jewels than her playmats OF course. this attitude soon makes her super-
onious and unpopular.
Therei nothing more repulsve to really refined people han the pasading of
wealth.. Some of the newly rich GRASP their money and seem to leap into view
decked out in all kinds of exuavagant and costly garments They ire the mis-
guided soul who prefer to be magnifcently arrayed, even in the morning. where-
as that is he time when the simplest clothes should appear Late afternoons and
evenings demand more elaborate gowns. AS amatero of fact people who know
how nay lavish any sun they like upon even their plainest cotton gowns With
out oyeYtepptng the bounds of good tast>
A good general rmei is to reserve all jewels with the exception of rings. for
wear after o'clock in the Afternoon. A few women IN possess pearl neck
aces of rare beauty wear them always, a pearls are not now considered a Jewel
for evening only. Sparkling stones diamonds, emeralds n ruhies are always
most beautiful in artificial light an the lsttw W are really too garish to bear
daylight, except in the form of rings, n then only at entertainments
uncheons an card parties
When a girl is 18 she may wear the sane style clothes as her mother, X
cet- tina. they should be somewhat simpler in trimming and cut Young, girls
should never wear too much back and only a little bit of ea1la lace. Their hats
should Tot be foo much ornamented Their evening gowns nay be low tut. but
with discretion, n for ordinary evening wear it Is N better tastef for gTlst o
wear simple, colaress frocks than creations intended for formal occasions. 1T
lis better, too. for girls between IS and %, uness they be married, to wear jewels
of he simplest kind.