Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-30
BEAUTY WORTHLESS
 IF POORLY G0WNED
Some Startling Statements Made by Miss Gladys HansOn-Aania for We'll Dressed Women
 Chronic in Men.

New York, Dec. 29.-There is bit of advice that has been handed from mother to daughter ever since cloth
 ing itself became fashionable, to the effect that mo woman can afford to dress poorly" But this eternal fem inine-aphorism has been gwen q dis tinct1y new turn by Miss Gladys Han son, fine Southern society 9ftl, who is ag tae ely theater this VI as had- ing woman w.th Kyrie Rellew in Rallies
 "The hewer of dress is so great
 ua4aaz4seza" JeoIa.-- M Htusou,
 .t}1at no woman can afford to do
 otherwise than spend all her money
 OF clothes"
 It is D staggering statement, yet
 Miss Hanson who is most conser-
 vative and home loving woman, speaks convinc'ngly. ! "People have come to look for their
 styles and fashions in the theater and to demand the latest and most brilliant modes in dress. 50 we act resses come soonest to learn of the tremendous ;nfluence clothes have.
 she explained.
 .sI am asked so often why l waste
 so much time in choos ng what
 wear, but woman who steps on the
 stage poorly dressed suffers tre-
 mGedous handicap. Even her art
 suffers. If you come on fascinating
 ly gowned you have the sympathy of
 the audience immediately. We are
 clothes mad, even more clothes mad
 than Paris
 It IS just the san1e off tile stage as Oil, she eontinued, with regret in her
 voice. "Beauty, charm of intelligence,
 and all those other qualities are un- q daa5a7tE assets, but they are useless
 f their possessor is not we'll dresed.
 \ plain wonlani beautifully dressed is Infinitely more attractive to men and : women alike than beautiful woman
 plainly dressed. It's pitiable that this 'e so, but you've only to pass down Fifth avenue and study for yourself Do you turn to see a pretty face in ting dress, or do you finger to zee .
 chic wome.c' who sweeps by in a most fascinating gown, yet whom you know to be "a sight in kimona9 Just
 observe who gets yonr attention tho asxt time you walk ont.
 Nowadays our greatest compli- meat is not she is beautiful" but She is chic It s the day of chic women. And tho essential character : istic of chic woman is the ability to wear modish gowns becomingly.
 But It's not only in the smarter , sets. Have ycu ever thought over the meaning of that popular phrase, She has class?' It is nothing more or !. less than a recognition of our fealty to dress Nowadays boys don't take girls to the theater, parties and out ings unless they think they have
 
 women spreads through every age,
 young as we'll as old. Maybe in a generation there will be revulsion
 toward dress; at all evertS l hope so, for the custom is making us more
 like peacocks, less like women every day. But men, and even we poor wo- men ourselves, insist that We dress. ] We are not found unattractive is wo- , mans greatest horror. !
 ! So that's is why I urge every wo- ? man to dress; to dress to the full limit of her income, and even scr1mp. 5. Of course. no woman should sacrifice her health, but she should her pleasures. For she VII in the end : be miserable if she doesn't dress and dress in just the best style she is ca l. pable of. It is of more value now for a young woman to know how to make stylish clothes than to be able to cook, to play the piano or to have any of the dozen other accomplish ments our grandmothers fostered. Men love ' ell dressed women. The Il truth is, many a masculine heart has been captured solely through a pret-
 ty costume Men Ike to take out
 Egirls who look stunning to show them
 of before their friends. They are .i proud of their appearance, and proud
 CT still when some other fellow. asks : who she is and lall that sort ot
 thing.
 "A girl is bound to notice and she becomes wiser, more desirous than ever of dressing to the full extent of her income. It does not matter whe- ther she is a poor working girl or a zxe ealthx nrn She will just SGT rmp