The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-01

the audience Immediately. We are
clothes-made, even more cothes-made
than Paris"
Nor does Miss Hanson speak alone
from her experience on the stage.
where she has the name of being one
Of the best dressed women. Indeed
she came to have this novel philoso-
ply of clothes when she was one of
the most popular debutantes in the
Atlanta social set, and was merely
dreaming of a dramatic career.
1T is just the same off the stage as
on" she said with regret in her voice.
Beauty, charm OF Intelligence and all
those other qulities are undeniably as
sets but they are useless if their pos
SCISSOR is not well dressed. A plain
woman beautifully dressed is infinite
| ly more attractive to men and women
alike than a beautiful woman plainly
dressed. It's pitiable that this is So,
| but you've only to pass down your
main avenue and study yourself Do
| you turn to see a pretty face in an Ill
fitting or even fairly we'll fitting dress.
or do you linger to see chic woman
who sweeps by in a most fascinating
gown, yet whom you know to be a
sight in kimona? Just observe who
gets your attention the next time you
walk out.
| Nowadays our greatest compliment
is not She is beautiful, but She is
chic 1t is the day Of chic women.
And the essential characteristic of a
chic woman is the ability to wear
modish gowns becomingly.
But it's not only in the smarter
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the meaning Of that popular phrase,
She has class? 1t is nothing more
or less than reorganization of our
take girls to the theatre, parties and
outings unless they think they have
| class. This mania for we'll dressed
women spreads through every age,
young as well as old. May be in a
generation there will be a revulsion
towards dress; at all events hope so,
for the custom is making us more like
peacocl1s, less like women every day.
But men, and even We poor women
ourselves. insist that we dress. We
are not found attractive unless we do,
and to be found unattractive is wo.
mans greatest horror.
so that is why l urge every woman
to dress; to dress to the full limit of
her income; and even scrimp. That's
why | spent infinite care in selecting
my dresses for 'Raffles' Or course
no woman should sacrifice her health,
but she should her pleasures. For
she will in the end be miserable If
she doesn't dress and dress in just
the best style she is capable OF. 1t
is OF more value now for young wo-
man 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 accomplishments our
grandmothers fostered
Men love well-dressed women. The
truth is, many masculine heart has
been captured solely through a pretty
costume. Men like to take out girls
who look stunning to show them off
before their friends. They are proud
of their appearance and prouder still
when some other fellow asks who she
is and all that sort of thing
"A girl is bound to notice and she
becomes wiser, more DESTROYS than
ever Of dressing to the full extent OF
her income. 1t does not matter
whether she is a poor working girl
or a wealthy one. She will just
scrimp and scrimp SO she will look
| her very best; the tragedy Of it lies
with the poorer girls; conscious OF
the power of good clothes, she sacri-
fees everything else for them. When
she finally captures the man and is
married in brilliant gown that even
her parents wonder how Their managed
to buy. things seem different. While
the troaseau lasts all is we'll. But
when that is gone there are breakers
ahead for the poor woman. She either
complains to her husband that she
needs money for clothes, or she
merely frets and makes up her mind
that love is better than clothes. Bur
what about the man? Let us thank
fortune that all are not the same, but
many of them turn out to be selfish
nrutes. They discover themselves
wondering why their wives lock so
aoWdy They begin to compare them
Win other women. Unusually it is a
comparison made merely on clothes
basis. The husband grows tired of
seeing her look like trump, dressed