The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-21
TETrRAziNrs cnirTcIsM.

Tettraziiii. the famous singer. has 4
wore or TWO to say about the Ia ste =
OF American women in matters OF the 81
toiiet' Her article appears in Wo-fiis
mans Kline Companion and some OK h
tracts from II follow here: II
American women have less tndi4s
viduality III dress than any he + wo y.
men In the world Have you ever
stopped to think that In this country
there is practically no national COS E
tune? We're you to see a woma n Of u
any other nation walking on the street L
and we're you, unable to see her face.
you would nevertheless still be able II
to say "Ah there goes an English-S s
woman. or lNrenchwoman!# or a Ger Il
man, or Russian" But what does the3l
american woman dor She borrows AM
oriental turbnn, and Slips her feet into
french heeled slippers; she arrays her-tIE
selfi;tn "a Russian stuntc, and wears it !!
win e Dutch icollar.!#Of course YOU
! Viii say we all do the same thing more s
| or less; and you are quite right we Il
do But here Is the point Even after
al TINS borrowing and combining the
american woman still does not succeed 4
In obtaining an effect OF individualIty: a.
or dtnerentness in dress. For thnt9
matter there are comparatively few n
women OF any country ofwhom one5s
may not say the same. M 81.
Because You Are You. 34sls
several years dgo Very Banal Street5.
song was popular In America, but it I;
illustrates what mean. The loyerdin5 Il
the chorus reitcrates to his swee thearts
that he loves her because she Is herr
self. or In the exact words of the re-
| IRAN, Because you're YOU Most OF "
the women IN America seem bent upon \:
being each other aud not themselves ii
at all, IF the young lady In the song n
OF which speak was anything iike34
the rest Of her sisters the lover ms
| question could not have picked her
out from million other girls IL shess
mad worn her hat down over her eyes. Ii
| Like l.enves About n Flower f3
Mind you, in suggesting that each &
woman design her own costumes. j do s.
not want YOU to think | admire con-
spicuous attire, Well bred OF. even
moderately intelligent women do not
wear CLOTHES that are noticeable aaHs
ciothes. One may. of course Indulge
certain sartorial fancies and even ex-:SSs;;
tremes in the privacy OF ones owni5s
nome. Hut the woman who gowns y
herself In conspicuous manner to So
INTO understanding and the streets
places herself at once in an undesirable
CLASS As a matter of fact n woman'ss2
gown nt all times should bear practf- ~
tcally the same relation to herself that
a frame does 10 picture. IT shouldS
never intrude: never become moro Inn 81
nortan than the picture itself gown
on weil-dresscd woman should simp-8
~ be there. just as the leaves are about u
the flower {lSs!sfSs
Women Should study Their Typc. III III,
reasonably ! have often wondered Ej
! why women do not study their tyne U;
more. and then intensity it. mean for B
example. some of your own Amcri- y
can women. There are numbers OF, YOU Ii
fh.'h n a ..~.I, Ia,
ieVel brows and the square chins oftH
your own American Indians. .WhyFnoty
! II YOU have the long. muscular figure 81
ana the face of this type 3revertt9tosE
| type In clothing? or course II do not ~
mean TO don moccasins and lea Their co g. s5
tunes But consider he exquisite In
dien beading tina could be used ass E
trimnins-as matter Of fact muck
F, OF II was used this spring-or} lie love- @
f! ~ slmpicity Of parted hair drawn 10 ~
/ oyer the cars: or the warm red and{ei
| brown colorinSs the Indian women y "a, 81
! love or there is the old Roman typeyS
| 81 race. or the Egyptian, offering In 81
jhnltc suggestions for classic COST
/ tunes: or OF course. the more obvious &
/ spanish type and the dress of uly%own N
| dear Italian women. III 81 3,{{Isf
! his M0THIR-S PORTRAIT. II ~
! The late King Edward VII Of t:ng.sss
i land was driving along Il country road ~
! in Scotland one day when he overlook
| an old market woman struggling umderE
a load which was more than she couid5
J well manage YOU might take partgS
! Of this in your carriage She cried To Il
| lhe 'tinS, whom shr MD not recognigeags
| Alas my good woman" replied il aSfS
/: majesty with royal courtesy "I,n, very 81
/ sorry. but I'm not going the same way sS69
| However let me give you a EportraftNs
I OF my mother. ia lot of good INIT
viii do me said the old woman tcst sss
tjlM sssi
Take 1t I'll the same, said tho X iiii SSs
/ smiling, and ~ put a sovereign bea r.S
Ing Queen Victoria 3 effigy in the paisa
OF the astonished old peasant