Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-03-31
FoR TIE BUSY GIRL.

Dear Miss Thomas:
So many Of the girls beginning to make
their shirt waists and get their spring clothes
under way that / am going 10 tell some OF
them those who do not live in cities, the
things that struck me as l went about on
/ noticed great many one-piece dresses;
they have the waist line just a little higher
than the natural waist line but not anywhere
near fhe exaggerated short waist that some
have affected. To be conservative Is good taste
end an inch above the waist Is conservative
notice that some OF the best dressLna l1eIs
are using the girdle forms in those one piece
suits and Il certainly helps the hang OF the
skirts % have the belts fastened TO the forms.
l also notice that two or two and a nall
inches from the floor is the usual calculation
fer the dresses. Also that the round French
neck Is popular as the square Dutch neck.
Neither are very pronounced. ana drste Ias
necks On the street. Russian nobleman once
said that the girls OF America wore such low
necks on the street that he had decided that
70 enjoy such things NO" replied an Amer
lean. those ere the girls with weak minded
mothers. and they are wearing what they IKE
irrespective Of good taste and public opinion.
So remember that the round neck yokes are
not more than inch and half or two inches
some just inch from the collar line
Shirt waists are here TO stay There has
been much talk about the waist TO match, and
il is nice to have at least one, but the plain
tailored white vast the emoroioereu Na aIs
with half length sleeves. the dainty lingerie
waist with elbow shelves are popular. DOM
make the mistake Of wearing the elbow sleeve
before Of the afternoon unless you nave on
a coat The long sleeve for morning, the
three-quarter sleeve for afternoon and the very
short one for evening.
White gloves are worn win All Sorts ~
dresses The chamOis washes ana wears Wen,
the suede gloves wear well and gasoline VIII
clean them. 1 am told l confess Ignorance
on that subject.
from the exaggerated effects that once pre-
vailed. Sometimes when sitting behind other
wise pretty girls l have looked at the pc, oer
hives or other awful looking conglomeratons
OF haIf-combed. frizzes, puffs and braldS wiz
| the real hair so scanty that the rats could not
be hidden and have TO myself quoted;
would the powers a gifue gle us
To see ourselves as ithers see as,
TNxouId fra mOny a blunder free us
And many a foolish notion" -,
The hair is parted at the center or Hl l-s
10 one side arranged softly about the face and
dressed well toward the back OF the head 1ear
off half OF your rat, and pare 1t down 10
very slended roll, put your natural mar up
over hight on kid curls contrive some way
To make il wave and be fluffy enough not TO
| lie @too ''plastered," then in the back have
your puffs. not larger than your thumb an9
more in a cluster, or you can plait your BRAID
and wear IL just above your rat, coming uoMh
well on It. Adapt styles to your own Ieat1 il,
As TO hats Well, a glance at the fasnlon
plates tell you that all sorts are worn: Inc
new ones rcil off the face either at the face or
on the side. though l. saw some very ha"es -,
ones that were round and others JUST shaue
larger al the side than in front. Ostrich POM
mons A single plume, one bunch Of flowers Trim
the handsome hats. Real style is SHOWN oy a
rather restrained use Of trimming. Big BOWS,
somewhat like alsatian bows, are sometimes
the sole trimming, the entire width - useu
and the bow a large hat EXTENDS "eh !"
the sides. -, a.. .ho
one DAYS observation gave me. Ethel says
my eyes are worth their weight IN golu 20 NJ III
t. me they are indeed priceless, but you can
train vorrs TO be .sthe seeing eyes" II you put
YOUR mind ON the subject, SincereIy, -c