The evening world., 1911-06-08

individual mind and soul and heart.
Ana this m looks so very sweet
and lovely in the gowns she has de-
signed to express her individuality that
you wonder she doesn', emulate Mar
clssus and fall In love with herself.
She Is Mrs. woodallen Chapman. n
~well-known writer and lecturer, who
contributes to The American Club
woman an article which she calls My
Secret OF Youth"
HER "sEcREr OF YOUTH" Is IN
HER "oWN STYLES"
Maybe we're all different. II we only
knew It," said Mrs. Chapman. But
we dress so much alike and walk so
much alike and most OF the time ak
SO much alike that ] wonder sometimes
that our own husbands can tell US
apart.
Well, that's neither here nor there.
The point Is that ] admitted TO myself
that ! wasn't cut out TO wear the mod
ern styles. either of gowns or hats. For
one thing. | never felt comfortable in
them. no matter 10Y elegant they were.
A at once | made up my mind 20
have a gown made that would go with
my face-that would express me, In
other words. Instead OF expressing the
thoughts off, wish ] dared say stupid
individuals who make the fashions.
whoever they may be.
1T was a staggering ldea-but terribly
fascinating. What was the real me
like? ! had to get acquainted with my
self first.
DO you know. ! found I enjoyed get
ting acquainted with myself my indi-
vidual likes and dislikes.
u found, In the nrst place. that
liked Light colors. Maybe hat
shows I'm not very practical-I
don't know. Then Z discovered
hated collars-and that rssuJtsd In
my finding ont that. II Z would
wear waists cut with . high v,
could how on the curves OF my
neck to the very best advantage
and they were good lines, worth
showing. You've no idea how much
that N little thing improved my
appearance.
Tina revealed to me that I loved
linos-therefore that ! ioathed belts.
The belt" added Mrs. Chapman 10
me. utterly destroys the most beauti-
full line of the feminine body. and when
a woman wears n waist and skirt she
Is looking her very worst. = grant that
the business woman has &C wear the
tailored suit. which is mo-. becoming to
many of us.
EFFECT OF COLOR UPON DE.
vELopMENT OF THE WEARER.
1T is particularly destructive to the
Venus type, ana | say Venus not to de-
scribe the oversexed woman but the
woman who Is beautiful and who loves
the beautiful, art. music, humanity.
"The Venus type has brown eyes
and her color IN grecn. She will
love green and should wear It at
home, hut for the street or buSi-
ness wear brown 10 more practical
and equally becoming. Perhaps 1t
IL possible Mrs. Chapman added
moditativcly, "to esvolop certain
Qualities by wearing h colors
that express Thorn.
"Thc arm lovabIe, artistic
woman should wear yellow, there
fore, for she should strive for an
NIL around development. anG vel.
low IL tho color of the intellect"
DO you suppose that Is the reoscn 81
many men dislike it?' ] asked.
Mrs. Chapman laughed. ITS yer,
possible" she answered. "at least In
~ country, for the American man!
brain is so tearlbly stimulated by tn,
pressure and the problems of business
mat when he goes home he leeds L
have about him colors that rest insteaC
of exciting his brain. TN sight OF
yellow gown or of yellow wall pspeI
might be ov~erstimulatlng to him"
Perhaps you viii suggest a wal
paper for the tree business man"
said,
"A SOFT, silvery green Is very restful
Blue is a cool, meditative color" an
swereG Mira, Chapman. my working
gown. you see. Is blue. and ! prefer &
write in a yellow room because OF tn
mental stimulus OF 'ellow."
Mrs. Chapman's gown. which she toll
me was suggested by an effect OF cloud
she saw from the deck of an ocean line
when returning recently from England
was of soft cloud blue cashmere. wit
a 'fichu of soft white lace, white cuff
and a quantity cut white apron, II wa
emi-princess In cut and suggested. bu
did not define, the lines OF a tsur
which has mover worn a corset.
MY mother was a doctor and neve
permitted me to wear corsets. on ny
gienic grounds" Mrs, Chapman said, g
object to the ,orset for the same reaso
"a "
Very few women would really need I
wear corsets II they would train thei
muscles to support the body propeNy
But 1t takes women with courage
undertake any innovation.
." believe women make their ow
sasidonA" sAs sAasa y m,en that til