The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-04

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Shades of tho days when you clutched
your mammy's hand and counted tins
hacks as they turned the corner In
slow procession! And thoy will never
chanGe--those dear. simple, black peo-
pie. y funeral Is always their widest
form of dissipation. and to their minds
a distinguished gathering. fine clothes
and carriages meant the biggest sort OF
social afalr-a perfectly splendid flu
neral. BRENT WITT.
Art of Dressing Well.
y famous designer OF women.sU
gowns was asked what she thought
was the secret of being we'll dressed.
The answer. knowing what to leave
Off"
If women digested this simple adj
vico there would be fewer grotesnue
human fashion plates 10 rouse =
laugh. Since the vogue of the tailor
made Sirl there are not 50 many Carl
caturss In street attire. II is when
she is in her festaI war paint thnt
many woman shows Ignorance.
y host Mt a large dance said when
leaving the receiving line: Don't wo-
men own mirrors any more? No ono
who saw herself first would ever ba
seen in some of the costumes here to.
night"
II often seems to the oplooker that
women must look in their glass with
unseeing eyes. Otherwise they would
lack courage to sally abroad.
The fat woman, for Instance can
not realize how she looks. or she would
prunc her taste for gay coIors and
broken lines. big figures and shiny
fabrics. hugo hats and picture effects.
She would know enough 20 avoid all
but studied simplicity.
Here is list OF things 10 avoid:
Motor bonnets. picture hats, ultra
short skirts. girlish frocks and rakish
angles for the woman OF uncertain
age. Such arc for the young only
Dutch collars. French nccks and hard,
lirfes for the girl with The scrawny
throat; never decollete gown for tho
woman whose neck has shIiveled with
age and lack CT massage.
Loud figures, crude colors, eccentric
lines for girl whose type is not ultra
refined There arc soma women who
can carry off the bizarre: most women,
however, cease to look 'aGylike
Hats to tho ears or aair to the eye-
brows by any one past her first flush
of beauty. particularly i: che Is ro-
tund of fiGure and square and short OF
face.
The garb OF the stage FOR the draw.
inS room belle. She may look bcauti-
ful. but she does not look smart, ana
runs the risk OF looking what she is
not.
The last freak of fashion for tho
sirl who must HING on 10 her clothes.
The one chance for the modest income
is unobtrusive dressing that cannot be-
dated.
High heels, frills ana fiufs on the
street and severe attire in tho draw
ing room. where frills sre in .lacc
Anything that is too ultra for the
community where 1t IS 10 be worn.
What goes without comment in tho
foyer OF the Metropolitan One RI House.
or on the avenues of orr great cities,
scandaiizes small town.
DEMONSTRATION. especially when Ic
verges on lack OF refinement The too
scant or too low cut or too Transparent
| gown Is bad form, though many well
born and bred women offend in this
way.
| Hair too much curled by the girl
Wa. raven locks--thc kinks give an
| ordinary air: an overdress4d head by
! all who aim At emartlSss and a dis
; heveled head by any short OF a
| beauty with wavy trcsaes
! Mourning IIandkrrrhirfs.
| 4 new handkerchief designed for
deep mourning is OF soft black China
! SILK. hcmmed narrowly with black
| crcpc. AS these materials are both
| washable the handkerchief does not
sound impossible. llandkercliefs or
! tine white null edged with wide black
/ Chautiliy lace. are shown Ut an en-
elusive mourning shop.
When Wardrobe Space ~ Scarce.
! But. OF course, you have no closet
| or room reTarkc the visitor who
| had been enthusiastically introduced 10
all the advantages OF studio bed
room, once the drawing room of
large city house. Haven't II" ex-
claimed the occupant OF the room Slce-
| fully. Just wait unit! show you my
cl set room!'' And she whlsked open
| the door OF one of the handsome mls-
! sion bookcases that lined tho waiIs.
! All OF the bookcnscr had green silk
curtains on brass rods within the
| glass doors. some of the curtains be-
| ing drawn and others p -sne. mack TO
snow the books. She showed her guest
! how the shelves in some OF the cases
| had been removed and hooks provided
! from which frocks and skirts hung
| comfortably and entirely out OF sight
behind the silk curtains. I'm thego
! drawers at the bottom Of the book.
chses," she added. 4 neep blouses and 4
| lingerie, and everything Is out Of stsht
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