New-York tribune., 1912-06-09
The Right Ones viii Save a
Woman a Thousand
Worries.

II, as is asserted by ,ome critics OF hu-
man life it is only the gray dulhcSs p
rlediocrity that the average woman
. achieves in her dress, IT is because she
: turns her back on the Importance of ind1-
visibility IN her choice. preferrng to FOL
- loNs the rabble TO sitting down quietly ana
considering herself and her needs she
chSses each fad and fancy until the re-
yokiuc doors at any large shop or hotel
- seem like machines TO shoot forth human
. buttons, made by the dozen. all practically
the same, with only minor variations.
The French woman is born with the
, sonsc Of clothes and the Austrian has TOO
- keen a mind to bc lar behind her; ii is ou'y
Tho rare American who realizes their i'm
.rortance and takes the trouble TO find out
all that they may mean in relation TO heI-
. .olf, There even exists, in this country
--rhe woman vino speaks sliEhungly or the
p1artal mowers Of the one whose costumes
ara generally admired. declaring that all
she rhinks Of is clothes II - very u"e
that the well dressed woman does think
abouf her clothes. and think most pro-
. fouuJlv. but this does not necessarily mean
,b.t ebo thinks moro about munddhe al
fairs in general than her less successfully
attired sister Indeed, shc saves herself
Thousand worries by always looking her
hest at all times. Simply by her appear
ance are half her battles won, IN business
or socjctv. Wherever she goes she itninc-
diatelv arouses interest, not by banging
each teholder in the eyo with riot or
co1ors or the last scream Of fashion, but
rather by an. effect Of harmony Whch
causes the eye to linSer Testtully upon
ber. with a subconscOus wonder as TO the
caflse Of the charm. Nearly every woman
has some favorte gown and speaks OF the
social pleasures she has enjoyed When
wearing it, She may be inclined to regard
N as a "lucky dress" when In truth IT'S
magic is all in It's being especially becom-
Ing. and the knowledge that she is looking
lovely brings out the highest mental quah-
lies Of the wearcr This Same gown IS
likely 10 owe all its power to its suitable
itv. and not 10 any essential richness or
beauty, and the natural contrarlncss oi
things will doubtless arrange that II should
be the one thing tho other women who find
Il adorable should never wear.
When n woman once nobly resolves TO
give over forever her remissness I'm the mat
ter OF her clothes she should Immediately
POSSESS herself OF mirror in which she
can survey herself IN her entirety. Studying
ones points IN sections Is OF no very great
service il avails little TO he dressed becom-
ingly from the waist up IL from the waist
down one is finished off in just any style
that happens 10 be most convenient. A
wide distribution OF long mirrors would
prevent the spectacle now so commonly
presented by tho tall woman with short
waist and mermad-like body or the short
woman with waist so long that her knees
seem to be attached to her hips.
u is hardly necessary To say that the
woman who would make her outer cover
ing attractive must study her good points
and her bad, her height, her weight, her
cooring and her age. She must take into
consideration the circumstances OF her life,
for, according TO whether her home is in
the country, the suburb or the town, and
whether the major part Of her time is
spent i'm the home, IN society, in the busl-
ness world, must her clothes differ. Above
all. she must consider the amount OF money
she can comfortably invest In her ward
robe, for II she begins too lavishly and
finds herself unable 10 live up TO the 6e-
tails Of her plan, she will have largely
wasted her time and money. On the other
hand. she should not be too economical
Money spsnt On dress is Investment
and II wisely spent brings gaod returns.
A point which, most women seem to for
get IN choosing clothes Is that different
types demand entirely different styles Ct
costuming, and thus we see the woman
4. who was meant by nature 10 be statuesdue
and magnificent arrsying herself IN fufre
and friIls snd leEs frequently the naturally
frilIy person trying 10 be statuesque. The
woman whose lines are severe should curb
any tendency 10 masculinlty IN dress lest
she appear aggressive, but should never
descend 10 frilliness. Ultra feminine fur
bellows destroy the chsInlE ehs has without