The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-12-04
DRESS


An able thinker has said, THE hui
man being is composed of three parts
body, soul, and dress" The inferI
ence to be drawn is, that dress Is a
more powerful factor in the creation
of the individual than we have here
tofore acknowledged. We all reel
our best when dressed in our best.
Tho clothes we wear exert great in
Auence on the conception and execu'
ton of ideas and aims, both from
psychological and an aesthetic stand
point. t~ I
Aesthetically considered, dress is
an exponent of character. The sloven'
" mind is expressed in slovenly at
tire. Improve the dress and the MIND
will show like improvement. The ha-
bitually well dressed individual Will
suffer in oral tone II forced to appear
!. in uncleanly or mean clothing. For
.verv age and every grade OF society
we find mind and dress reciprocal
Influences.
In nothing are character and per
ception SO unconsciously but newt
ably displayed as in dress and taste
in dress. Dress is the second SELL
dumb self, yet most eloquent ex'
positor Of the person.
Prof William James in his "Prin-
ciple Of Psychology" says, The pody'
is the innermost part Of material sell
IN zach OF us. The clothes come
next. We SO appropriate our clothes
and identify ourselves with them that
there are few OF us who II asked to
choose between having beautiful
body clad in raiment perpetually shah
nv and unclean and having an ugly
and blemished form always spotless-
" attired, would not hesitate NOM
ent before making a decisive reply. ."
The history Of savage tribes proves
that dress has developed from decora-
ton. Displays in dress characterize
savage race. The be.jeweled toilet
of many civilized women recalls the
porcupine quilts, feathers and eagles
plumage. with which the savage
adorns his person. The intricacies OF
lace and puffs of the modern over
dressed women are not difference
in kind, but simply Of method, from
the gorgeous adornment of her saw
age progenitors.
A purer taste Is the result and the
index of a higher phase Of develop
ent Style of'dress is an unfailing In
dication OF the stage Of civilization
to which a nation has attained. In
applying this law to the Individual
we readily see that the character OF
the dress Is the external sign OF the
social, intellectual, and moral status
of the wearer. The wardrobe indi
Gates neatness, order, modesty, gentle
ness, elegance, and refinement, or un
tidiness, disorder, immodesty, extrav
agance and vulgarity. The taste and
character of woman may be read
in the color, texture, and design Of
her costume. Poets, philosophers ant
painters in all ages have recognized
the moral qualities Of dress.
Dress and proper care for 1t ough
not to minister to vanity nor impair
in any degree the moral tone. wo
man ought to care what she wears
and how she wears It for her owl
sake and for the sake OF those abou
her. II is a fault not virtue to b'
reckless as tc ones personal appear
ance. Every girl should devote no
less time, less money, less study, u
the art of self adornment, but evel
more II the results are proportionate
ly better. II she thought littl
more about dress. she would vast
less time. and probably spend les
money; but the results would be grac
harmony and expressiveness.
The exquisite care with which tn
Creator has clothed this world Is
divine benediction on the beautiful
We owe a duty to ourselves. our neigi
bors and our Creator not to max
ourselves unseemly or ugly. The di
ficulty is that having lost simplicit
and purity OF heart we entertain mi
taken ideals OF beauty Another di
ficulty Is that we are unable to di
tinguish between beauty for the sah
of beauty and beauty for the sake
vanity. Adornment should be OF
character which is comfortable, 81
pie and refining.