The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST
OF YOUR GOOD POINTS

mate acquaintance with my mirror. or
mirrors, / should say, for I took a
thorough view of myself from every
angle. What I saw astonished me. l had
always imagined my face TO be round
ana plump. Of the apple variety. but, no,
there were distinct depressions In each
cheek which were not dinples. Then, in
stead OF having one chin, ! certainly had
one and a half. ] suppose the latter was
created from the flesh that had dropped
from the corners of my mouth There
were certainly two deep burrows there
that | had never seen before, and my
hair, which had always been luxuriant-
though / was aware II had become thin
ner now-looked to be Just stringy wisps
to my critical eye. 1t was very much
grayer. too. than had imagined
Then ] found my eyebrows were scant
and much lighter than they used to be
Next. the hand glass revealed to me the
lump of fat accommodating at the back OF
the neck evidently quite as fast as the
double chin in front
Where had my pretty neck disappeared
all OF a sudden?
"oh, dear! Oh. dear! What should 7
discover next? My figure. / knew, had
grown stouter, but I looked shorter than
i thought l was, and l seemed to be
chunky around the bust, so took a tape
measure to see IL I had grown very much
stouter. But 1 had not, so / concluded
the flesh must have Travelled from the
bust to the shoulders and stopped there
according to the evidence Of the mirror
and my former recollections"
This Is the way the revelation came to
one woman: just an expression upon a
strangers face opened the gate OF
knowledge.
But. fortunately, the days have van
ished when the fact that because a wom-
an has reached middle age II also i'm
plies that she must forego all the attrac-
tions of pretty toilets and be quite con-
tent to delegate all those dainty fripperies
so dear to her heart to the adornment OF
her growing daughters. In fact. this is
the day of the middle-aged woman.
Many a woman of fifty will present a
more attractive appearance than her
daughter half her years, and. as styles
are today, her clothes will not differ ma
terially from those worn by her daughter.
but there Is a difference. as the wise
woman knows. even though 1t may be
only in the manner OF wearing them.
Take the "debutante slouch." A girl
striking this attitude loses none of her
youth, but should her mother so let her
self go she looks like ''sIouch" indeed,
adding ten years TO her age
Suitable for Any Age.
Yet so simple are the frocks that both
mother and daughter may be wearing al
most or quite the same style This will be a
skinny skirt, probably blouse belted in
and a v neck. a model quite suitable for
either age. The mother. however, will see
that her neck is cut only comfortably low,
and that the frill trimming it charitably
covers a neck too scrawny Her skirt
will be a little wider a the bottom than
her daughters, and IL the waist is unduly
large her belt will he quite narrow. or
better still. not meet in the front by a few
inches. There will too. be less blousiness
about the waist. A youthful figure can
stand plenty Of fullness there. Not SO the
elder woman, II she would look thin and
smart. Extremely youthful models will
be really more fatal to her than dowdy
ones. So they should be religiously avoid
ed, and while types of elderly women
vary exactly as do those in youth. and
so require different styles. this rule will
apply to all women no matter how
ciassed. In fact, the thin. scrawny wom-
an aping Juvenile styles Is perhaps a more
grotesque sight than her sister of gem
erous charms.
The middle-ased woman should aim for
style rather than prettiness. and the first
means to this end is careful grooming
Next in Importance is the coiffure Her
hair must not look as though II were
painted to the head. no matter how
charming such coiffure may be on her
daughter. No woman OF middle age can
be a success sartorially unless she has
chosen smart coiffure. As 1 said be-
fore. her aim should be for style from
the tip Of the jaunty quill in her hat to
the Iacings of her violating, dainty
shoes. paying most scrupulous attention
to each detail Of the toilet throughout.
(Any question suggested by this article
viii be answered w Mrs Lee personally
be inelossd in ne linauirsrs letter,