Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-14
Grace Darljmg's Talks to Girls
No 11Grea Advantage that Comes from Dressing Your Part

The movie star Rho haa won an cnylabl'
position IN tho motion picture world

Tho movie star who hga Won an cnFlHble
position III the motion picture world
by her oleYerneHa and talent
I wonder hos many of you girls who
No 70 the thcnter and the movies almost
every night Of your lives over think %
the stage nv school That You nrc priv
iieged to attend Not one Do ten lhoas
sand. 10 waffaut
Set. u addition " Wh8tptpf moral
lesson there may be- 10 the play ~ the
film you are seeing, the stage % the
screen ~ offering y0u every minute ~
the time hundred laaHons IN manners.
IN department in how 60 dfNaa, Ia how
10 do everything from falnting ~ your
cruel fathers feet 10 pouring Ten
AoW, onr ~ The first lessons that the
stage teaches aifia Is the importance
Of dressing your part IN play You
never neo fnt old dowaRef dropaed 40
llke i6.yc6laald achnolgirl nor A. you
SEE tho arileas lngcnuo dfeked oul IL
scarlet ana apanHlea IKE an Adventures,
though sou often behold tbeHe distress
ing anttoHnl blnuJerH 10 real NE
You AeG the STAGE recognizes tho fact
that d woman eKpfeHHnH herself NJ her
clothes. and that The WaY size ~ dressed
emphasizes her charBrfcfiatirF Or ~
ieaHl tthe public thinks Il docs. ana Il
n what pbo Ia Judged b.
Therefore ! enireht yau girls ~ con
slider IN your dress not only tbo beeom
inEneH 10 your complexion and figure,
bat whether your clothes say 10 ttr
world what you Nani them 10 nay about
YOU
H. for Instance 500 arr working
girl and want 10 "fegiHlef' efficiency.
80 We would sag IN moving picture talk
don't 80 down 70 your work dfcaaei ~
80 n you were going 70 q pariy IN biRh
heelfd slippers and rlaay Hllh dfcaa
and covered with rafting heads
No girl gotten 10 w inappropriate fin
cry could over convince her employer
That bho bad enough sense aud Judgment
10 be- depended upon ny a erlha 70 Do
important work
Look how they dress business woman
on tho stage plain tailorsmudo suit.
plain, Immediately clean shlftwaiai,
comfortable l0Wahceled boots ono look
NJ her and you would know that ahc wins
reliable and dependable, ana leyelhchded
and headed straight for a job win fat
pay enYolope,
I've known many clover md aubi~
llous working Rfl who never got on he
cause she was quoorcd Wy hGr clothes.
Ilher employers never took her seriously
beeause her clothes weroni serious.
And another thlng girls don't Try 10
dress beyond your means. Recall That III
plays whore The hero falls IL love with
tho beautiful bit impocunlous heroine,
sic Is always dressed IN simple white
muslin with blue ribbon around her
sunny curtis she never has on d hand
embroidered chiffon with mn imitation
diamond tiara IN her hair, and near
pearl necklace about her throut
on course It's % temptation 20 poor
girl 10 Try 10 dress like d rich one, bui
she malsea a terrible mistake when ehe
does H. This IL oensoit0ns and Hnspia
cloua world. girls, and when people zee
a woman dressed more expenFiYcly than
her means, they ARE not filled with nd
miraton for her They arc filled Win
contempt,
They think one Of two things that she !
has not come by her frills honestly Or
that she rs selfish little creature who |
is willing 10 work her poor old parents |
10 death and starve her little brothers |
and sisters 10 addrn her own back
Many girl has lost good husband |
by being too finely dressed for her post
ton In life. Well says tho man, "nll
that girl thinks Of IL adjoining herself