The Washington times., 1918-09-11


they can to help win the war
One way to help is to BUY SENSIBLY.
In selecting your garments for this winter, buy fabrics
that you know will well and styles that you know WILL
last.
There is lust as much opportunity for the display Of
common sense in dressing there is In eating or exercise
or providing yourself with fresh air to breathe
What drink is to man. gambling to Chinese Ill
temper baby dress is to woman Too often II occu-
pies her whole branfron back both lobes every con-
voution It regulates her heartbeats ruins her husband
sometimes makes her marry fooshly-because she even
admires fancy dress in men.
Worst of ALL it sometimes makes her mere specialist
IN personal adornment where she ought to be wide
thinker flying the realms Of cosmic thought
Now women, will you please get into your heads Just
one fundamental idea?
The only important thing about you-the only interest
ing, beautiful, worth while your HEAD with the
face whose vvacy attention to the speaking brain
ALI the rest of your body is mere pedestal
And when you order dress a coat you should re-
member that you simply ornamenting the pedestal
which upholds the head.
When you go to a museum and see fine head of mar
BILE bronze you expect the pedestal to be appropriate IN
NSMPLICTTY'
Sometimes it is covered simply with black velvet
more often it is made of simple solid material
white or black
What would you think if you saw a fine work of art
mounted on pedestal fixed up the way you arrange your
own body? Suppose the pedestal were pinched and
preposterous brocade. Suppose in short that it
dressed up in such way that you could only the
pedestal itself and had eyes for the work of art top
of it. You would say IA fool arranged that pedestal for
that beautiful head"
That is what sensible people say dear madam, when
they your beautiful head mounted the preposerous
pedestal which you prepare for It,
In the old Greek days. when clothing loose grace
full and sensible the body itself beautiful thing and
contributed to the general artist effect
But agreed now, result of moral"
development that everything but the head should be Gov
cred The body has been made into dressmakers
dummy for the heads support.
At least don't let the dressmaker make it idotic and
take all attention from the face which alone remains
to show that you are human.
Once in great while this advice might perhaps, be
reversed.
For instance, there lives in Boston a very famous
woman one who has done much for art and the gayey of
nations in various ways This thinks that her face
is very plain. She is mistaken for woman's face is
plain if an active mind is at work above it.
But, in view of her peculiar conviction the Boston
lady works inteigenty She thinks that she has mag
nfcent figure and she makes mistake whatever about
that-from the modern dressmaker's point of view
She prefers that peoples attention should be attracted
her figure and her face Therefore she does ex
ac what we ask you women with your serenely beaut
full faces NOT to do.
The Boston lady the most brilliant dresses she
exhausts all the resources Of art money and patience
oRNAMENTING HER PEDESTAL-which is her body
since she thinks that her face good enough for the
work that she is put in the world to do.
You who have good face big bright eyes, an intelli
gent forehead try to appreciate those thngdon weaken
them by walking around with good face on hideous
pedestal.
Draw all the hair and curls back off your forehead
letting your face have much of the light of intelligence
possible Take the hair back of your ears fasten in
knot at the back of your neck low down. that THE LINE
OF THE HEAD, which is the line of intelligence may be
visibeS Don't have frzzes crimps bangs-or anv
other nonsense.
Be simple; be human. Devote lot of the thought YOU
have been giving to dress to war work
Work thirty days in the month at other things and
give the thirty first to dress there only thirty DAYS
in the month, don't think about dress at all