The Washington times., 1919-10-21

tain pen always have any number
OF men littering up their studios,
doing their best to interfere with
the said profession or career. These
women are probably as willing to
marry as any other woman Is. But
they don't go around advertising
the fact Men not only think they
are safe from matrimonial possi-
bilities when with them. but also
are prompted by the desire TO get
them to substitute mere man for
art and career.
OF course, II isn't given to every
girl to be able to play to success
the role Of indifference. No woman
can use a skill and cleverness that
a reputedly all-wise Providence
failed to bequeath her. She can
make the most of what she did
draw in the game of life, however.
Few Women Realize
Appeal of Daintiness.
I'm always amazed that so few
women realize the appeal that dain-
sweetness and cleanliness and good
grooming that every girl nowadays
can achieve IL she's willing to try.
SCC ever ON Ine
street, in the cars, in shops and
meetings. who are just the antith-
esis of all these words mean.
Most OF them have good clothes,
but the clothes lack good care. Most
of them are young and in the first
bloom, but their hair looks as
though IL had never seen a brush
and their skin as though powder
and rouge were trying to hide
blemishes which a nightly scrub
bing with good soap and plain
water would efface in a few weeks
time.
And they will wear those awful
"shimmie" sweaters, the sloppiest,
least becoming garb that was ever
fashioned for poor unsuspecting
woman. II 1 could only start now
to unravel all the ripple sweaters
in existence, / think 1 could die
happy, feeling / had accomplished
something in life. Fortunately
they must be almost out of style by
now and I'm living in hope that
next spring will see no renaissance
of that particular horror.
II l were very rich, I'd buy every
girl in the country a full-length
mirror-not to encourage vanity
heavens, no, there's enough of that
already-but to encourage scrutiny.
I'd know then that she couldn't
overlook the dust on her perfectly
good, and probably new, velvet hat.
I'd know that she'd see herself, as
others sec her, all her defects of
posture, the sag Of her skirt. the
rundown place on her heels-alI
and any Of these eye sores to which
so many girls seem so careless.
The cheapest waist that was ever
sold is more beautiful when it's
spotlessIy clean than the loveIiest
georgette when it's mussy and
wrinkled. The simplest serge dress
that is nicely pressed Is better than
tricotine or velvet that has a
soiled collar and bedraggled frills.
Take Inventory of
Self and Others.
Make a study Of il yourself to-
morrow. Watch the girls coming
out of the departments and other
places. See how many pass
muster. See how many look fresh
and clean. See IL il isn't the girl
who spends probably the least on
her clothes who looks the best, for
it's care that counts in clothes and
not expenditure.
know a society girl whose
father fOots countless bills. She
never looks well because she never
looks neat. Home from a dance,
she carelessly tosses new gown
on a chair. Her pet kitten decides
that the nice, soft silk and tulle
will make an excellent bed for
Tabby. After which, of course, the
gown never looks the same.
? Take count OF stock, you girls
who are looking for some secret
formula, some miracle, by which
you may charm the man of your
choice. Even the most ordinary
man responds to daintiness and
cleanliness and the glow OF sweet
ness and health that invariably ac-
company them. 1t is Natures old
lure. in her effort to keep this old
race of ours alive. Many a man
originally attracted to a girl sud
denly discovers he isn't interested
without realizing why he isn't or
without any attempt at analysis.
IL the truth were known some
little detail OF a soiled collar or
nails that had been polished but not
cleaned may have registered in his
unconscious mind.
Does this apply to you? Think
IL over.