Omaha daily bee., 1919-02-12

There you gol What do you
mean by best dressed|
What do you mean%
i mean dressed in perfect taste
for every occasion"
"Oh, 60 on and attack usP said
Kitty.
with pleasure. You dress for the
street car as you dress for ball
There is nothing progressive in your
art-everything is thrown out at
once. A well-bred woman in Eu-
rope who is we'll dressed is an
artist. When she goes shopping, she
goes shopping, and not to attract
the admiration of motormen, bell
boys and shop clerks. She would
be offended by such attention. So
she dresses not to be noticed If
she lunches in restaurant, she does
not offer herself to the vulgar stares
of crowd as she would to her
friends in the shelter of her home"
This hits mel" said Kitty"
Certainly. But it does not dis
tInguish you, my dear Kitty" said
bIdCkef, laughing.
We'll, we overdress," said GLADYS.
Struggling her shoulders.
All, but it's more than that-you
don't comprehend that TO be a wo-
man is an art in itselfw
Now you interest me-" said Irma,
noddlng in approval, while each in
turn, at this excursion into the only
tield which completely absorbed
them, leaned forward expectantly.
10 charm always and unfailingly,
a woman must understand the value
OF surprises. She would know how
to admit a man progressively to her
intimacy, and to make him feel that
each approaching step is privilege"
Blessed if get thatp said Kitty
explosively, while Irma nodded
thoughtfully.
IF you meet a woman in the
morning, you do not wish to see
her as she is in the afternoon. IF
you meet her in the afternoon in
public, you ought to feel that there
IS final intimacy that she reserves
tor you solely in her own home. The
trouble here is, you make no distinc-
ton between the admiration of the
crowd and the tribute from the priv
ileged friend. You are we'll dressed
always, but-how shall l say?-you
you are we'll dressed as"
Say it Monte!" said Fiji, with her
elbows on the table. CAS- the demi-
mondaines are we'll dressed"
But why not?" said Irma lightly:
tor the topic had run to a favorite
pose of hers. "As for me, I saw
frankly, I admire theml They are
the only real women today. What
they do they do we'll"
"IrmaP said Kitty, closing her
ears with pretense of being scan
dalized.
But I mean It'll Why not be
frank?" said Mrs. Delabarre. eve
do initiate them. Monte's right.
You do and do. Don't be foolish
OF course we dol Don't we fall
over every little dancer or actress
who turns up?? Don't we fight to
have them at our tables, copy their
dress, their hair, their slang? We
do-only, we do it badly"
The conversation rain into dis
tlnctions which scandalized the ears
Of an out-of-town couple at the
next table. For, at this time, Irma's
pose was a cloak of bravado which
many women of society liked to as
sumo in the effort to startle and
astound.
Amy took no part in the discus
sion, hearing little that was said,
yet if her mind could not concen-
trate on Monte Bracken's argument,
she had, as always, feeling of his
mental superiority. Her own per-
plexities, the sudden disturbance of
her equanimity, the new struggle
ahead which she foresaw must come
with her husband if she were to re-
gain her threatened supremacy
obsessed her to the exclusion of all
other thoughts.
ITO Be Continued Tomorrow.)