Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-21

grooming f6r many of us. IL is a teFnpta- { tion to the business man or woman hardly ! te be ressste1 to wear them too many { times between washings. Gu cannot af- | ford t6 do 1t. One days wear. especially | if outside the home. and thus subjected to | the putting on and off of coats, usually l demands the wash tub again. They may not be actually soiled; but collars and cuffs and front have-iost that look of per feet freshness which is the chief charm of; "a mans oE -wonla D s Rppearance
 Most women find a touch of white at the hands and throat most becoming. Watch out for this also that this is spot less. You man be the cleAnest of the d clean. but your clothes will soil at each wearing. just. the same.
 In one day saw three instances of fre- quert pitfalls in the path Of good dress, A well dressed woman Is not conspicuous
 I know that my best dressed customers were those whose clothes nobody couId remember. Tn other words. the clothes were in such perfect taste that they merely served as clothes should do-to
 frame the personality sef-the wearer. One |of the three awful warnings attracted
 my attention far up the street her feet.
 looked so queer. It was cold day, snow on the ground! the woman wearing furs and a heavy coat. but on her feet were white canvas shoes and brown gafters Perhaps she had some reason for the i1i- eongrufty but certainly it made her whole costume grotesque.
 ! The second instance was not strictly a matter of clothes, yet it illustrates not uncommon fault. I include it here. The
 woman was well along in middle life She l was truly 3 ridiculous sight She would have looked quite right had it not been
 
 her ears in the extreme style affected by
 many young girls nowadays This fash 1 ion is of questionable attractiveness even when helped eout-by the flush Of youth < but in this poor woman it was a horrer
 Pitiful it was, as well, for it showed the Edesire to grasp the departed years that
 we all feel; but it is never achieved by 1 wearing clothes far too young for the
 face and form of the wearer.
 That reminds me of another error into i which many women fall namely, neglect i ing to dress according to their figure si Because a ta.Itlfn woman loolzs,yvel in a
 certain style of dress is no reason why sI her short stout friend should imagine that she would do the same Not tHe l large plaids erosswise trimming. euffles I psnnes on hins. Or any other device thai badds width for her. Rather, she must < cultivate straight lines, either in trim.
 ming or material. and suggest lenoth ir every way that is ayailale to her. Long 'i necklaces, drooping girdle with hang
 ing ends, and pointed neck, even if al
 the world is wearing round ones. are 1t
 fle ways to increase your apparen T height. No woman over 23 can wear { j round neck or the new :sbateau' neck fl advantage. It is 2 most trying style ant not to be endured with either a pointed o
 double chin, but requires the soft curve 0 extreme youth for its best effect,
 The third woman was sNan just Ieayin,
 home fee the afternoon. She wora len. } coat. beneath which shosVea alsoslt fou !, inches of 3 rather scaDt silk dress. an [ around at least fourth of the bottom 0 /. the sl-irt the hem was ril9aed and hHne
 ing Tl'fg is not as BHuEuaI q street sish ? as it ought to be. For some reason dras ' skirts seem to oefe~s many onDn-tIlz,itie [ for the sin Of sii2shodness to evnce ii $ aelf.
 : It is claipaed that tila French gre grace h tful and well dressed because they hay t 50 nlans mirrors and are constantly set
 ing tlle.nse,yes as others see them Ther 2 is some reason ablenass in this argumen
 do believe tl9at, egsyv woman .shoul 2 give a comprehensive Rhirf in front 1 n her nlirror before shes leaves the roof
 F'ull-length RiHrors are fine things 9 own llavt tfree of thefn-one wit a three side hut if you haven't a long mi,
 t TOT, in addition tosthe mirror oyer yol
 fnreau or dressing table haxe another z large as you can eitflfr secafeiv place .s1 on chair or shelf CT table or hung 1n u ; wal, and in any case So tilted that it vi .si refieet--net your face but your feet. ar f- the lower part of your skirt This desi t once tried you will never be without Il Little things count for very much Ts good dressing Rips anywhere but us n ally in the aIo4es. boot buttons tnissii so or buttons awry .1aees broken and ii sh together, eHer-run heels, all these fair z howl to be seen. They are seen to sl make no mistake about thatt
 of And hats, what will not q hat do to e- wonlan2 perfectly plain hat or ll of with the harest trimming provided it 1e clean and whole, t always in good tas ir but these hats that have seen bett r days are the limit, Wilted plufnes, fad
 flowers broken ouills. away with them ae3 the limbo of tattered finery. Be as pis nd and as anstere as you must. but be nc gs and wholesome and not dilaDidated. Ri ad are inEidions things, always appearing st fhe most ipconVenient possible lnone ag One ideal way to eifeumyefat sheir e no Dot is to keep two needles in your D as cushion, one threaded with white tfre u- and one threaded with black silk. Tn III when you are going somewhere in a hun and you discover that pestiferous rip } TX TX can give it a death blow in half us jiffy = The safety pin habit is a sad handle ' = ] to those who are it's unfortunate victil =, It is 50 easy to fasten on a safety 5 ssv and sew on the hook, button or stl ,ts some some other time.
 .a To sum up Good dressing does
 depend on the price paid for the elotl ~ worn It depends uson their cleanline ,f- neatness, fitness for the occasion and
 2 absence of small defects, and also VI ar greatly upon your own n-unconsciousness ,at your apparel This one is gained by all infallib1e rule: Look yourself over " on. care before you leave your room. Be s in everything is all right, and then put 1p- entire question of clothes out of ', or head,
 in KITTY LOU