The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-05

to the memorial to our ldnlouS tress. But women know that II rye lost them Paradise she made ample amends for her slip when she gave them fashion.
 Therefore. if we build monuments
 to the man who discovered new
 world: if we erect towering sna1ts
 to commemorate the achievements
 of great inventors and artists ana
 humanitarians, why should we not
 nav A similar tribute to the woman
 who did more than any one else mas
 ever done to add beauty and zest Ill
 life to her sex, and gave to It
 consolation that never fails ID any
 time of trial and tribulation!
 All women know that the most epoch al moment in their history was that m which our first mother sat down with her mouth full of thorns, pinned togeth- or her first fig-leaf garment, put It on, and gave herself the once over, ana forever branded as a lie the adage that beauty unadorned is adorned the most and proved the truth of the statement that fine feathers make fine birds. Tn to that hour existence to woman had been A dull and uninteresting affair | with nothing to wear and nothing to | do and no place to go. It was this lack of nen that drove Eve into flirting with tbe serpent and nibbling at the apple, inst for the sake of a new sensation. i Rut clothes changed all of that. Ever afterward she had something
 interesting and thrilling and exclt- ing to think about and do and wear, I and whatever Adam may have
 thought of the business 1t IS certain
 that Eve always considered that she
 had made a good trade when she
 swapped off the Garden ot Eden
 for her stepping-out costume. AL any rate, there is no record Of her | ever bewailing being evicted from | it, or pining to go back to her old home and a state of the altogether.
 It is not strange that men, who have only a few tubular garments Tn whlcn nobody could be expected to take much interest, fail to realize the important part that clothes play in the life Of a woman, and hence the debt of gratitude she owes to her greatest grandmother who originated them.
 To begin with, clothes are the art
 with which a woman emphasizes
 her good looks if she is beautiful,
 and camouflages her defects if she
 is homely. A pretty frock and hat
 are the frame which enhance the
 value of the living picture and they
 give background to the chromo that
 makes it look like an Old Master.
 When we speak of a beautiful woman we do not take an inventory of every feature. nor check up her coloring tt see if it is up to the standard. Wt merely mean that she is easy on tht eyes, and we do not realize nor car' that 90 per cent of the good looks w admire is the handiwork of the millinel and dressmaker. Any woman wht dresses well has the reputation of belnI good-looking.
 Clothes are woman's real vehicle
 of self-expression. The average woman gets her theology from her
 preacher and her politics from her
 husband or father, but her clothes
 are her own individual taste and judgment. Therefore, if you want ] to know the innermost soul of a , woman, take note of the way she dresses. It will tell you to nice ty how much intelligence. sense of
 proportion, tact, intuition, common
 sense and egotism she has. It is, however, in providing sourc of never-failing interest to women tha , clothes perform their great and appoint