"SUITABILITY."

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 122, 15 February 1908, Page 11

"SUITABILITY."

. It all lies in the knack. Some women may spend hundreds a year on dress, and yet look cheap.' . On 1 the other hand,! sho who has only a few. pounds with which to buy her'clothes will look, smart and/refined,/and ...often,:. although 'not: pretty, will make ono think'she ■■ is. 'Then .thero is the third woman, who. is good looking, and who has into/tho bargain' a good figure but allows it to ,go .unnoticed bc- . cause sho cannot reason put how to'make her-' >. self admired. Many would say -these .shortcomings :aro'due to want' . is hardly a fair wa^ofiputting^t./'Rather is it a )rant of knowing'"how to." Take tho collar as an instance; Some women look their; very .best m a severo linen collar and tic, and • some in as little oollar of any. kind as possible.' Then, there are those who are very clever at : arranging: their "neckwear," and some are not,. and- never will be.; .It is all knack,' for the same article is .within the'reach of most of us; yet few how.'to wear- it with tho best effect:'"" '<

, At th'o present moment what a .pitfall the head'is to.the.'averagej woman! -.' Firstly, Aus-, tralian women do not wash their heads nearly enough; . There/is a want, if 'lustre 'about most hair,; generally because.-of dush. and.want of brushing.' If tho face: is washed several times'a day, it cannot; isurqly, vbo jtoo; mucji for. the head to' receive similar, treatment-once a week. Yet, hundreds of heads are never touched with soap-and water |:hey-look it: Tho tendency to overtrim the head now-, adays is deplorable. Really good hair, well/ drossed,.should stand alone, and, like a gqod ■ neck:'a'rfd 'shoulders, should -remain beauty: unadorned. ..

■ Again, thero is the sash or belt. ' If knack was everwanted, it is surely hero.-) The waist that is round and fairly long can wear most things with success to. the eye.,; Unless awaist is. one/of "a" woman's good points, it should' not .be /madoa-featuro of by bands and sashes of-gaudy ribbon, or jowelled kid, and the like. With many it is not the waist that is at- fau]t, r but the" corset; arid it 'shotild 1 be ;a-.belt. : that;'suits tho figure best,' and thqn/it.is a'.good, plan never/to. alter it; .Those „with7flat'iwiiists, -or over long, or over short,' should study them, and lay to heart the maxim i'th'at'an -attractively' shaped waist is often' tho .making of an otherwise very faulty, figuro. *!.,;■.V' ://

' After all,, our illusions ; td. a- great' extent 'keep us going, but, alas!'there aro:hundreds who think they can. wear! anything and ;look. well; jTliey' "trill wear. narrow-pointed 'shoes' because 1 it is the, fashion. Their, feet more often 'than not; are broad, arid. what is tho ; result? /They; hayo to' get .'shoes .a size too large,;Cand: the" narrow-jiointed toe turns; up, at tho end': to ,' gazoinquiringlyinto. • its wearer's face, to know tho .reason why. Too much'study cannot be given to the fcetj'and if thej?:aro ; well-shod, then '.the. wearer, gene-' rally speaking, looks Well in every other way, even if tho other 'articles of her attire aro only passable. •

, ;Iho;caro of' ono's appoarance is not altogetherivanitjr, ■ in its truest sense it is pride. Domo -will say. :a. pretty, girl has a better.; timg than.the plain'one. 'Such facts are open to argument, Gut' the majority will hold that': the girl. whoso appearance is siji'art and trim, fresh :-.and. intelligent 1 ,, scores over the 0110 wanting in prido of appearance and suitability • of. dress.—"Queen' Bee'.' in- tho " Australasian." . ; ' :•