Page 4 Advertisements Column 1

Manawatu Herald, 18 June 1896, Page 4

(Cokc'ulml). Wd or deep yellow, as they absorb the light, giving a dark, dead tone. "Do not pnt white- laco or a mass o] anything -white up closo around thi throat. Never dress the neck high ii you can possibly avoid it. The curves of a woman's throat aro among the most beautiful ia nature. They should novel be covered in a picture. If you feai you aro too thin, don't let that trouble you. I can always arrange tho lights be as fo round out a scrawny neck, and as for the collar bones I can take titoru out with the utmost ease — 1 mean or course out of the photograph. '^Jvening dres.? is always best in a full fellah picture, and the arms and neck, if they* f&d a * a^ S°°d> should not bo covered. "Always bring with you a fan, lorgnette or somt/ thin S of y° ur belongiugs, as it will help il n tue arrangement of your hands, and yyon. n ™ Beem more at homo n-ith something . of your own tban ~"~fftfe-photoc'v .-. : Jier has tC su PP ly the de " ficiencyT^- , Q "Be two ■ hring the proper h.™ es - D 0 many ladies forget that important . lt; ? m and tbx'n lament th'o-presence of a wai^'" teg boot peeping out f rofti tvnd©T an evening dross. J have thongbt rf. keeping a I supply on hand ; i Lea I found they would never fit, so have not yt-t made the attempt. 1 'Do not make up your fr.ee with paints or powdera unless you are an actress and wish to produce tho same effect yon do on the stage. Cosmetics and pencilings are apt to produce exaggerated lights and lines in tho hands of an amateur. If you need a little powder, the photographer will supply it and will know just how much is required. "Fat women should dress aa simply aa possible and in long, graceful lines. I notice they generally wear tho things that make them look tho largest and call attention to their size in tho loudest tones. Buffles, horizontal trimininga, laces and furbelows are the things to be avoided. Highcollar3 aro not to be thought of. For moat fat women I should prefer a sitting to a standing pose. When the figure is very unshapely, I would recommend the lady to bring with her a handsome wrap or bit of drapery thnt can bo thrown loosely about her. Probably in Buch instances a simple bust portrait would be preferable. "The underlying principle of a gr.ice- ' ful pose is a curve. The lino of beauty ia a return curve something like the letter S. From the top of tho head to the turn of the foot this principle must prevail. Angles must bo carefully avoided." "Do actresges make the best pictures?" "Well, with the ordinary inartistic photographer, I ehould say yes, because they know how to take a poso, and their study of themselves before the mirror and in the gaze of an audience gives them THE ALMA TADEMA POSE. a certain command over their features which is not nubject to chaugo or embarrassment before the camera. But I t«.ke society women much more than professionals, and I find them just as good subjects. They easily assume the poses I place them in, and they wear their clothes gracefully." Alice E. Ives. A Toilet Table. A small deal stand makes a neat dressing table if it Is smoothly covered with bright cretonne. A pretty one was made of an old fashioned washstand with square legs and as helf half way up. The top is to be covered first with a square of cretonne several inches larger in every direction. Place the stuff on the floor face downward and turn the stand upside down, with the top in the middle of the cretonne. Draw it smoothly over the edge of the table and tack it on the lower part of the top, close to the frame. Cover the shelf nest in the same way, cutting the stuff to fit around the legs. Cover each leg with a straight strip of cretonne drawn tight around it, with the edge lapping at the inner comer. Turn under the lapped edge and tack with the smallest sized tacks. Cover the frame last with a band of cretonne, the upper edge of which is turned under and tacked to the frame close to the top of the stand. Cut the lower edge to fit over the legs and draw it over the edge of and inside the frame, tacking it firmly there. Done in rose cretonne with an old mirror hanging over it, the frame of which has been enameled to match, this toilet stand is pretty enough for any dressing room. I T Better Than Flirting:. It is agreeable to see how progressive ideas with regard to women have tn- — -vafled even the official circles at Washington. Thia ia largely due to granger and Populist influence. The daughter of Senator Peffer of Kansas is secretary of the committee of which her father is chairman. It is much better for a senator's daughter to be making herself useful than to spend her time flirting and waltzing with the lazy and corrupt young members of the foreign legations at Washington, youths who have no respect for American womanhood. In Arkansas women have school suffrage and are eligible to office on school boards.