THE KEEN OBSERVER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4455, 22 May 1930, Page 4

THE KEEN OBSERVER.

A bachelor tells you what points men notice in a girl. First of all, her stockings, and then her shoes. If a girl is well shod she gives a good impression at once. Her hair comes next. Men don’t mind straight hair —although most of them prefer the wavy variety — hut they will not stand for hair that is neglected in any way. Hands and nails claim the male’s attention next, and girls should remember that the ultra-trimmed nail is almost as bad, in the eyes of a man, as the neglected one. Strangely enough, a girl’s liandhug is quickly noticed by the discerning male; a shabby bag bulging with grubby, untidy contents, will put a man off even sooner than a plain face or dowdy clothes. Unless a girl is startlingly ugly, cpi- overpoweriuglv beautiful, men do not pay instant attention to her features. Nevertheless, they soon spot whether a girl is over-powdor-

As for a girl’s actual dress, a man looks first for taste, then for duality, and last of all for colour. A moderately pretty girl, who dresses to suit her type, usually claims more attention from members of the opposite sox than does her really 'beautiful sister, who relies chief'lv on her looks.