M. WORTH ON DRESS AFTER MARRIAGE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 160, 27 June 1908, Page 4

M. WORTH ON DRESS

AFTER MARRIAGE

.M. Worth, of i*. eontribu'. in-M-ries ui' articles op. dress to " 1 larp.-rV llay.aar." the lirsl. b\ ihe \va.,. that lie has ever contributed to any die a . Speaking ol *Ju* various Ja->ies oi lii.ivo\ id he has -omei !ii:i-.;' interesting to o| ( t )mvu A!r>.„n'.[ra. ile says she i- a horn artiv L m dr-s.. inherit i 1 her luhait iji 111 - dir» ••! io i from lier mother, tlie hue < L »ilee;i it. Denmark. who carefully laugh', In lier children the rule* of good taste: j " t.iueen Alexandra eotild oti-n doe-I trim ner own hai> and limine;.-, and makes roi't-and br.ifii'h all --ra' iuiis in j even the most j'ei'lirixdie I'atV miiliii- I ery. ,\evei: d"r-> II, 1 !' Majesty pfrmu ' tin: .H faslri-.n t«, invad' lier ininiensc wardrobe. -:- !ie does not a-iv, Will panii'* or -.[il, lime. ite iavoi'ed': ur. W ill I'lir be ;nl::itie<l foi* evening wear': oj-. Will li-.iil sleeves lasi ( ain»i h-.'V -.unsii.i No. And inn. beeaiHe Ih-r .\l,i.jr>Ly i* a law unto lier-H'i k II iiiel'eiv !ie.-,uis.

she has exquisite taste and .inerrin^ chooses modes ilitl hecniue her ki}"\ :i ■ lieauty. The tjueeii jjets charming iite.is from museums and and u>e-] to design in the taiiestry room al .\kiriHouse tinil<T the dit'i'clion (hi I he late Lord .Lei^htaui." M. Won!) is of ;i piiilosopher, and stnady if |>ltil( «s<»phy i» cm-.-needed anywhere ii i-* in i h t « riolc .■! the cost uiiiiei'. lit- iuijdoi'e-. u-iincu .u». to |ireleud by llieir iiiai I hey .\myounger lliau they are. for :K> poll eotihl he worse: " Instead of dn*^.-iny leu «-)• t c j . i years younger ! tiuu tneir wuni. past their youth would hud it a nv i wiser jilau to tires- year- elder 11-:•;. j they really are! Foi- v.lui! »vouid h j pen : Why, just thi-. ihe people wi.nid | ,av, Whv does madaiiie wear, a tlr.- •-

| so much too old for Ih.'l'V Surely, . ha» j is better than the remark. Uiok at ih.ti ; old woman pretending to be a girl! 'I he happy medium, however, can be acquir d with care and taste.'' The unfortunate part of the thing : s that women who are not but who dress as though they were young, reallv believe that their ell'orts are -on- , cessfuk We can none of tis see ourselves as others see us, ami if the old women who trick themselves out like girls could see Ihe disgusting impression that they make upon others they would very soon be cured. "Nothing, indeed, can be more hideous or repulsive. Nothing, indeed, could be more unsuccessful', for the dress I hat is out of tuue with age accentuates age and makes it ugly when it might be so beautiful. Ilk-re, too, is another piece of advice that may be listened to when it is the great Worth himself who give- it: '"lf only girls wouid buy them-elves by degrees pieces oi real lace instead of tite yards and yards ot poor imitations with which they plaster their frocks, ! can promise them e\ery inch o! real lace will achieve lor them the admiration of sour. 1 discriminating man. For can it be supposed that men re:;liy admire the tawdry odds and end-' with which so many wonie.t deck thcm-el rather as if they were wild i

|)U'af.:.'d will! llk l !_'liUrt' "I wm-lil!.;:-!ic;ul>, Ulall I'dmalt'd in;li\ iduais t't iij iit'iiicllt who lui'iw gouil t'n.m :i;:■: false I'rom tl'ue'.' : ' Oik* more «xtrwt !■> |K'!'lia|'s Ml'llli--silile fruiu an ai'ti.-lu llial, .Jiould I'. r:r.-i in its .-uti L'v i\ - 11 is i: .; '< " sueii as 1 dress," Init it. nu'.y lj<; ■ '. -.e : In licai'i in Calit'irnia a» well nr. • •■••• York. ill i.iuulim an wll as iu I " hi I'aris thr wunii'ii d( 'au>' ! nient. -Ufll as I (In 1 --. V, i.l !l"l V:'.l!' al !lie theatre itnv i-lmik >.r '"il-'U;■ llu: draws aUi'iilinn c> h.-r: l.ui will so mark liersi-li' tliat lie who rim* may read a cliai'min:; woman ky 11<• '|itiet nltiri! ami il* i>xi|ni»U<> *im|illdi.v ot sivn. It i-. till l ' liiai Ili<' mali'i'iali an' tillc - la't' it 'iiaiM'l l>« Imiijjlit fur U«lil. ami ill- J!»nn (!'•< » nx-r\i ■)! 1". we say. iim all tlu- elleei is entirely llllllstelltilliollS." 1 Tile woman dre-sis! M. \\ oi'i li ae.•i.r.!iii>t W» "••'ii i:!*' 1" v'mW |m.lwl»l/ ri'ia-iv-e si-ant si>a<v in tin' sneiety <olnmlis nf tlli- daily a,''-.'-|>.ii>i'r>. lint tin' (liiM-rimhwlinft mifdn a«w)>t tliat as i'ni'i lii'i' pvn.il' (''l' 111'.' relim- lit lint marks a lady.

After a few iuur-ihs ul' married lil; 1 , a 11(1 appears to tllihk there i.-, na m-crs^ity for III:- liillc alien!inn-, li' (Will llis W iff lu-flU'. 1:1111-■I'ia.L'C. 'I lli» _ " a inisiake. ii lie lir-s to return luT respect anil aU'eMion. A wile ha-. the rifi'iii in In 1 ii'i'aleil with, at an .events. tlu- same courtesy as a man - ordinary aetjuainlanees.' /.Many men -.ii down to breakfast uitli a newspapei propped u|' in f.'tun ' i iin in. ami ii.">. utter u word: am! iheu i n-ii nil' to busi-ness-with a liurvieil " l.ooil-live." Aj/aiii. it is a Imslmiwl's to give hi* wit" an allowan.v. h -u-eliol.l Miiilil or larne' aieoi'Ming to hi" ineonie. It i„ very hiuuiliatin-- .a a wnmaii In ask for inline;,, ami ill woise, as j> often the ca-c. to he ni"l \>itn a rehuii. A luisliami slioiilil tr\ to leave Inisimworries ai his o|]iee. ilis wi:*: S iemi* ail tin- .Isiv". ami often llie ni-li l . Us well, looking alter the ehililfell, ami -lie likes iii'r liusliaini to come home briylil ami cheerful. i.nil tell her any news he niav Ir.n'e heard lIIIVHO4 the day. If iiusballd> took' 1 heir v.he. out male . lIK I ynv a little plea-are ami then, married life would not so olicii he a failure. No ibmlif women i,re mueh to lilainc for Ihe sellish position taken l.y Ihvir husband*. Lie; minister <" their wain- and comforts, never considering themselves. till one day tlicv diseovf'r IJieir husbands do not consider them, eilher.