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Show LOOKING ONE'S BEST WHAT IT MEANS TO BE "WELL-GROOMED." "WELL-GROOMED." Little Things That Are of Real Importance Im-portance Expensive Dress by No Meant the One Requisite Demanded. "Good-grooming" Is an oxtremoly comprehensive phrase, cnpablo of many Interpretations. Tho well-groomed Individual patronizes patron-izes tlio Tuiklsh hath or a substitute therefor. Hut I have known a devoteo of tho Turkish bath to bo anything but well groomrd, becauBO, after tho bath, she did not have her hair properly prop-erly dretscd or sho donned a dress Unit sagged In tho back or needed pressing. The well-groomed woman Htands for personal daintiness, but sho must also know and practice appropriateness ap-propriateness in dress. A woman who Ih personally dainty, whoso hnlr gleams like satin, whoso flngor nails aro well kept and teeth llko pearls, may still look ungroomud If sho wears u picture hat with n severe tailored suit when shopping. Tho well-groomed Individual cleans his tooth night and morning and after each meal. If ho smokes and stains his teeth, he has them gono over by 1 a dentist not less than once a month. Ho docs .not have his hair cut spasmodically, spas-modically, but regularly. You do not moot him one week with his hnlr almost al-most touching his coat collar, and tho next week, with it clipped close, llko a "prize lighter's. Nolthor does ho nl-low nl-low dandruff to collect on his scalp and shower his coat collar nnd shoulders. shoul-ders. Ho docs not radiate porfumo ol any Bort, but his regular shaving fol lowed by patting tho fnco with baj rum or a good toilet wntcr gives him n general air of cleanliness nnd fresh ncBS. Ho docs not have his flngci nails cut to deep points or highly pol lshcd, but he keeps them trimmed roundly nnd regularly, with what might bo termed a "domestic finish'' for polish. Tho well-groomed woman Is not always al-ways tho most expensively dressed womnn, nor does sho dress her hnlr In tho most cxtremo fashion. Dul when you look nt her once, you nro bound to tnko a second look sho Is bc pleased, so harmonious, so restful. Hor hnlr Is clean 'and woll-brushcd If sho wears n switch, or a fow puff a you mny bo suro that sho buys good hnlr that matches her own carefully and then combines tho two bo clover ly that tho lino of domarkatlon cannot be Been. Tho fnshlon In which tho would-ho stylish girl openly Haunts her false hair this season Is not good grooming, Sho does not apply powder In excess ex-cess until her faco looks llko a mask, nor does sho go to tho othor oxtrcmo nnd assuino n complexion so vivid that tho cosmetics can bo recognized by tho most inexperienced oyo. Sho novcr allows a Bpot to remain on her frock, nnd sho does not wear a soiled petticoat under n freshly-laundered freshly-laundered Bhlrt waist buIL Her neckwear neck-wear Is Immaculnto and hor Bklrts nnd blouses always moot firmly. Her short skirts do not sag on tho bnck and her boot heels aro never crooked or "run over." A missing shoo button but-ton sho nbhors, and her laces and tics nro always fresh and well-tied. Cleanliness Clean-liness nnd harmony theso aro tho keynotes of good grooming. |