Show 0 I GOOD TASTE IN DRESS I THE DEADLY SIN OF FATNESS Written by Julia Hoyt Mrs Lydig Hoyt Copyright 1923 in the United States and Canada by North America I Newspaper Alliance All AM rights reserved I I was asked ed the other day what I 1 considered th the most important factors factors fac fae- tors to a womans woman's looks this did not include include- chic I unhesitatingly said first a good skin and second a good figure I think most people will agree with me Lord Frederic Hamilton in that most mist diverting volume entitled The rhe Vanished Pomps of Yesterday I comments upon the beauty and andI grace of 01 tho the Austrian women of the far tar off lIe He observes A woman woman wo- wo wo woman I man upon whom nature had be bestowed bestowed bestowed be- be stowed a good figure was able to todi di display play her gifts to the world A AI I woman with a good figure Who among us if we could have haye been beca present when the gods were distributing distributing distributing dis dis- dis- dis I gifts would hesitate be between between be- be tween selecting the good figure or orthe orthe orthe the beautiful face I for one would hold up both hands in favor of the former I Ive I've heard so many men on being asked if they did not consider Mrs So-and-So So b beautiful answer Beau Yes she has an exquisite face wouldn't id but such call fill her a ero poor beautiful a figure No Even el eltho I tho the wise vise and ad very ery perspective Lord Fredenia did not consider a lovely ely face sufficient endowment to give it more than passing passing- tribute To my mv mind fatness is one of the deadly sins No woman with a deep love Jove of or beauty will be fat There are too many many ways of overcoming o this unnatural and distressing condItion condition con con- for me to be begin in to mention them but the trouble has been re remove removed removed re- re move moved by ny women of ard and anybody who wishes to can dothe dothe do dothe the same 1 0 o i l IAD POll VOH FATNESS SS Yes its it's a bitter thing to be a fat fal woman weman for fashion makes makei no al allowance allowance al- al lowance for her No hat was ever ever designed for for a fat Cat face wIth more chins than the law allows No boot- boot I raker ever over gave reign to his fantastic fantastic fan fan- dreams drains of ot satin and suede uede and rosettes with a fat root foot a as his model In fact it seems to me that the fat woman must have a sad j j t time buying her wardrobe for tor theres there's nothing nothing- really imaginative created for tor her Now when I of or fat women I do 10 not mean mean that we should be skeletons skeleton Of Ot course the present mania for tor the slen slender er silhouette has led us into nto all aU sorts or for curtailing the the form I really hate rate a scrawny an angular ular figure Its It's unnatural and unnecessarY But the woman who has a a. well-covered well firm body may count herself herselt fortunate for for- for tor hers is the permanent the thA one which can be best beet t conform con I form to the whims of a varying con I silhouette But b beauty a depends on more than line and color Mere physical beauty serves serves- as an Introduction sometimes Ut it it is true but beauty with noth nothing behind it has never nevel old held anybody for ton any length of time Who Vho man or woman would S I j refer to 51 sit lt t and look at t a Co beautiful beautiful ful lul woman with nd no soul or light in her eyes and with sith whom the only possible conversation is the passing of insipid compliments when they could talk to a woman whose feature features fea fea- tures turu might be ugly but who has 1 th great superiority of f intelligence and interest in life I think tile the reason so 50 many beau- beau tHul women ar art are dull is the fault of their antilles when they they- urn are young They are brou brought ht up to think that mere nere surface loo bolts ts Is the im all-im- thing and that no other factor Is Is necessary to make them charming and attractive The ugly i child on the contrary is probably made to feel that she must acquire many other things to overcome the supposed handicap of ot ht her r looks hooks consequently she in n the long run is apt ant to win over her more fo fortunately for for- endowed sister Tile The light of intelligence interest In ir the ir-the the eyes I 1 i in others ill in other words vitality of or ss e have ion have much more I charm and anti fascination for everyone everone than beauty by Itself Of course when one finds the two together it is a marvelous thing but it is so 50 rare we have almost came to believe It doesn't exist IT 11 HAS lIAS TO lO liE JlE LIVED UI III TO If rr I had a beautiful child I should try to make malce her realize that it is a great gift girt to start out with but unless she develops her mind to keep up with it it will turn Into a handicap Unfortunately slimness does not necessarily constitute ut a literally good figure But it is certainly a great help hep towards giving Iving the Impre Impression im Im- Im- Im pre slon of having it If one is slim one ono run can quite easily conceal defects of proportion or of build But If it one Is fat there is 13 nothing to be done about it In these days of no disguises This TIlls summer I pla played ed a part in iii which I wore large bustles with my waist waist artificially constructed with whalebones I was most uncomfortable hut hilt thought how little wo wo- nl WEn men n l In older d days davs ys had to to worry about the size Of r their hips But tOda today as I have ha already said fashIon fashion fash- fash Ion lon has no sympathy for the fat woman When I say there is nothing to be done about a II fat figure I do 10 not mean quite that for of course the tho colors one v one wears lears c can bo be or s some a I have e ec eat watched at gC lr lra a taut tain r- r rather ther fattish neighbor of ot mine for tor a year and a half She dresses exquisitely and While Wilile I know lenow that she Is fattish I am never unpleasantly antly conscious of or the fa fact t. t She goes out every lvery day with a little person I suppose is JS ner ncr daughter and she wears dark brown or sometimes some some- times Umes a n lighter sha shade e of or tho the same tone Her dresses s and suits are allcut all allcut cut much on the same line lint L Undoubtedly Undoubtedly Un- Un n- n she is a clever woman and has d that this particular par par- tone tont suits her complexion and this particular cut her figure How sensible she is never to try and vary either She Sho will never show her size for she has studied herself and knows what style and color is for her It tal takes s control self I know not to be tempted to buy something that cv we vo admire without consider consider- lag Irgo ho how we wo will look 1001 In it it But I am sure we are aro ire repaid in the end TIlE HIE S' S SAFENESS SS OF 01 BLACK DL In my opinion one is never badly dressed whon When in In black A black dress see seems s to adapt itself to every occasion and to every mood of the v wearer Color brilliant pure co color or can bo be very ul but tout it must be chosen closen with great care and con con- of ot ones one's complexion To 10 my mind it never looks well on the Street and Is only in the evening A Also Iso unless on one tta has lias a large wardrobe it seems scorns a mistake mis mis- take talce The rhe dress ress seems to un un- un ones one's very mood and never gets on our own or other peoples other nerves But Dut take talce orange for in instance instance instance in- in stance or crimson it not only is so noticeable that tho the wearer as well as the observer I tires of or it when worn too frequently but a color as aa as eIther cither of or these can only be worn when our mood coincides Of course colors are not only permissible permissible per per- but charming charming- in the country coun coun- try oither olther In sport clothes or In dresses dresses' But even then 1 the e more moro pastel shades are I think prettier and certainly cooler in appearance I think it Is safe safo to sa say however that the stout tout woman should In Invariably Inva invariably In- In va variably confine herself to black blacker or pale shades and what lovely choice she has among grays gray tans am and mauves I have come to admire more and more the French appreciation aion aHon of black Black is the color for th the tho thin woman as well as the most flattering one for tor the fat tat wo- wo man To ToBe Be C Continued c 1 t |