Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-12-09 | Page 6 | Ruth Millett Says:

Ruth Millett Says Better Che Maybe Check l Maybe You Haven't as Good Taste as Y You ou Think Every woman assumes she has hasgood hasgood hasgood good taste Obviously every woman woman woman wom wom- an Acquiring r g good taste is a lIfey lifelong lifelong life lIfe- y long ong pro process c e s s. s But the process can caR be accelerated 1 q If a woman woman wom worn an puts her mind to it In the matter w. w of clothes for instance The woman who wants to check checkup C up on her taste in clothes can cando cano do o It in a number number number num num- ber of ways ways She can study mat materials e rials as Ruth Millett 1 they lie He in bolts boltson on a counter Or she can have lunch as often as she can afford It where she can study the costumes costumes costumes cos cos- of well dressed women and figure out how to get something something something some some- thing of the same effect for far farless farless farless less money Of course shell she'll read fashion articles and study fashion fashion fashion fash fash- ion drawings She may have to copy her effects effects effects ef ef- ef- ef at first But she wont won't for long Once she is sure of her taste shell she'll let her imagination go and use her own ideas If she doesn't care for good music she can learn to like it by studying some simple books on music and then listening to the best music she can get on her radio and on phonograph records records records rec rec- trying to understand something something something some some- thing of what she hears As good music becomes familiar to her she is bound to develop a taste for it it 01 If she is unsure about the decoration decoration decoration dec dec- oration of her house she could if if she had the money money call call in ina ina ina a decorator But if she is an average woman she may feel that is beyond her means which means which is a fine thing in a way For it itis itis itis is a challenge to her to cultivate her own taste in decoration She can do this by studying books bookson on period furniture learning all aU she can about color noticing al always always always al- al ways why a room i is inviting or gets on her nerves In art she can learn by at attending attending attending at- at tending all available art exhibits exhibits exhibits its by studying copies of the worlds world's masterpieces by learning learning learning learn learn- ing something of the history of art In reading she can force herself herself her her- self to give up what she knows Is trash which she reads only because it Is an easy way of passing the time to read what she knows Is good writing Quickly shell she'll come to be bored to death by trashy writing Good taste in her dealings with others she will cultivate if she studies likable charming happy people to find out how they avoid being rude hurting feelings and saying the wrong thing She wont won't have much trouble learning how to do the right thing if she never forgets that true courtesy is nothing but butt t thoughtful kindness I