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Show Socl2l Lien Lectures Wo-- Wo-- men en How to Dress and TLelr Personal Appearance. Ap-pearance. ... . . "When you are on the street dress to match your hair. "When you are in the house dress to match your eyes. ; "When you attend" an evening function func-tion dress td match your flesh." ' Edmund Russell, artist, of New York city and lion of the ladies, revealed these three rules of artistic gowning to an audience of fashionable society women wo-men in Miss Anna Morgan's studio. In the Fine Arts building, says the Chicago American., "How perfectly unique and charming!" charm-ing!" murmured the women, and then there was the soft applause with which the remarks of this newest fad; of society socie-ty are invariably punctuated. , . For Mr. Russell talked of "Dress," with a capital D, to the women at this second of his parlor talks, and, although al-though this address was besprinkled with "color vibrations" and "thought vibrations" and other things esoteric and psychical and all the rest of it, he also perpetrated a number of clever witticisms', and made a great many common-sense observations. He might have talked the rankest nonsense in Choctaw, however, for all his reception by the women would have been affected, for the charming Mr. Russell is a fad among that inner circle cir-cle of polite society known as the "cultured "cul-tured set," and as such his sway over Impressionable femininity is supreme. And this despite the fact that hi remarks re-marks struck home repeatedly. "Fashionable people are never interesting," inter-esting," he intoned, solemnly, and several sev-eral women attired in gowns and hats of the latest mode shifted a little uneasily un-easily in their chairs. "Don't you know," the lecturer asked. Impressively, "that the young woman in society who is known as always having the very latest thing in gowns and hats, the leader of the fashion, as it were, is tllz Lie:; c:r htjzzz atd oxnrn THETCS. I Gray makes even a bad woman look g-ood. In India the "corset Is not the only support of a widowed mother. Women dare to do things when wearing coraeta that they would be afraid to do wlthout-thera. - A soul may be retarded in its de- velopment by a tight glove or a tight collar. . Glove make wrinkle on'the face, Fashionable 'people are never In- teresting. - Men nowadays look like so many black beetles. Women can not drea approprl- ately for different occasions in this country because there is no cheap cab service. ARTIST RUSSELL, LION OF THE LADIES. &0 ful, as a woman In a harmony of grays. "If her hair happens to be silver the picture is all the more complete. All elderly women should wear gray. - "Whatever your color be wear it all the time. Do not wear a brown grown this year, a blue next year and so on. A woman of one color is a woman of Individuality, In-dividuality, ot . personality that impresses im-presses one." ' '. . Then Mr. Russell spoke of the necessity neces-sity of appropriate dressing for different differ-ent occasions. s . Simple short-skirted gowns for the street, loose untrammeled ones for the house and light colors and fabrics for evening wear were recommended. "True," he said, "women of this country coun-try who have moderate means can not dress appropriately on account of the exorbitant cab rates. "No gown suitable for a function of any kind should be worn in the street. Some philanthropist ought to inaugurate inaugu-rate a cab system similar ' to that of London, where you can ride anywhere for 25 cents." Corsets, gloves, high collars and high shoes were all put under the ban by the artist, whose chief accusation against them was that they obstructed the freedom free-dom of the body. Hats also came ift for his disapproval, the lecturer lauding the graceful veil of the Oriental women. The talk was llustrlated with, beautiful beauti-ful fabrics from Mr. Russell's studio in New York City. nver worth knowing V' 'The cost of a gown has nothing to do with its beauty, went on Mr. Russell. "The two most beautiful gowns I ever saw were a cheesecloth one, costing less than a dollar, and a cloth of silver, embroidered em-broidered with lilies, costing- many thousands of dollars. "One however, was no more beautiful or artistic than the other. "In fact if I were compelled to award the palm to either, I should giver it to the simple cheesecloth gown." Whether this opinion of Mr. Russell will make cheesecloth evening gowns a fad in Chicago for the rest of the winter win-ter is yet in doubt a - Then the artist turned- his attention to colon. - He scored black in unmeasured unmeas-ured terms. "If you ever want to accomplish anything any-thing with a man. wear your light clothes," . he said earnestly, and although al-though his listeners laughed many of them put down the little hint in their note books for future reference. "Gray is an ideal color," he said. "It makes even a bad woman look good. There Is nothing so beautiful, so rest- |