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Show Beauty Matronly Charm Depends On Good Grooming So far as the mature woman's good looks are concerned. Immaculate Immacu-late grooming counts most importantly. Her young daughter may be able to get away with a shiny nose or a stray wisp of hair or comfortable old grass-stained golf shoes, but not her mother. For her, casual effects must be studied In their casualties, not Just plain careless. Her hair, whether snow white. Iron gray or nicely dyed, must be shining with health, clean and soft and arranged neatly aa well as becomingly. If she has It dyed, It ought to be exactly the color It was before It turned gray not some strange, exotic shade. She must have It retouched frequently to avoid grayish tones near the scalp and a darker shade at the ends. Her clothes must be trimly fitted and always absolutely clean and perfectly pressed. Her decision on skirt lengths Is governed by the shape of her legs and her size rather than by what "they" are wearing. If she's large, the smart woman wears black and other dark colors a great deal. But she knows the difference between being conservatively conserva-tively dressed and uninterestingly so. Her black frocks are enlivened by touches of frosty white. Her costume jewelry Is imaginative. Her hats are a charming medium between extreme and conservative. She realises that a large figure generally looks silly In ultra-high, very slender heels. If her upper arms are rather plump, you don't catch her In evening eve-ning gowns with narrow shoulder straps. She manages to find formal for-mal dresses with shoulder and sleeve treatments which hide the excess poundage. |