| Show I Dress Is Criticized cize Reputation for Simplicity Compared Unfavorably With Other Nations Faith Faith In Silk The Berlin The reputation of ot the German German Ger Ger- man woman for simplicity of or living and dressing has caused her to be compared unfavorably with her sisters of ot Paris New York and London There Is general agreement that she has deserved deserved de de- de served her reputation but there hero is no noless noless noless less general agreement that of ot late years ears she has bas changed her standard of ot dress and has become more moie ambi ambi- A critic who has recently been studying dress in Berlin still sun finds much to be dissatisfied with The I progress Is not Inclusive enough Women In the upper classes have vastly Improved in their knowledge of ot dress and the application of ot their knowledge with elegance and taste Actresses are now costumed In a away away away way that makes the German street scene far more attractive and pleasIng pleasing pleas pleas- ing than It was a dozen years ears ago But Dut there Is an an enormous number of or women who recognize taste and elegance elegance ele ele- ele gance when they see such qualities In I feminine costumes but from motives of ot tradition and economy chiefly the latter steadily refuse to change their fashion of attire These women in age Irom from forty to sixty usually pin their faith to silk and the older the silk is the better It ItIs ItIs Itis Is this clinging to tradition that gives so many theater audiences in Germany Germany Ger many their look of ot commonplaceness not to say untidiness This class of German woman the critic says Is h al ai almost almost most equally criminal In her attitude toward the crown of a womans woman's getup the hat |
