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Show IF YOU WOULD BE "CHIC" Attention to Detail Is the Secret of Aoqulrlng That Exceedingly Eluslvo Charm. Tho art of being chic Is entirely summed up In tho fow words, "Attention "Atten-tion to dotall." It Is horo that tho French woman excels. Tho American woman who has acquired ac-quired It will toll you that sho will tako longer, perhaps, to sottlo a collar or fasten a tlo than another woman will to put on a wholo gown. Thoro Is only ono way of wearing a thing tho right way. Womankind can definitely bo divided divid-ed Into two classes women who dross and tho women who merely clotho themselves. Tho former aro thoso who havo tho happy knack of putting on tholr clothes with Just tho small finishing touch that makes for perfection. Costly or wonderful of stylo or mntorlals their garments 'need not bo, for whatovor It la, plain or elaborato, high priced or inexpensive, they always al-ways succeed in looking well turnod out, woll finished and "chic" to the least little item. Tho averago American woman today to-day most certainly dresses woll. Ono realizes that tho aubtlo art of "finish" Id far more widespread than formerly, and that today thoro aro fow womon who do not achlovo an attractive at-tractive appearanco. Somo women still make tho mistake of thinking that elaborateness of construction con-struction and a gonoral "fussy" effect stand for good dressing, but most now fully understand tho valuo of, elm- pllclty that chic simplicity that Is tho moBt eluslvo of all qualities to obtain, ob-tain, and that Is in Itself a guaranty of good taste and perfection. f |