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Show THE NEW NEATNESS Thero was a time when neatness was n tanglblo thing. H a woman woro a frock that fitted well, kopt, her bolt In absoluto place, had shoo buttons always sccuro, .kept her shoes polished nnd up at tho heels, nnd saw to It that her collar wits properly fastened, sho was neat. Perhaps In thoao days tho collar was tho most troublesome thing., When It was ft high, starched linen, collar that fastened in front, thero was the tlo to worry about and thero was the collar band, which was often too big for tho collnr, to worry about too. When tho collar, was a high, buckram lined thing, thero was tho little muslin turn over that must always bo clean, always basted In place. When It was tho tight fitting, choking lace collar, thero wero these samo llttlo spikes to worry nbout. Thu lneo became quickly soiled over them and they had a distressing tendency ten-dency to work their way through tho lace nnd Into the neck. Rut, after all, neatness In those days could bo accomplished with pa-, tlence, and it was a tlellnlto state. Today what Is It? Our collars In their very theory aro not . neat. Ohormlng of course, and becoming but cnu could hardly call n slip of muslin wired to stnnd tit odd angles to drop In a most sloppy manner tu places and to -open In nn Irregular zigzag at thu throat neat, could ono? And an for tho ono time neat belt. Thnt does not exist now. Wo hear from time to tlmo thnt tho trim whist Is coming in again. Hut on wo go, cherishing first a blouso that bags, most unneatly over n girdle swathed waist; then welcoming a wrinkled bnsquo that Is anything but neat and finally countenancing n walstless bodice with a sash tied nonchalantly at tho hips. Perhaps one reason why tho modo of nrranglng tho hnlr by iiulllng.lt up from the brows, tho cars and the nnpo of 'the neck beenmo so quickly popular was that It appealed to our sense' of neatness. It Is n neat coiffure, coif-fure, when It Is properly arranged'. Rut In nine examples out of ten, Isn't just enough of tho passing method of doing the hnlr low about the cars and brows rctnlned to keep tho now coiffure coif-fure from being neat? A nent era mny succeed this present pres-ent one. Thnt Is, nn era neat In tho accepted sense. Tor doubtless thero Is a new neatness that Is just ns difficult of attainment ns tho old one. The muslin collars of 'tho day for all their comfort, must bo spotless spot-less and nicely adjusted. Tho looso girdle must bo as accurately tied as tho old tlmo sash. Polish nnd shoo buttons and now heels must bo periodically per-iodically applied to our boots; nnd becnuso our skirts nro so short they must bo more carefully applied than over. Thero will never como an ago when neatness will not he nn essential essen-tial of successful drusslng. Copyright Copy-right 1914, by tho McClure Ncwspa-.per Ncwspa-.per Syndicate. |