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Show Modern Styles Not Ridiculous Dreas ln all ages has been a burning burn-ing question with women ever since Mother Eve arrayed herself in a fig leaf. Tho women ot the stone age. dressed In skins. I never see a woman wo-man of the present day wearing' an expensive and beautiful leopard akin thrown over her graceful shoulders that it does not remind me of those women who clothed themselves and their children ln the warm fur of animals, killed by their cave man; ) and do you not suppose when the I mighty hunters returned from the I chase there' was burning Jealousy as .to, who secured the best ot tho trophies? tro-phies? Women wore women, then, as they are today. As the ages progressed tho question ques-tion of dress kept pace with tho rest. Take tho mlddlo ages, .when tho chatelaine chat-elaine of her lord's medieval castle wore tho heavy velvets of Franco, tho costly brocades ot England the soft, beautiful silks taken in loot from the Orient and laces from various countries. Womqn always havo and always will decldo tho question of dress. Today many say our fashions aro ridiculous. Not a whit moro so than any other ago. To be sure, tho pronounced pro-nounced and singular is always shunned shun-ned by tho fastidious woman. Tako the silt skirt, for instance Why a silt skirt nt all? asks tho critic. Tho slit skirt, llko ovorythlng olso, has its good points. Woiin with a prot-ty prot-ty undorsklrt and of modest dimen sions, tho little bit of color showing above a dainty boot gives a chic and modish look to a dark street costumo nnd allows freedom In walking. And wo must walk to havo either strength health or beauty. Dress, llko overytbtng else, under the sun, needs tho wholesomo accompaniment accom-paniment of common sonso. To bo well dressed Is novor to bo consplc-i consplc-i uous. Tako for InBtnnco, tho modish woman. Sho is a harmony In color. If sho decides on a gray gown sho will bo gray from head to foot nnd such color as Is Introduced Into her costumo will bo a soft glowing shade that will bring out tho beauty of tho color nnd texture. Tho violent contrabts qno sees are often, alas, far from being beautiful. Ono has only to glanco at naturo to find real bar- mony. The spring a mass ot softest shades greens, delicate pinks, blues, and lilacs. The hot wealth of summer, sum-mer, the shadowy brown and grays and russets of autumn, the black and white of winter. So to get back to the eternal question of dress harmony harm-ony Is the keynote. Do not wear pink when your hair la Titian and your eyes are blue. Use common sense and you will always look well. Remember: After all it Is the woman wo-man who must dominate her clothes, not the clothes that dominate the woman. |