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Show I" Woman's Page The Thoroughbred Look Never Self-conscious Cain be Culti-vated Culti-vated arid Acquired But Never Bought How to Care , For a Man's Clothes Special Hats Go With After noon and Evening Gowns at Informal Dances f Uses For a Pinch of Salt. I THE THOROUGHBRED LOK. In attempting to dencrlbe the "thor-: "thor-: 'oughbred look" I find thai it is soino- thing "indescribable," an indefinable .yet tangible quality In clothes, groom-jing groom-jing and genej-al appearance that life ! va pBrsonality out of the ordinary and 'the commonplace Into tho thorough-i thorough-i 'bred ranka, whether the Individual bo old or young, rich or poor, plain or gorgeous. It 1b a. compound of intelligence, good taste, thorough grooming, clean - living and perhaps heredity; I say perhaps heredity, for some perfect examples ex-amples of it had their origin in the) gutter and Its anithesls is too rro-l rro-l quently found where, by every right, I l" it should bo the outcome of preceding generations. It is the only badge ; or claim dlstinotlon that can be worn ; ;the world over because It stands Tor ' the only truo class difference, Intel-ft Intel-ft lljgence. education, good taste and ; right living. : , Given the fundamentals, it can be cultivated and acquired, but never - bought and applied. It Is not aM-c-j neer, hut a thoroughly "rubbed in" : and "worked up" natural polish that f shows the true graiu and fiber or the virgin timber. f It knows no affectations, consc 'j quently It is never languid nor dia- dalnful, for Intelligence cannot take ' a disdainful view of existence nnd too 1 keenly Interested to be languid, , The "thoroughbred look" may not always excite admiration, but it never fails to exact respect, and admlra- tlon is sometimes dubious; respect, J never. 3 If "clothes make the man" they fre- quently unmake the woman. Do you 2 dress for the mob or for tho few J; or because someone else does it 5 or are clothes with you, a totally un-j un-j conscious expression of character and i tastes and personality,? They always express something even when tbeyJ disclose the pinch of necessity rathei4 than the easy art of selection. The very manner of putting them on tells Ub own tale. White sables, pink pearls and real laces are not necessary to tho "thor-oughbred "thor-oughbred look;" it cannot Burvive ill-chosen, ill-chosen, mlsmatod garments. It haB not even a nodding ac? qualntance with bedraggled willow plumes or tissue silk stockings on a Blushey street. Neither does It recognize rec-ognize a half yard of brilliant cerise petticoat, filling the gap where a tailored skirt refuses to meet below the knees of Its owner. When it can afford only one pair of walking boots at a time It does not buy velvet or suede. When It has pretty, straight blond hair It refuses to frowsel It in imitation of Massie of the chorus. And It rather looks askance at beauty patches In a public conveyance, for it novcr Beeks to enhance mere prettl-ncss prettl-ncss at the expense of good taslo. The thoroughbred look Ib never self-conscious. self-conscious. It can be regally oblivious oblivi-ous aliko to threadbare poverty or ex-pensive ex-pensive gorgeousness. Once a garment gar-ment Is donned, whether it be an Imported Im-ported model or a pair of well-worn, neatly mended gloves, it becomes an subconscious, well-controlled part of the wearer. For this hallmark of the elect Is never found on the walking walk-ing clothes rackg one encounters every ev-ery day, who are either completely submerged by the dollar's worth of Junk they carry around, or left shrlek-ingly shrlek-ingly diBrobed by their too obvious consciousness of the worn spots In their toilette. Is it a possession of value, this thoroughbred look? Yes oh, yes. It can be worn to advantage at all times and in nil places and need not be cast aside with the pearls of youth or the diamonds of prosperity. And It looks equally well In the gay garb of pleasure or the somber raiment ot mourning: because it stands for the things whose value cannot be computed In dollars or cents, months or years, laughter or tears. CARING FOR MEN'S CLOTHES. A most Important point is tho folding fold-ing and brushing or clothes. A man's clothes should not be hung up, but carefully folded and put away. Trousers, Trous-ers, should be either placed in the proper trousers stretchers or else folded fold-ed neatly, in exactly the right creases, creas-es, and put away on the shelf of the wardrobo. If trousers stretchers are not at hand, the following plan Is a good one; Fold the trousers in half so as to get the legs exactly even and perfectly straight. Sponge them lightly with a damp sponge then place them between the mattresses under a bed. To fold coats, lay them flat out on a. bed .or table with the outside uppermost, up-permost, pull out the sleeves properly prop-erly and lay them on the coat, fold them In half upward, thon fold the fronts over them neatly, and In the case of a tail coat double the skirts carefully over onto the sleeves. If properly done this will prevent any wrong creasing and make the coat3 easy to pack. Vests should be folded In half, the lining folded over one Bide and the vest folded in half again from the top. Three "brushes are necessary for brushing a man's clothes, one with bristles of medium hardness for the ordinary every-day clothes, one stiff-brlBlIed stiff-brlBlIed brush for clothes that have received especially hard wear; and a Boft brush for velvet collars and llk linings. DANCE HATS. Special hats to go with the afternoon after-noon and evening gowns worn at Informal In-formal dances were bound to make their appearance in the course of time and they have arrived in various vari-ous small shapes. Among these cha-peaux cha-peaux dansantc the most popular models mod-els are those which arc ndapted to the "collar" form of trimming. This collar, always wide and stiff, sometimes some-times is posed on the velvet or silk covered framo between its narrow brim and crown and is bent to simulate simu-late a square effocl at its uppor edge. Again the collar projecting at a slant over the top edge o the brim's front center, Bharply tapers toward the back and disappears under un-der a drooping plume. There are also collars in plaited velvet or silk i that Btart under the narrow band , finishing a brimless toque and almost concealing Its rounded crown. Next in popularity to the "collar"-trimmed "collar"-trimmed dance hat is the "Blretla," which is square and rather stiffly draped with velvet, silk or maliues, and the "Portia" which is round, indefinitely in-definitely draped and decorated with a single big rose. Quite young girls are wearing sail-or-Bhaped dance hats in white duve-tyn duve-tyn trimmed with fur-edged duvetyn bows, and in white moire or velvet decorated with a single gleaming butterfly, but-terfly, in jewels or in Jets, poised ou supple golden wires. A PINCH OF SALT. Eggs to be beaten or cream to be whipped will foam more readily if a pinch of salt Is added. A pinch of salt will prevent the spluttering of candles. Salt will set the colors In wash fabrics. A mixture of salt aud flour will remove re-move mud stains. Salt added to water In which desserts, des-serts, candles or puddings are cooled will hasten the cooling process. Salt added to apples or apple sauce alters the flavor. A pinch of salt added to Coffee or chocolate improves the flavor greatly. Paste salt in the oven under tho paBtry panB or tins to prevent the scorching of the contents. A little salt in custard keeps it from drying and caking, and adds to the flavor. A little bit of salt thrown into any pudding during the mixing improves Its flavor. A teaspoonful of salt added to the kerosene in a small lamp will make the light it gives more brilliant. To prevent an omelet from burning sprinkle salt on the bottom of the pan. |