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Show H bescttst H DLSHABIIIE HI ij III 1 Cmmmk: B'" EAUT5T on parade isn't tho beauty that t brings tho most admiration. There s arc ever so many womc.i who will put r, l every cent of their allovvrncc on their 1 Hil street clothes, saving nothing for Hie dainty 1 H thirgs that spell femininity and eliaim. c Rl When you stop to think of how much less J Hi time one spends in street clothes and formal dress than in house clothes woman's- incou- Bill srtency in this regard is evidenced. ( H There is another point of argument in favor K of at least a fair distribution of your money , HI i the direction of dainty boudoir ai tides , 1 and dainty house dresses, and it is the habit ( iof daintiness it inspires. Thcie is no wunmu living who wants admiration (and there is no leal womau living who doesn't) who can nffoid not U cultivate the habit of daintiness an-' cleanliness in every article of wealing appareL The habit of daintiness begins iti the bou-, bou-, lloj,.. u begins with the innermost article of Hi! appaicl. Tin, weai'mg of soiled underwear Hi! doesn't "iiinUe polite writing mateiiul but Hj! thoic's enough of it done. I'm soiry to say. to Hi necessitate the objectionable topic once in a Hi vbilc. Nothing in the world give:, a woman a Hj bcautj" "black e.v.e" like the hint of unelean- H' iucss in this lespecL Through sler Mouses Hjj i.e sees not infrequently demonstrations of H' how unutteiaLly degenerate soiled finely may M' become. Hi Hj When you buy a corset coer. for mstauce, Hj buy one thjvt is duint.v by 'ill means, but buy Hi 0e that can be laundered. The market is Hi full f ru tides in which Ihoe virtues are Hi combined, so tin e is no excuse for one buy- H' ig something wl.irh must be worn long aftei Hj it has ost the virtue of dcanlincss for um- Hi sons of economy. H At night, if it is impossible for ybu to have H1 a diange of undci clothing evuiy day, you Islould stretch t all in tides of underwear where they can ah. If they show Minis of soil, wash them out and let them dry over M night if jour supply does not wairant a Mj fiesh change d.iilv. Vou -jimply cannot be too B scrupulous about this phase of personal clean- H"' liness and daintiness. B Mu tried voiiienv as a geneial thing, fail m to lo.ilie the iuipoitnnce of beauty en desh- 1 abille. Vou don't hae to hnvo the wisdom m of Solomon, as 1 have said bcfoie, to realize R that the women who get the most admiration H from men arc the women who cultivate fem- t iniiic fluftincss and daintiness, and the women Hi who hold men's affection longest arc women H; wh- do not lose sight of this caidinal fcminiii" Hf: rirtuc. H' So many married women seem to think i that '" practical and useful" aic the two things to bear in mind wheu buying or mak-V. mak-V. boudoir articles. Now, I don't want to be recused of .encouraging extravagance, but my observation has been that this special form of extravagance is' capable of little harm to the family purse and of a great deal of good to the woman's looks and state of mind. There is a tonij. mental and physical H that a woman who is at all feminine cannot H- help but feel in tho-c dainty hide lines of H! beauty, such as fleshly ribboned lingerie and ilk stockings, etc A protest may go up from omc of my readers re the silk stocking sug-;cstiou, sug-;cstiou, but every woman's feet uuqestionably ook better in silk stockings, and the boot cngth silk, which arc reasonable, arc very .ffoctive indeed. I certainly do advise every ,voman with a little cash to spare to invest it in dainty boudoir ai tides and lingerie. Jconomie on the street hat and suit if you :nust, but don't overlook the importance of Lhcsc innermost articles of nppaiel. Or even if it necessitates a dollar or two out of the housekeeping money, don't begiudge yourself that. Buy an attractive nlgiitic, combination r boudoir cap now and then, and don't feel that sou aic doing anything but your duty by youiself. 1 think perhaps in the matter of corsets theie is more offense than any other of the intimate articles of w-aring appaicl. For this icr.sou two coisuts should be kept in use instead in-stead of one. It is a physical impossibility to keep dean and sweet and dainty a coiset that' is worn cinlinr.all.. And a soiled cor-.et cor-.et i a disticssing sight and one that is hard to keep fiom public iew ur.dei a sheer blouse ccn with the aid of a corset cover. I am not in favor of boudoir caps worn as n incaMiie of covering up disheveled lreses. Instead of the aiticle of chaim for which it w.is originally designed, it becomes a menace I do think mudi moie judgment and disci e-tion. e-tion. tco. might be used to wonuu s advantage in the buving of boudoir caps. The.v should he dioscn with the care one chooses a hat and for bccnmiiiKUCs. I have seen otherwise atti active women transformed into Aeiitable flights with tl:Q aid of an incungi iiuiisly designed de-signed boudoir cap. T tell you a woman novvadus cannot alToid to shiik on her looks and forget to consider what is going to make her appe.r. to best ad-v:.ntage ad-v:.ntage even in the siiiullesl article ofdress, She owes it to lieisclf and she owes it to her family to keep heiself altiactive all tho time; an1 again I sa jou don't need the wisdom of Solomon to see which woman icceivc-s the gi eater lespcct and love from her family the dainty one or the careless one. Theie is a mental pois when vou feel everything every-thing .vou have on is right. Theie is a self-" lespect that makes no other woman gicater or happier than jou. With mental poise and self-iespcet jou cannot fail to make a good hnpiession. r.veiy woman should feel a peisonal joy in the lesurreclioii of the hellOunced and be-' milled petticoat from the ashes of the hobble skirt. It is'dclightfully feminine. And anything any-thing delightfully feminine is beautiful. You don't have to be the wife or daughter of a milliouane to enjoy the advantages of these feminine ai tides, either. If thev vveic not within the reach of the average wife or daughter of the average wage earning citizen T certainly would not be advocating this form of cxpcndituic. Lingerie is not expensive to buy and it certainly is not expensive to make yourself. If vou keep it freshly laundered and thread with fresh ribbons, you have acquit ac-quit cd the secret of the most delightful of all feminine charms dointines. Hit -Bk, , - Ht jHITffi H saMwHBBRffiM;WMMag HB ? ' WiSrrrtttfflfl y-a ,QJ ' IKS 1! |