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Show Don't Get the Neglige Habit A while ago I mot a friend whom I had believed to be on the invalid list she had so long suffered from "nerves" and I was amazed. 1 could hardly recognize the bright, smiling, cnorgcflc girl so changed from tho listless, despondent one that her friends had been used to seeing. She noticed my wonderment". ' ' "I am going to tell you why I, am so much better," she. announced, tucking her arm Into mine and walking along with me. Her touch and her. stop wero full of vigor. I romcmberp'l how lifeless each had been before this magical change in her. ' 1 PSYCHOLOGY OF CLOTHE.S, - "It's my brother's doings." Hhc laugncd. "My expensive nerve specialist has not had' tho tiniest finger In it- The cure began about two months ago, one morning when I was breakfasting as usual in negligee. neg-ligee. Jack, sprucely dressed, listened patiently pa-tiently to ii:y recital of how badly I slept but when I had finished he expressed no sympathy. Instead, he said briskly: 'I've Just thought "of a euro for you. You've followed your own Ideas now for a.Iong time without success; will you glvo mine a trial for a week? I won't tell you my plan till you promise me faithfully to carry It out.' "I promldcd. " Go right upstairs and take off that negligee. Dress yourself In "regular" clothes, so that you would be ready, to go out or to seo people If thoy called. "Gasping a bit, for I never wont out so early in the morning, I obeyed, and wo sallied forth together Into the clear fresh morning air. I never siinll forget the thrill that the touch of that air giivc me. "Jack at first did not say a word about the cure. He talked of one cheery thlr. . .m m after -another. Just as wc were nearlng his ofIre building lie began: " 'I want you to come down to breakfast break-fast ov;ry morning for a week Jljrcsxod trlggly. ready to go out, and I want you to bo dressed that way all day, excepting except-ing when you are definitely resting. These floppy negligees, no matter how pretty they may be, drag your spirits down Into lassitude; thoy foster lolling about;' there's no brace to thorn. 'And you aro In one most of the lime. " 'Thoy kcop you Indoors- many a time when you would go out for an airing if you were properly dressed to do sn. Lock how men 'swing out of ihe house. To them It means only tho donning of hat and coat. Sunshine and air mean a laborious effort to you.-necessitate a complete toilet. "I kopt my promise for tho week, and was so delighted with the results that I have followed In tho samojcourse over since. "Since my reformation J have 'rcallzci' hot women in genoral have tho negligee habit. They are too prone to be dressed in a way that necessitates a change of costume for. the street, and because of the Irksomeness of making the. change they stay Indoors. g . , I OUTDOOR BENEFITS. 1 ; "There arc exceptions to .what seems tho general, rulo, but, they are very few. This indoor habit Is a prime sourco of blues and physical Ills. "Our indoot duties cannot, bo fulfilled properly without the help of outdoors, yet wo lose the refreshment of outdoors Jut because of the bother of changing our clothes. "As for tho lounging habit Induced by wearing actual negligee costume at inappropriate in-appropriate times times that should be devoted to energy-It Is tho habit to which can be directly traced much of women'c llas.Hitudo and discontent." ,M ,,nM,,, ,,,.' ,,, -1 |