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Show II A Wife'sT Transformation The Storv of ihc Comeback of Womo Gone to Seed By Mary Culbertson Miller INSTALLMENT XIX More About Clothes. AS HKLLN" continued her' shopping tour the next day she was smiling, smil-ing, revealing teeth that had received excellent care in the last few weeks. "Do you know that I'm getting to love the feel 'of beautiful fabrics? Something Some-thing of the same appeal an artist experiences. And to think how I used to just grab anything." The charming shopper smiled back at that there had been other Helens in her career. "I had an Idea there was a hit of an artist tucked ainty in that dreamy nature of yours." Then came a thoughtful moment. "Brown is such a good color for you, Mrs. Crane, that I should like you to make it the basic color of your wardrobe. Shoes, stockings, stock-ings, bats, and sports to tone in. It suits your sunny brown hair and hazel eyes so well that I should like you to let your preference for colors lie with the browns, tans, yellow and rich creams." They were In a fitting room now, the shopper was taking down the suit the slock girl had hung up the moment mo-ment before. "I am going to advise this tan tweed, Mrs. Crane. Isn't this short double-breasted box coat a darling? dar-ling? And please note this adorable radium silk blouse. The vest effect Is good it buttons high at the neck. The turn-hack cuffs are drawn down and turned over the coat sleeves. The skirt you see is just a plain wraparound." wrap-around." "I've been so fat and clumsy I can hardly visualize myself wearing that nifty little suit." Helen demurred, all the time her eyes fa-tened lovingly loving-ly upon It. Indulgently the shopper smiled. "With this you must wear a taupe fox scarf when you don't want the tailored tai-lored notched effect cf your collar. Your shoes must be low-heeled, two-toned two-toned calf-skin oxfords, without a toe-cap, and service weight stockings to match the lighter shade of your shoes. Your hat will be a simple tan visca designed to tit your head, a small brim and tailored bow." This outfit was typical of the best taste in street clothes. Clothes Sense. "You know" and Helen's smile was Infectious, "I really believe I'm acquiring ac-quiring clothes s.cise. I fully realize that this is an instance v here llie costume follows the Individuality first." "i'ashion should come last, my dear Mrs. Crane. Always always consider individuality first. In this ihstam-e we have admirably combined both. It's too bad that fashion and good taste are not at all times synonymous." synony-mous." "The other day." Helen said. "I called on a woman who is short and stout she was wearing a dress light In color to her broad hips, then dark to the hem. It made her look squatty." squat-ty." "It would a short, stout woman needs every Inch of height that line can lend her. On!y the tall and very slender call afford to have striking chang- In values. Take plaids and checks sometimes their color schemes are most pleasing, yet they must he resisted by the short and stout. Some women you meet on the streets have the symmetry and line of their boilies broken up by too greatly contrasting values. I'luhW and checks, white stripes. dowered material, all must await careful study of the wearer's limitations before selection. se-lection. I consider plain materials in better taste." the shopper declared unhesitatingly. "I'm quite certain I shall always like them best," Helen enthusiastically enthusiastical-ly concurred. "One of the fundamentals of real smartness, Mrs. Crane, Is that each type of costume has Its own good time to be worn." 'The shopper seemed to he boring that In by her steady gaze Into Helen's brown eyes. "Hut I'm sorry to say this principle Is sadly violated. Business women frequently appear during ollice hours In evening flocks, arms bare to the shoulders, and very low necks. They don't seem to understand that lo ho smartly dressed Is Iji understand the Illness of things." Helen vlsloued one that did, but refrained from mentioning It. But she did smile inwardly as she recalled how effectively that "pleas-lug "pleas-lug exterior'' had pitchforked her Into new avenues of thought -and into new and dellghl fill liv ing. Hats and Shoes. The litter was pulling n Tew last pins In the hem of Helen's skirl. The eagle eye of the shopper was carefully watching the alterations while she cent on talking. "Hals and shoes are li.d I Intergral parts ,,f a well. chosen costume, Mrs. Crane. And 1 want In say Just this while I think of II It Is not the frock, the hat or Unshoes Un-shoes alone that makes a woman; It is the sullahle eoiubiualion of all three of them. "livery woman has the feeling for her dress horn In her If she will only con eiously aid Its development by wide awake observallon of herself and other.-!. And give plenty of lime ami Ihouaht to this Important question, Bui hats they really are a problem, aid we'll discuss them more fully when ' ou have decided lo make your Keleellons." 1,1.1 li Mm Hull S) imIIpiiI,,, In, ) |