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a > Hate Clothes? Why, You’re Wasting an Opportunity <a JUST BE YOURSELF IN THE MATTER OF DRESS. Look at Yourself in the Mirror. What Are Your Strongest Points? Dress to Emphasize the Best. You'll Blossom Like the Rose. Don’t Be Afraid of Yourself. By Margery Wells. Copyright, 1922 (New York Evening World) by Are you the girl who hates clothes? Are you the one who , dons them just as a duty and who says you do not care how you look? Oh, | have heard that tale so often | have a pretty sweet girl come to me and say, “What can | get for my spring suit which will be.inconspicuous and plain and durable and which will give me no trouble?” Then | look at her with pity and | know in my soul that what she really wishes is to look beautiful—attractive to the last degree DO not tell her this, I am sym- pathetic and understanding, and then I become so subtle! 1 pro eed to design a costume that im presses her as being plain—plain indeed than anything else she ha ever worn. { tell her how she wil sink into utter insignificance by the wearing of it. I point out to her its Points of durability. I sing the praises of its nothingness. And al) the time I know that when the dress is fin- fehed it will be so much her style, @o much the thing she has been un- ¢onsciously striving for all her life, that she will begin to feel like a different human entity in the world nx Publishing Co, I watch her then” | watch her @houwlders rise and her head poise ata more satisfied angle. And 1 secretly rejoice, for I know that the next time she wants a dress she will not be so insistent ahout having It homely, but that she will, timidly at first, suggest that it have a touch or two that will be exactly her style. Ah, there is where so many of these @ress haters fall down. They really are dress lovers, for@every woman is that in the last analysis. Down in her soul she loves to make herself beautiful, and if she has decided that she hates clothes it is only because she has never discovered just what sort of clothes she likes or the ones that suit her best clothes came to me A girl in colle: Do you know what [ mean? Her heels were unduly flat, her toes were outrageously bulgy. And all of her clothes were unnecessarily homely “Bur,” T suid, “you are a beautiful girl. You have gorgeous red hair and eyes so brown that they sparkle and shine. Do you know that you have made not one single effort ty bring out that coloring that many a woman would envy you and meny a man would worship were he able to see it? She looked surprised and us thou I were a little too imaginative in my style, but T held to my conviction. I rted in with the color of her dresses. 1 told ‘her to be dariny—ti wear a pink hat with a tan cost if the coat must be tan. [ persisted at this idea. Well, she made up he mind to follow expert advice and she gritted her teeth to do as I said, 1 OMRAASTERS, told her to wear dresses that wer: just a little softer than the inevitahl: shirtwaist and skirt. | pointed out A DRESS IN BRIGHT COLORS to her that thelr wearing qualities were quite as interminable if they WHICH WILL HELP TO PEP UP THE GIRL WHO DOESN'T LIKE CLOTHES. were well chosen experiments. One day several sneaked around to And she made the months say later she — (she honed that no one was listening from under has the elements of extreme gool the bed to the confidential admission) looks in her own make-up. To be that never before had she had so SUre, I have never seen her, but ¢ much admiration, never before had Know that she is evading her best she been so happy in her clothes, Points and that if T could look at her never hefore had she been so forget. just once I could tell her where she ing to waste is nothing x her ful of the fact that she was wearing ™ clothes, more wicked than — wastefulness of personality And this is a type of letter | am apt to that is what a bad dresser is yecom receive from girls who have seen my Plishin She is usually w ng her articles telling them how to be beau- very best points. She is ignoring the gifts God gave her. Look long at yourself in the mirrov tful- Through dressing as they should —and as they want to, really: “You tell the short girl how to dress, now Ask yoursel’ which are truly and the tall girl and the fat girl and your best points. And you will see the thin girl, but I am not any of soon cnough. Then let your mind these. i am in between and [amount work on how to bring out these to nothing.” precious gifts. Aiter a while the idea Then I am certain that that gir! will come to you Maxims of a Modern Maid By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Copyrtent, 1922 (New York Evening World), by Press Publishing Co. The man who understands woman is the one who, aiter following into temptation her lead direct, exclaims contritely: “Vorgive me, dear, it was all MY fault.” O 2 reasen for the restle husbands are divided bucon and the kind no woman sness of wives is thut the kind that bring home the that bring home flowers on wedding anniversaries—and into two classes knows WHICH kind she prefers, even after she's tried both! When an expert player of the sex game mar he is Uke an expert drinker in a Prohibition State—he simply can't keep the new law and he can always find some one to help him break it ‘There are moments when even the most righteous and unbending female forgives a man more easily for disobeying ber than for doing JUST what she tells him Some women seem to love best the children, and the men, who are naughtiest, who make most trouble—a fact which Virtue has mever yet successfully explained to her peevish devotees When one hears of a gentle, sweet, long-suffering wife's deathbed re quest that her husband, marry again, one wonders if her motive was post- mortem philanthropy of post-mortem vengeane When a man makes love to a girl he must spend a Tidy Sum on flowers, candy and theatre tickets. When he makes love to a married woman compliments will take him further than anything else—and they @on't cost a cent! “HOW TO GET MAN'S VIEW ON ROU hurtles a headline across a “woman's page.” But, really, the rouge users themselves seem to have solved this problem without the need of further advice or help. to a woman's social aspirations Divorce used to write ‘finis' it merely ingcribes after them, ‘Continued in our next Nowadays THE EVENING WO 70 NE WELL / HAVE C7ROUPED MY’ PICTURES IN NY DEN. SEE F YOU CAN TELL W/HAT- THEY SUGGEST\ RLD, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1922, ( DIDN'T You TELL NE THE NEW IDEA WAS ( 76 GROUP PICTURES SO THEY'D SuGgesr SONETHINGy 7 PLEASANT © / PrIcTu You A BUNCH OF GIRLS ce ee CHICKEN HAS TO % 4 1922 «New Yor! Copyright, HIS week's tidings from Bun's T and Crabstreet's show root of all evil'is gaining ground in sparsely centres, Money Austria last y Darby has settled that starvation Was werthless in to-da valued nothing Germany leaped to point where it’s worth twice as much now. The outlook is favor able for continued wet weather, Un. garbled data from free spending pre- cincts rattle along as follows this week PETROGRAD--Money yery bullish Hight quarts make one peck. Four pecks make one bushel. Experts in finance report that peasants are hoarding their money. Where Mos cow Daily Scimitar and Saturday Eveningsk Pososki once were spread of every home, now there instead. week is less worth at in carpets rubles Russians bide wood pulp fireplaces and under paper Hoarding! are money in stove linings blast furnaces. Japanese matches do the rest. Lower freight rates on rubles from printing press regions to distribution centres have brought new prosperity to spring trade. Following money prices rule to-day Plain rubles, 40,000,000 for a nickel, in carload lots: colored rubles, Mutt and Jeff series, 28,000,000 to the jit- f. 0. b. pressroom. Foreign ex- change rules healthy, as usual. Soap 18,079.44 rubles; 99 rubles, Bust- improved nau piano movers ney wrappers are wort! cigar coupons, 25 ness conditions hay seatingly. Stevedores and wrestlers now employed as instal- ment collectors. Paying tellers in banks do manua! labor making change and janitor sweeps day's receipts with a broom. Cabled report that Ford will take over Russia and use mone- tary system for upholstering flivvers is discredited in local banking circles ITALY—Lires are improving, due to influx of tourist trade, &my lire has ‘ Loose. as Ashes Money Plentiful Everywhere, but Try and Get Something With It. By Neal R. 0’ Hara vening World) by Press Publishing Co Yor! pyrigh Ney Margery Mindon, nineteen, helps t men's glove counter in « is Maisie Lae, Mt has no “bea up Begin chix story todas A HAPPY DAY. book chance to Improve when guide addicts from U, 8. start listening her ideals. FRANCE— est shown Ph a ese Much interest shows 4H moment Frank Spafford turn val ravings of George es n ae engravings of ors: ed to Margie and told her he Arasningtoni Aveiyn ackson) br was thinking about the villa vam Lincoln, WI I eta EWING ae aoa {, ven Long Island which he wax to i F—Condition of money I Huild for Lelia Whitting’s father, ail China is rusty. Chinese founded Sav are oseht at mite’ the world changed for Margie hola hey Tpvented “Jealousy flew from her like a money—paper and metal. They i ee eee tims a cage. ‘Phat invented checks—laundry and othe: Ra SESS ie wee wise. But when chink money was EL ahi) EBDAL placed on market, smart Alecks coun t! frected lerfeited holes jm brass hat checks rina when this gay de coat checks and umbrella checks, : . butante had given with results that foreign exchange improved. Hat cheok is worth (vents fin) her hand and five cents in New York—to bat chee! spoken so cordially bandit. Hat @heck is worth ten cent to him. 11 was not n Buffalo, nickel in Detroit and Ghatihe Iaved ets thank you’ in Omaha. Other rates furnished on application but simply that she Best grade of Chinese money ie cu). (Ok him back to nis vy his carees ried on string, like an outfit of garlic 49 aM architect sealp. That is one idea of e Wen Hime ® giimpan of her Jee monetary system we could linport heart! (She wandered if'w man ever side streets of U7. 8. A. with very loved @ girl quite so much when he low results. realized that she was jealous of every = pretty young woman whom he noticed MONTE CARLO—Money hu they age a na CUPTEBUTAESE Gr values: valued hey reached her home Spafford at Casino; One yard of twenties equals "#!ted at the doors one white chip. One stack of )!! “I have enjoyed our evening 1 canal one blue. One stack of b ether immensely,’ he said. "We equals forty minutes’ play Forty jave theatre 1 f minutes’ pisy eaters Dinca, “one "ave Been to the theatre twice. ‘To busted equals two touche ywo Morrow is Sunday; let's out Into touches equal fifteen cents. Fiftern the open. If J can borrow my sister's cents equals one stack of whe! ake. car will you take a spin out to Long No tip yh*s istand so we can look over the site NEW YORK—Demanu 1 upon which T am to build? active in the prominent side stree! Would she? Her heart simply and well known suburbs, creating jumped up and down three times. She timiam in bandit and slugging ircle Consolidated Black Jack und Auto. !@4 never been in » motor car but matic Pistol report unfiled aracis to. net: & bum ride wax her only treat talling $7,000,000, with Chicago, De- “lone this line tholt and UDDAP Eecox wo tilt hey parted hastily, but the next missing morning she was up bight and earls Statistics concealed ut 1% Head. A new tweed suit of periwinkle quarters show that gun. metal is Shade, @ smart straw and felt bat and worth its weight in dolla: and she Was ready for that ring at the lead pipe has reached hig! juota- bell tion in years. Only non nem Spafford climbed the threa fights of her of metal group is police stairs that bright Sunday morning to whistles. see her > YEs THATS WAY / GROUPED THE RES OF ~ LOBSTER CLAN TO ““MARGIE”’ © By Caroline Crawford Hveving World), by Press Paviishing Co The Love Story of a New York Working Girl. hari und nce how Margie’ A NUT AND A SUGGEST rt her widewed mother by working artment store, Her most intimate ‘cl imple, a foorwalker, ill come along aad Hive dreams work 0) the “Bring your mother along," he said “it will do her good" Margie knew now that ier Prince Charming was true blue aod inter ested in her in the right way was not the type of rich youns mit who sought out poor working girls to join him in petting parties and wuto spins into the country. We wanted her to see this site where h> was go. ing to build because he knew she was interested in his fe wanted her mother to go with them not only as chaperon but because he knew the air and toueb of country life would du her good As M s mother took her place ur the of Spaffori’s cur and looked al the two happy youn people in front, she too entered into Mirgie’s dream of a Prince Chasming, She believed that he had arrived ‘The moment the) reached Kings Highway and jater Hunter Fiy Koad which led directly oul to the town on Long Island where the Whitting villa was to be erected ail felt the glory and beauty of spring. Margie's frail littie other looked as if sie had dipped in the reuge jar and their bright, happy comments along the roud put them all in a jolly frame of mind But it was while thes ware rouming sround the grounds of the building site that Margie and Spafford moat enjoyed each other company Mt Mindon sat in the car reading » mage ine which she found ip the tonnes while the young couple walked the full length of the esta A robin looked Margie admired br by Spafferd could bulld a home of t own, Was the eternal feminine ways going ahead of time” Margie looked into Spafford’s clear eyes and Hatened to bim as he elabor ated about the plans of his new crea- tion. At times he would spread out his blue prints and trace things out for her. She understood every detail that he mentioned not because she knew anything about building but be cause she understood him so well (To-Morrow—On the Way Back.) them and bright oran, wished thut ul when his it her heart wished this time the next spring she Interest and Profit Join In Dramatic Coach’s Work piri Dramatic and Executive Ability Both ~~ AND STAGE Are Required by the Young Woman Who ARE HER Wants to Make the Most of Her Talent FIELDS and Gain the Biggest Rewards, Miss Blanche Toiknsend, an extremely successful director of amu uy plays and @ teacher of dramatic art the girt who is inter asted in stage work to consider the wider opportunities of play dineet ing and similar vocations which require drumati¢ and eweeutive abitity. advise ARTICLE VI. By Blanche Townsend Copyright, 1922 (New York Bvening World) by Press Publishing Co. T used to be that the only career in which « girt could find an outlet for her dramatic ability was the ‘lage—an overcrowded, uncertain profes- sion at the best Nowadays, a girl ean satisfy this imterest and = at the same lume make her living in ways which are not only extreme. ly interesting but very well paid. 1 am often underpaid, asked whether the due coaching of plays TOMESEND. is a worthwhile — profession for women and my answer is am unqualified “yes.” Thore are wo allied fields, many as yet unde: veloped, open to the girl with ability ming and initiative There is an increasing understand- ing of the need for recreation in the lives of all members of the commu- nity, and the play instinct is recog- nized to be as strong in adults as in children, “Let's give a play’ is al ways a welcome suggestion colleges, clubs and cow \aunity centres furnish the usual op portunities for dramatic work, The schools and colleges offer regular po-~ sitions with fairly good salaries and comfortable living conditions. Other fiel:. depend upon the initiative of the individual, and while more uncer tuin, us a rule are much better paid As in other professions, the more background a beginner has the better She should haye a strong purpose succeed, backed by a certain amount of special education and a large sup- ply of general information. She will have to make sacrifices: and expect difficulties, The girl who combines the spirit of an idealist with a vein of practical common sense is espe cially well titted for this work Schools While working at a dramatic school an apt pupil can do outside work to add to her income and experience. In the summer, for instance, she can act as play director in a girls’ caurop supervising Kar folk dances and theatricals. During her last year's term she can also probably do play reading professionally and perhaps some coaching After this training | would advise a school or college position for at leuxt a vear.« #uch positions, which allow time for summer pageant or camp work; pay from $800 to $2,500 a yeu with living inaddition. A fair salary is $2,000. Adier stich an apprenticeship, a girl should be ready to take the jump inte profession! work on her own respon sibility Here it migit be well to define the Why Not Look Your Best? By Doris Doscher————~ Dear Miss Doscher: As | have been ill for the last few months, | have been unable to read your items in the pap My itn it Pe * seems, has left ty me with my forehead full of pimples. If you will kind ly tell me how to regain my natural com- plexion | will be very much obliged Dues RESCHER FLE.M One of the mistakes that muny convalescents make is to overload thy slomach once the doctor permits a wolid diet. It is very much better fo you to eat lightly and to’ eat oftene: than it ix to give too much work to the digestive organs u they 1 recovered their former vigor. Remem ber also that drinking plenty of wate between meals hax a wonderful effect n clearing out the skin, A short y in the sunshine is an excellent ural tonic, Following these ules is all that is nat simple in necemmary in a Dear Mies Doscher Cali a deformed bone in the nose be softened so an to put it in a normal position? Will such treat ment cause much pain? | believe that when this bone is straight ened out it will enable me to breathe properly. | wish to in crease my height. Would exercises help in such a case? If not, what 6 beneficial to increase one’s height? S.A You had beat pul yourself in the hands of a competent facial surgeon I have not the slightest doubt that the bone in your nose can be straight ened and thus enable you to breathe properly, Exercises that nimble the apine, also holding the body in corre position is the remedy creasing the height only for in difference reeting with the between coaching and i which has recently grown “little theatre’ movemen A couch, who works mostly with schools, colleges and clubs, does wot actively concern herself with coxtumes and seenery, except as she confers with special committees. She is in charge of the interpretation of the Play and is in the same relative pow tion to the cast as a director of an orchestra is to the musicians. She ts usually paid either by the rehearsal or in a lump sum to stage the production uniess she is on a regular salary A director, on the otner hand, the responsibilities of the coueh, plus others. That is, she is actively cor cerned with the costumes, stenery and properties of the pla SUNN complete « of production ‘There is no limit to the extent to which this work may be developed Many directors go from town to town werking on @ guaranteed sum, plus # percentage of the proceeds, or haps entirely on a percentage and putting on a pageant or p the co-operation of local schooks clubs which furnish the personnel f has She the per basis with or the cast. , THis fleld is far wider thay that of the coach. and it pays ox tremely well. On the other hand it 1s perhaps more precarious and need initiative, organizing ability anit “salesmanship” as well us direeting ability Other young women have found their opportunities in smal! communi ties where “little theatre" movements have become so popular. Often a de mand can be created In such a com munity. Tt is also possible for a a rector to have charge of such move ments in several pdaces, as she trains others to work with ber A coach must know how to harmony among the cast, She needs tact, both in dealing with the groups and in correcting personal manne: isms of the individual. It is not a! ways easy to work with the many dif ferent temp aments which make up « cast, but the rewards are greater tlion the difleuities. The personal we with individuals leads to the correctioy of faults of voice production and may herisms Which may be sertous handy caps not only in the play but in tl ordinary lite of the individual as wel) And beyond the personal help one cu wiye in these difffoultios, there ts ways the delight of seeing the growt! in welf-assurance, poise and alertnes which participation in a play brings Then, too, there is the satisfaction of seeing the pleasure which @ well acted play gives. Of course, one neve rithes perfection, but the coach hi the good. fortune of seeing a goo reached anv completion in some degre: attained lt would seem to me that there \# fo more scope for the individual here tian in stage work, where few actor make any progvess from year to year The coach or director is much me eadent, and once she has mai 4 reputation in her own forte she + Kept continually busy It is hard to give any definite yearly income for the woman who ste essful in thin work, but it should ¢ ily from 00 upward, During the winter season she may do plas reading, give private lessons, | di plays and may also have a fF school connection om certain duys ‘The charge for play coaching fo clubs runs ‘from a production up single rehearsals are pail for at the 6 vate of $25 each Liltle (heatre positions pay well, 1 know of one who has heen fr work fora time who ives a sulary of $325 a month fo Is he girl the short very taking cha of the scenery and costumes al for one such organiny tion Another is very successful {0 coaching ‘acts’ for Chautauquas ‘The work brings many inte incidents, many delightful exper rvioe te #nd many opportunities f¢ nh The girl who goes into from a purely self-interested viewpoint will never be successful, The one who sees In it @ chance to help others in @ seifexpression, sees in it an ou «1 for the play instinet which se few have opportunity to release, should with ability and tralning—mos ex tainly succeed Alkali in Shampoos Bad for Washing Hair Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali, whieh is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle The best thing to use is Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo, for this is pure and ertirely greaseless. 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