DRESS TO YOUR AGE AND FIGURE ~
WHEN YOU REACH MATURER YEARS
case one premise-It in the nail-Frau
lines-y business recently r.-
w- that while the Bible
stabs. that tho sins of the parents
shall be visited won tho children
sins of the chil-
aro visited and: their parents.
t as far as styles are con-
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ly great grandmother. are
seasi‘wssring hats and boobs and
wraps. designed for Men of you
ful form and hearing the: are no te.
‘ quits when were. by older
woman. .
Got Oi! Extra Pounds
The very first and best thing for
the older wom‘an to do in solving
one problem of suitable clothes has.
Mbbr. more to do with diet and
mercies and dsfly habits than it
has to do with clothes. The wholot
med question becomes almost sim-
ple when the older woman has not
put on many pounds since her
twenties. It is better to be slightly
ehdressnisker was allowed in
Berlin not long ago to show his new
clothes with a iloek of young
Mlnneduiss of fashionable propor-
tions. he “created quite a sense-
tion. The overweight German freus
watched the“ svelte young manne-
Quins admirihgly. though perhaps
with‘ pity. Poor things. they had
apparently had not quite enough to
eat. But it did not seem to occur
to them nor to the German dross-
-neakers who sought inspiration in
this fashion show that these over-
weight ladies should not be dressed
in the same styles.
Surely clothes were never before
quite so trying to the fat women,
and as nearly all women gain
weidit as they _'grow older. it follows
that the present mode is often very
trying for women of mature years.
The new clothes do look dowdy if
they are not short and sung. but
there is always danger of seeming
ridiculous when a women who is
not slender wears one of these new
m w W coat gives slender, straight lines needed by m M m. flamm-
m left a a. beige, with sour! attached won over was mthe- track. 0 The neat little not any help.
felt with self winning. At the right is a two-piece purple chives frock—ago“ design for mama
or swim years.
underweight than even a pound
overweight according. to .the life in-
surance authorities. and with this
the makers of fashion agree. You
can get along without'éurves now-
gdays, but you'll have a hard time
to look smart and fashionable if
you have no straight, slender line.
about you. So really, quite seri-
may, why not begin at the very
Wing in solving your problem
- of dressing very well and looking
vc-y-ssnsrt after forty-live or ilfty
"sixty-cm nVeorso. and take
allot“ weight. Your doctor
boss gratified as your dress-
AM the dream-ken have
no room in their dreams for women
too solid M This aftermath
war is a period in France when
e elude? woman is supreme. This
not apparently a condition that
prevails elsewhere in Europe. The
story goes that when s celebrated
frocks that is skin tight and of ankle
length. .
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problem is that the older woman
whose figure is ‘not slender and
youthful simply rnust apply mod-
eration—‘but only as much modera-l
tion' as is necessary. The very long
skirt or the flock that is too full
only attracts‘attention to her dis-
qualifications
The boyish hair out while popular
with many older women is most
exacting. No women with a fat
neck should ever make the mistake
of adopting this fashion. However.
there are some older women. with.
well-shaped heads and groceful
necks who look very, very well in
this rather trying mode.
Nobody Feels Old
Never before has the problem of
making frocks and hats for the
older women received so much at.
time. and this is because most
women nowadays refuse be old
worries when in reallw still
feel" the enthusiasm and solution
and ambitions of youth. They won't
solve their clothes problems by
wearing hats that or. just a few
years out of style. bonus. they
know that this gives them an unfair
handicap.
ho. ething that the alderman
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in ,most cases should he smarts.-
rather than prettiness. Very few
women past thirty-live are really
pretty. though very they are
really better looking so properly
dressed at this as. than when they
were younger. . .
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For this reason it ls rsthc wise
rule of the golden mean. While the
older woman must avoid the pretty
hat. she should likewise avoid- ‘
~hat with a brim that ‘turns' upcu
tention as it does at the present
hat of barren smartness.
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bear in mind is that her goal“
to avoid the- purely pretty hot. but
here again applies the truth of the-
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the collarthst suggests the Chinese
mandarin eoat should not be in-
cluded in the wardrobe of the older ,
woman. On the other hand. the new
‘deep V neckline is v.7 good, espe-
cisllyifthooollarrisesupatth.
back of the neck. ‘
If added years have left you with
‘aIssuorssggingneoltthenyou
should rejoice in the return of high
collars to fashion. If your face is
not too full then you can wear some
' of the new draped or smooth collars
thatfitanuglyuptotheehin. Lees
trying are the high collars that are
moduoed by the folding: of a scarf
drawn round the neck and left to
hang in loops or ends at the
Usually the girlish little pots
shape that has been so much were
by young women in Peris this and -~‘
iner. is not suitable for the woman
of matronly years. This is the hat
that is quite brimless at this-book.
with Local shuttle curve to the
brim at side andtront. However.
there is a sort of modified poke,
with narrow crown in back gratin.
ally widening toward the front. This
is a shape that is often most be.
coming to the older woman whose
face is still slender. The wide brim
casts a shadow over the face that
hides hard lines and wrinkles.
. contrary to the opinion of many
older women the perfectly hrlmiess
toque ought never to be worn by the
older women, nor should the little
shruntly from the face
xerklines are quite as important
street wear.
as hat lines in the clothes of older
shoulder.
Ilsek' motives. Trying
lobe of the (suede. regsrding the
proper Inns"!
that ought to be dispelled is that
they should always don blank for
This is often a. very
lary way out of your dlillculty. And
as a matter of fact. black. especially
all block. is often very tryins to the
anew; skin. . Many authorities on
such shatters assure us that a soft
shade of brown is far more becom-
ing because it tones in better with
the brownish east of the skin. Some.
times just the right sort of beige is
the best selection. Good results are
sometimes gained for the sallow
oldsrwolnan byahlsokfrock worn
wig“ the relief of. scru ‘oollars and
some sort of line lingerie
sometimes the introduction of a
bright contrasting boler relieve
the unfavorable dentfset' between
won-ion. The Roman cellar line and the ‘sallow skin and the dead black.
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mandamus that seems awhmrdwhenommhmfim
“rere- distinction when she is middle aged and over. For this type ‘...-»
slightly moulded sleeveless frock with rather short skirt is reliable
This sort of heck is here'shown at the left mode in gogy med. ,ohise
with gold and silver embroidery and gray chino» scarf. Added distille-
tios. is given by the gray hair cut in o boyish bob.
1! the heavenly
woman is stout she will be wiser to select the type of Inch show. at
the right, something with soft flowing lines over a loaded. emu-lies.
' foundation. Bloch chives 70m the drum of tunnels were over
biocheropedechineimwdoeioo,whileths only Moon-sands
cm of large amber beads.
The Queisiio‘niot
Poke BonnotS
_N M m poke bonnet is said
to bosoooisuy popular with the
unit. young women. and is not
considered quite appropriate for the
woman of matronly ago.
One of the clever. Wench mum
makes a specialty of rather small
Dob shapes in bangkol: and other
popular straws. These have‘ visor
fronts and no brine at back what-
Th mlsht‘be said to ho a
cross begun the old-fashioned
coal scuttle hat and the jockey cap.
One of tho milliners is making small
poke shapes with the brim flaring
up at the tent. and still another is
showing felt hats that are brimless
at back with a visor at the front.
those for more suggestive of jockey
caps than of real pokes. However.
they allhave‘tho advantage of being
brimless at the book and wide
brimmod in front. thus aflording
shade,for the eyes. .
The‘ larger pelts bonnete' that
really suggest the old-time coal
scuttle shad)! that was the fashion
in the first half of the last century
are of .ieghorn. They have been
worn apienb' by smart Women at
the races and other outdoor assem-,
blings of feshionables this hummer,
shd one sees them in the Bots do
Boulogns. One thing“ “fuels.
the milliners like this by. d hat
dowerstogoscross thefrentw-ith
abow ofrihbooatthoildowith
ends hanging over the shoulder is
"often chosen. -~.
shapes are not considered spurt"
prints for older women is rather
tury when the seal scuttle shape
had gone out of mart holiest older
women clung toaseibiisiy to their
poke bonnets. And for- disarm"
after they had M to be sold in
the millinery shop. the conventional
stage make up for the oldacountry
woman inoludod a' poke bonnet.
They were regarded as“ most dis-
crest hats. too,‘ boss. the wide
drooping crown at the side discour-
aged the casting of ‘lllloiig glsneos.
Butnowifyeuseoaweinan of
not very tender ”atoning a
pelts bonnet ran am a shade
of .oonteutpt for her. Like pink
roses. poke mm in suitable
who for the ven- roues. v
The ourpiios closing is well
liked by older women who wish
49 miss the least of tumm-
am of estra pounds around the
middle 0/ the body. The track
shown above is in navy blue,
were with a smart little horse of
black velvet. For the more
slender More a my blue two-
pleosmoit is slums a good sug-
gestion. The one below is were
with beige stockings and black
mp1, beige doeskin gloves and
embred stock.
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sue to tell. ‘mmmdw',
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