THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 19Ut.
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Women's Frocks
kkMy Own Beauty Secrets"
By Anna Held
I never had the
were bo Impor-
By WINNH'RED UIjACK.
Well, well, well, what a sensation wo
arc? creating, sisters. Talk about the
emotional sex! Did you ever tiear the
llk&' of the commotion about the women's
neflr sort ot
frocks?
They arrested
two perfectly nlco
girls In Portland,
Or., the other
day, and sent them
home In a taxi be
cause the police
man didn't ap
prove of their
ekirty coats. They
fined a woman In
Kansas City last
week for the cut
of 'her dress, and
In Now England
they aro thinking
of 'passim; a law
about what shall
be 'left off. Dear me'
least Idea our clothes
tant.
How much lcs Interest wo do take In
the way men dress.
Can you fancy the women calling out
tho. pollco because they didn't-think men
were dressed properly?
They would- look the other way and
never even mention brother's eccentric
clothes. And unless they were very bath
lng sulty Indeed, they would never even
know that there was anything- at all
peculiar about them. I wonder why.
I heard thom talking about It at dinner
the other night, the men one middle
aged and two young and, ah, tho things
they said about us for speaking to the
women who wore 'em. And yet do you
know I happened to be with, the middle
aged man when we met two of the ladles
who shocked him so, and I thought he
looked rather pleased than otherwise.
Still ho seemed so cross at dinner! Isn't
It odd?
".But. my wife". said tho middle-aged
man.
"But my sister" said the young man.
"But my sweetheart" said the other
young man. And I do believe that every
one of tho three was perfectly willing
to have somebody else's wife and some
body else's sweetheart and somebody
else's sister be as modern as the latest
fashion plate from Paris. So It to evident
that .they do hot think tho now fashions
ugly-jsn't It?
I wonder what It all means this sudden
return to the "altogether" Jn tiro way
of dress or undress.
Some of tho frocks are reall7 or and
when you see tho faces of the women
who wear them nice, friendly, decent
faces Just the sort of women you'd pick'
out to pal with in a long ocean trip, If It
wasn't for their astonishing 'frocks-good
women, modest -women, kind women,
women .who wouldn't think of breaking
up -a. .home, 'anil yet what 1n ,tfie wprld
floes H" all' mean? ' ' ' ' . '
Are women getting worse and, less mod
est?" Have tho ragtime songs really
truck in, and do ntce women think of
things thoy never used even to know
existed? "Or aro they getting nicer and
more modest and cleaner .minded so
clean -minded that foiey don't see any.
thing bo Very Interesting' In a' trim ankle
and don't understand Why any one. elso
should, and are going to let It go at
that?
After all, the most Immodest frock I
ever saw was a nun's dress at a masked
ball. Tho dtess was all right, but the
woman who wore it made It a horror.
Are we getting so that wo can think of
something besides sex, we women, and
do we walk abroad clod In these very
luggesUve garments without meaning a
hint of a suggestion at all? Are we
tvoluting or are we sinking back?
"Whither," In fact, "are we drifting?"
Xhe'nieanest man I know acts exactly
like the most generous ones. Sometimes
It's hard to know which Is which. It has
always been admitted that absolute In
nocences and unscrupulous boldness had
an amazing' family resemblance. What
are. we getting to be, we women bold
faced Jades or open browed Innocents?
Are" we' reading and working and think
ing -'so much that" we've forgotten all
about tho primitive facts of lire, or don't
wo think about anything but those facts?
I niet two women walking right behind
each other the other day and they both'
wore- a frock of tho same astounding cut
Doesn't It mean a thing, the old super
stition about the natural modesty of
ivomen, or does It mean so much that
you simply cari't fathom It at all? "Who'll
answer? Who knows?
Not the men oh, never, never, the men
.-not even those who pride themselves on
the fact that they "know women."
But really, now, gentlemen and breth
(en, iiuvcn i you jun a mile Dlt 01 a
faint Inkling of how funny, how out
rageously funny all this shocked surprise
' on your parts?
Now, if you were all burlesque man.
agers!
This is the first article of Mss Held's strict, ami in
it she instruct girls how to stand and hold themsalveu
This article was written in Paris and sent here by the
famous French beauty preceding her arrival here within
the next few days for a tour of the slata.
M tMs article Miss Htld tcllt how she saved htrself
from possible lung ailmsnts by teaming how to always
post herself to tho best possible bodily advantage,-'
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If I Were a Man, a Young Man
Ity ULIjA AVIIKULUH WILCOX,
Copyright. 191S, by Star Company.
If 1 woro a mnn, a young man, and know what I know today,
I would look in tho oyea ot Life undaunted. '. tJf .
Hy any Fato that might threaten mo. ..
I would glvo to tho world what tho world most wanted;
Manhood. that knows it enn do and bo;
. 1 . . . . ll.nl r. n .1 tft
uourngo tnnt unrcs, mm mm. .u'. . . .
Clear into tho dopths of tho human soul, . ,',t.
And find God thero, and tho ultimate goal,
If I woro a man, a young man, and know what, I k,now, oday. .
If I woro a man, a young man, and know what Iknow todayrV
I would think of mysolf as tho masterful creaturarx tS )'
Of all tho Masterful plan J "
Tho Formless Cauao, with form and feature; ' '
Tho Power that hcods not limit or ban;
Man, wonderful man. ' ' j-:.
I would do good deeds, nnd forget thom straightway;-4 V
I would woavo my woea Into ropos'and climb' y
Up to heights ot tho holpor's gateway; -:'
And Llfo should servo mo, and Tlmo, .
And I would sail out, nnd out, and tlnd '5
Tho treasures that, Uo In tho doop oca, Mind. ('
I would dream, nnd thlnK, nnu not,
I would work, nnd lovo, and pray,
Till each dream and vision, grew into a tact,..- , . ' .
. It I were xv man, a young man, nnd knew whot I. know today.
If I wero a man, n young man, and know what I know t6UyV
I would guard my passlona as KingB guard treasures, ,
And keep thom high and clean. ,
(For tho will ot a man, with his passions, measures;
it I. iimnir mi flinv nra'koen.) ' '
1, nuuttQ " - - . . , I
'i "would think of each woman as someone a mother; . ..
I would think of oach man aB my own blood urotnor, . .
And Bpaod him along. on hla-way. v
And tho glory of llfo In this wonderful hour . .' 4i .
Should till nio and thrill lilo with Cohsoious power,
I woro a man, a young man, anu khuw wm
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A Girl's Fear of "G-Maidism"
iw nt,'.,TitinK KAirtPAX.
Dear Miss Fairfax: I am H ycarB old,
a trained nurse. I have Ufon nuniiiK
woman for six months, and her ion Iim
fallen in love whu mo. o
nmrrv me: ho l very r)oh and. would
give mo everything.- I nm not in love
"villi him, but fl k'.ndly toward him.
Ought I to lot this chanco go? I may
never navo anomcr una w ; ". ;
if 1 never fail really In lovoj Won't I
bo sorry that I did not grasp this chMioe
beforo It was too late? I dont want to
bo on old maid. PUItPUEXED.
Oh, for goodness Bake, "Perplexed,"
whero do you llvo and what sort of peo
plo do you know to talk about hating
to bo an old maid. Why, there aren't
any such things any more, didn't you
know that?
Old maids wont out of existence when
tho bachelor girls camo- lnj-look around
you a little, Use your eyes and ears.
Think for yoursolf; don't keep repeating
overt some silly phrase you've let soma
,ono olso get Into your head. ,
You've seen a bit ot tho world, or ought
to have seen soma of It, In your business..'
Who's' the woman you aro sorriest for.
on earth? A woman you know, I mean,
not ono you'vo read about or scon In
Meaning and Expression.
By ANNA UEIJ). , . ,
(Copyright. 1913. International Nowa
Service.1) " ,,
How do you stand, madams orsmade
motselle? .
How do you walk?
How do you enter a room?
Probably you have neverSAVen. much
thought to tho matter; and y'et'jto bo
able to tand well, to move well, to .entei
or leave a room gracefully Is the whole
social Etock In trado of women who gets
on astonishing well in society,
It you stand well, If It 1b a pleasure;
to see you move, these two gractS'Wlll
not only glvo you an air of breeding that
will help you win your way anywhere,
but they will make you picturesque,, at
tractive and a notable figure wherever
you go.
This Is quite true, as -ycu must con.
ftss. If you give the matter any thought .
and yet how do you stand, madame how
dees each woman of our day and gen
eration stand, walk, move?
You sit gracefully and. easily, you, look
very charming then you rise, and -sink
your weight on one hip In p, way that
makes your figure a distorted caricature
You walk and your,ttr(lo Is the. most
hideous motion womankind, ever- evolved.
A few years ago you djd the golf-links
stride, which was too long for anatoms
and which showed with, painful plainness J
how foolish you were to try to Imitate
(he motions of men.
You put your feet as If you were try.
Ing to Imitate the old miracles whereby
I tin saints left the Imprint of their foot
I steps In solid rock. -And
the standing position, the walk ot
1 today, Is only less painful to describe
than to se.
Women follow the unpleasant 'outlines
of the Botticelli figure chest sunken,
shoulders bent and back rounded; while:
.the healthy upheld chest and "straight
front" have given way to the- awkward
outline of sagging and unconflned abdo
men.
You do not like It, do you?
You are not going to be. a -slave to an
ugly fashion thut must' oon die, and
that will hurt your health as well as your
natural beauty figure? ,
We must all grow) older; and what Is
quaint at twenty will ie ugly at forty.
A Position of Relaxation.
bugaboo of chest trouble I was anaemic
my friend's felt that my dower of youth
and vitality (was being attacked.
I AjjdI'wen't to naturo for my cure. ,
1. practiced standing with upheld chest.
with expanded -lungs.
I stood-lightly-poised -on tho balls of
my feet.
I walked with an elastic spring as chil
dren naturally, do.
Result?
I am my best and most vital self again.
Youth can carry off-a certain amount
of awkwardness 'simply "by fr'cShness and
briskiiAssr-but that may mean a middle
age without grace and an old ago of
antique uncouthness, "
When, a, woman ,ha,s, .loft . the, freshness
pf youth there' are just three tilings that
will make her socially tolerable grace,
cleverness and kindness.
And the greatest of these Is grace.
I have told you "why'' ut sonio length
now let me follow up my preaching with
an account of my practice.
I will tell you "how."
I am Illustrating what I mean by three
of my new photographs.
In the one at the right I show you
Just what my Ideal Is of a natural stand
ing position.
Balance your weight so lightly on the
balls of your feet that you could easily
rock back and forward If you chose.
But you will not choose. You must
cultivate perfect repose when you are In
repose.
Divide your weight equally 'between
Tho Ideal Position.
your feet, so that the flowing lines ofl
your flguro will bo equal, unbroken and
graceful aB Is any flowing Hue.
Carry your shoulders down, straight
and even, neither sunk forward nor
strained back.
As your shoulders aro down, so keep
your chost high. Thus every vital organ
Iior Its fair chanco of room to breathe
for ltsclt and air to breath, too. Carry
your head lightly and high.
Feel in every musclo a willingness to
spring into action.
Ue conscious of vitality llko that of an
athlete ready to start Into motion.
And yet for your womanly grace bo as
light as a flower the lightest breeze may
set a-swaylng. Difficult?
Perhaps If your Idea of standing has
boon to relax Into meaningless shape.
But when you have mastered this first
position all that follow will be simplicity
Itself.
The center picture gives you a side
view of this standing figure. This posi
tion Is the next step In advance '
I am relaxing a bit as the coat Is
doffed, and my weight Is slipping slowly
to ouo foot In anticipation of sinking
with gentle relaxation Into a chair.
Hear me, mademoiselle, "Make haste
slowly." Never Jerk novor bo abrupt.
Study tho "lazy grace" of slow, .contained
movomont which I have tried to Illustrate
for you here.
In the plcturo at the left I am trying
to lllustrato for you tho meaning and
some play. Is it an "old maid" making
her own living, living her own peacotul,
happy llfo, or hor married sister with an
indifferent husband, three children and
not a. day In tho year or an hour to call
her own?
Coma right down to common sense now
who looks tho youngest, the married,
women you know or tho "old maids," as
you call them?
Which has tho most money to spend,
which travels tho most, which has th
best tlmo. altogether? Ixok for yoursell
now and seo what you shall see.
Llttlo Mrs. Somebody there, In the flat
nbovo yours hor husband drinks a little.
Mrs. Nobody thero In the flat across the
hall, her huaband Is pleasant to you whon
you meet him on tho stairs; you can
hear him growlingit hla wjfo tho mlnuto
ho gets. Inside the dbar .Llttlo Mrs. What k
of It down tho lmll, her hUsband Is too
good looking, ho spends all his money
on clothes and lots his wife look like a
rag bag; you look younger and happier
this very minute than any of these ordi
nary, ovory-day women, Why don't you
Uu'vo sonso enough to realize It and be
grateful?
Marriage Is tho finest, happiest, best
tiling in .tho wprldl; When If Is .the right
marriage When It Is the wrong ono or
tho; morely halt way right ono, the old
maid haB tho best of tho bargain every
day. In .thp' year. Love Is "tho one thlnir
that 'makes marrlago posMbVp, not
respect, not admiration, not tolerance,
not gratitude Just old-fashioned,, fool
ish, bind, unreasonable love. If you
haven't got that stay an -old- maid as long
as you llvo and bo glad yoti had sonso
onougli to do It Why haven't you
walrcd up to tho faot that. the .majority
of tho old maids spend half of their time
pitying tho 'married wo'mcn and tho other
half lending them money to make Up
back payments on the grocory bills so
Xhoyca.n get nowjiate and things? Who
goes to tbalecAelue In August; who has
little runs down to Coney or over to Man-
Jinttan BjSoeh?' ho has the latest hat
anu me newest ining in giovesr wno
wears tho .neatest boots and goes to the
best restaurants? Sister Sallje, the old
lnnld with iter awn bank account and her
own friends and her own good times.
If Sister Mary loves her husband and
Bister Mary's huuband Jqvcb her, sho's
better off than all "'tho 'old maids on
earth; but It Sister Mary Just married
Hrother John to ''got a homo" and stop
being an old maid, she's so much worso
oft than Sister Sallle that It almost
makes mo cry to think about her at all.
Bid tho young man goodby, "Per
plexed," pack your little valUo, tie on
expression that may bo put into a simple
standing position. The arms aro clasped your mtle j,onnet and go on down the
loosely In front. Thero Is no awkward
relaxation here but attention. Talk to
a standing woman and see how ungrace.-.
fully she relaxes and how she shifts un
easily from foot to foot. But in light
poleu and simple -focussing of attention
I find It .possible to glva hoed to a con
versation without losing all muscular
control ot my oody In the Interests of
my mind.
From any ot these standing positions
as must always boi tho case when you
stand correctly It- Is- possible to start
forward easily Into a light graceful
walk.
If
. Every Map His Own Photographer
ny dAtutUrr p. serviss.
i A French Inventor has .contrived an Im
proved' means of flattering-human vanity,
irt the form of an auto-photographl? ma
chine, with vfljose (ald tho sitter can
choose his own pose and arrange his own
expiesilon, without
the-intervention of
a' third person.-
All he has to do
Is to place thlm
helf on a stool be
fore the machine,
look Into a mirror,
fix his, hair and
his necktie, and
graduate his smile
to suit his mood
; or his fancy, and
i than Arcm n pnin In
To keep young, to keep the .slender out- , a (j0t or, if it Is
lines Df glrlsh grace and, above' all, to u private' machine
keep well and strpng with the supreme owned by himself,
charm of womanhood, you must begin touch a button,
today mademoiselle, and learn to stand whereupon the me'hlr.Ism s-.ts to work
One I feel attacked by the dangerous i ykm his nhotoirraob iluvfl-us it trans-
fers It to a card, fixes It and at the end
of three minutes, delivers the finished
photograph; In 'a permanent form, In a
box at the bottom of the aparatus, and
Is ready for another pose.
The entire process Is effected by means
of a system of electro-magnets, and
nearly all the steps aro .visible to the
sitter, who can amuse himself by re
maining In his chair ahd watching the
operation through the windows In the
enclosing box.
The machine also possesses a system
of lighting which Imitates the effects
produced by tho photographer's shades
and reflecting screens, so that the sub
ject Is properly Illuminated, and the
photograph comes out as delicately mod.
eled with regard to light and shadow as
If an expert poier had superintended the
operation.
Few persons aro quite satisfied with
the proceedings of a photographer, or
are willing to admit that notwlthstand.
ing al) his experience, he can choose for
them the exact poso, but with this mr
chl-.e all can arrange such things W
i please themselves. One often says to him
self, when looking Into a mirror.
"Now, If I could only get that expres
sion that lighting In a photograph, how
much better It would bol Uut I can't seo
how I look whon tho photographer has
posed mo, and I don't know how I am
going to look until tho picture is fin
ished," It Is to avoid this kind of disappoint
ment that the Invention described has
been mode.
The pictures are made on tho regular
platlno-bromlde paper and laolc nothing
but . tho photographer's touohlng up ot
the negative, which often does-as muoh
harm as good. They aro also made on
prepared post cards.
In Its usual form, tho maahlne vis .In
tended to bo placed in publlo 'places,
llko thoso that deliver candles, but it
can also be Used without the devtco ot
dropping money In tho slot, and then the
meohanlsm can be set In motion by
simply pressing a button.
Thus it becomes a private photograph
ing apaiatus for the home. In such coun
tries as France, where photographs are
often demanded on "cards of identifica
tion" for many purposes, Its usefulness
Is apparent
No detail -Moms to have bcon neglocted
In tho automatic action of -tho machine.
Ah soon as It has' bean set ln'motlon a
bell rings and thsroup on a placard ap
pears beforo tho sitter readlngr
"Attention! Fix your expression.-"-
In a few moments another signs ap
pears: "Don't move!" . -
Immediately afterward the pltturo Is
takon by Instantaneous exposure, where
upon a third sign makes It appearance:
"Thanks." The sitting Is finished. In
three minutes you 'will find your portrait
In tho box at the bottom."
After that, as before said, the sitter
can watch many of the automatlo pro
ceedings ot the machine through the
windows.
If It Is a publlo machine that Is used,
the sitter's coin"' remains In plain sight
until tho moment when the portrait is
..... . .
ui'uvurcu. y
If for any accidental reason the ap
aratus falls to jvork through to the end.
tho coin falls Ifo an outer bowl and con
be reclaimed by ' tho sitter. Bo, as the
Inventor truly claims, his machine Is
"strictly honest." or might have said
automatically honest in which respect
It may be regarded as a scientific in
structor in sqJuro dealing.
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