eartened, then sarcastic, envious,
ill-tempered, half unconsciously.

"Knowledge is power; beauty and knowledge combined are well-nigh
all-powerful."

Stout and Thin.

Texture, color and form must all be considered in relation to the
personal appearance or "type." The beautiful in itself is not always a
safe guide, but its beauty in relation to the wearer must be the test.
Fair, delicate, slender women make a great mistake when they
over-weigh themselves with rich, heavy fabrics, no matter how
beautiful these may be in themselves. Instead, they should keep to
clinging, draping materials, sheer lawns and shining silks.

On the contrary, the very stout woman may wear all manner of rich
gownings that fall in gracious massive folds. Clad thus, her size will
have about it a restful element of repose. Let her beware of closely
fitted gowns. These tend to enhance the size they are supposed to
conceal. Watteau or Princess robes falling from the shoulder in
unbroken lines render her imposing. Little ruffles should be avoided,
or frills of lace, and whatever drapery there be should fall from
shoulder or hip; this gives long curving undulations that follow every
movement.

The stout woman should leave black satin severely alone; reflecting
the light, it reveals form and size relentlessly. "Revealed form is
vulgar, suggested form poetic," says the high art of to-day, and who
would not be poetic and gracious if she could? "If stout women,"
declares Edmund Russell, "would learn to move in grand, slow rhythm,
and wear textures so heavy that the lines of their figures were
concealed, they would have a grandeur and dignity that no slender
woman could hope to attain."

Women must recognize their defects before they can hope to correct
them. A tall, angular woman must adopt soft, fleecy materials, so made
that they can float and curve about all ungraceful angles, hiding, or
softening them. She of a deficient figure must never wear a plain,
tightly fitting gown, unless it is relieved, and filled out with soft
full vests, or veiled with falling folds of lace.

There is only an occasional perfect form that will bear the merciless
revelation of the plain, tight habit, and even then the suggestion of
a concealing drapery heightens the beauty of the revealed curves. "All
dress should be governed by shawl instead of glove rule," assert the
latest canons of costume.

Tall or Short.

There are proportionately more women that are t