Atlanta Daily World

LIVING UP
TO ONE'S
APPEARANCE

Never, within the memory of the average woman, have clothes been so debonair, so light-hearted. It is as if the fabric makers and sartorial geniuses have exclaimed:-

"Woman! Poor little white birdie. She's had worries these last few years. We'll give her gay, pretty clothes. Perk her up. Set her on her toes."

Chiffons of fragile sweetness spread over with splashy bright colors are hers for the asking and small sums of money. Summer silks enchant the eye. Diaphanous materials come in tender, luscious shades. Let no gal pass them by, to trail to the counters where lay the doleful, dismal greys and drabs and browns.

With reason throw a melancholy fit when you're wearing siren draperies.

When feet carry red slippers they aren't likely to drag. They skip. Lively hues boost the spirits is dismal garments make them do a flop. A dress spree should never bring along remorse. It should be a delirious intoxication that lasts until the last thread breaks.

So it is with the furnishings at home, which should create a perfect scenic background for its mistress, be designed to accentuate her charms, express her taste, signify to a certain extent the quality of her character. A bright, gallant, debonair woman can't be thrown out of form by dismal walls, drear looking davenports, chairs that look so sad they make you weep. Devils are chasing her. You can't sulk in sunlight, splendid with roses and tiger lilies and carnations.

Think thou, little one, that this is nonsense? You know better. The relationship between spirit and body is close. When the mind is fretted when it is morose, when it is clouded with unpleasant emotions there are physical throw-backs. Digestion sulks, circulation lags, skin goes pale and cold. Color is an influence. Like music, in a way.

Beauty is desperately dependent upon good spirits. Maybe there has lived a woman who looked lovely when she wept, but I don't believe it. Certainly, a sulky or angry woman is a fearful sight, though her features may be perfect and her complexion exquisite and velvety.

There must be the light of courage in her eyes, laughter on her lips. A healthy body, a trained mind, emotions under leash, charm of manner, taste in dress these are the important ingredients of the beauty formula. Eye-shadow, lip sticks, smarty coiffures are the decorations.

The substance of beauty is made of stronger stuff than make-up things in jars and bottles.

(Copyright, 1932. King Feature Syndicate Inc.)