Beauty of form and grace of vesture . 51. Dinner Dress 3^ 52. Back of Dinner Dress ... ..... 132 53. Three School Girls .... .... 133 54. Girl by Carved Bench ... i34 55. Office Gown 35 56. Front of Under Dress ... ... 136 57. Back of Under Dress .... 3 58. Travelling Dress 37 59. Travelling Dress with Jacket ..... 139 60. Outing Dress ....... * 14° LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Vll Fig Page 6i. Housemaids Gown E. L. S. A 142 62. Dress of Thin Woman, bad . 144 6j. Thin Woman, better .... 44 64. Stout Womans Dress, bad . 145 65. Stout Woman, better .... 145 66. Stout Woman, bad 146 67. Stout Woman, be
Beauty of form and grace of vesture . 51. Dinner Dress 3^ 52. Back of Dinner Dress ... ..... 132 53. Three School Girls .... .... 133 54. Girl by Carved Bench ... i34 55. Office Gown 35 56. Front of Under Dress ... ... 136 57. Back of Under Dress .... 3 58. Travelling Dress 37 59. Travelling Dress with Jacket ..... 139 60. Outing Dress ....... * 14° LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Vll Fig Page 6i. Housemaids Gown E. L. S. A 142 62. Dress of Thin Woman, bad . 144 6j. Thin Woman, better .... 44 64. Stout Womans Dress, bad . 145 65. Stout Woman, better .... 145 66. Stout Woman, bad 146 67. Stout Woman, better .... 146 6S. Headpiece 162 69. Headpiece. ....... 176 70. Headpiece . 192 71. Melpomene 195 72. Old Lady with Young Man . E. L. S. A 19S 73. Diagram Greek Dress .... 201 74. Simple Chiton 201 75. Chiton with Sleeve .... 202 76. Diagr.\m 202 77. Empire Dresses Selected 206 78. Ashes of Roses George H. BciigJiton . 208 79. Empire Dress with Fichu . Selected 210 80. Underwear, .\ppendix . 224 BEAUTY OF FORM. CHAPTER In a company of cultivatedpeople, the question wasasked : For what do the ma-jority of women most care ? After an animated discussion,it was agreed that admiration,and consequent love, were theobjects dearest to a womansheart; that the desire for dis-play of natural gifts or acquired possessions wasonly to gain admiration; that pride of intellectwas indulged, in the hope to wield influence, — apower inseparable from the admiration of fellow-beings ; that disinterested souls, who long to dogood by self-sacrificing devotion, arc immediatelydependent upon the welcome aspect of a graciouspersonality, winning at once admiration, trust, and Fiir. I. lO BEAUTY OF FORM. love. Then some one wound up by saying: Womans ambition is to be beautiful, for thatsecures inevitably both admiration and , because beauty, ideal beauty, presupposesthe charm of an attractive presence, fine propor-tion, perfect physical condition, intelligence, andmoral excellence. If youn
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