"A PERFECT DRESS."

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXIII, Issue 2975, 2 August 1912, Page 4

"A PERFECT DRESS."

IiUT FEW WOMEN WILL IMITATE THE COSTUME OF THE BURMESE.

"There is in the . world one matter of taste," says Sir Frederick Ticves, "upon which unanimity of 01 inion can never be obtainod, and that is on the subject of woman's dress.

"It may as well bo stated, there fore, without the least hope of carrying conviction, that the dress of the Burmese woman is as nearly perfect as any female costume can bo.

"Its chief claim to perfection is that it is exquisitely, divinely simple. It consists of a white linen jacket of the plainest possible type, without collars, ties or cuffs, and 0 skirt of unstudied silk wrapped closely round tho body down to th« feet. This robe is marred neither by flounce nor frill, and, so far as tho initiated can tell, it has escaped even tho touch of the needle or thread.

"Sandals to the feet and gold bangles to the wrist complete the costume. Whatever may be the artistic value of this attire, it can at least claim to be perfect from the standpoint of health.

'The Burmese woman does hei hair with equal simplicity in a neat soil," which- display* the outline \of the head with perfection, and fto hair arrangement Of the classical Greeks could be more 'classical.' A fresh (lower, or, possibly, a comb, is the sole ornament.

"There is no-attempt to contort the human hair fluffs or rolls, or to make it a grotesque, meaningless structure, held up by pins and cords, and undermined by frowsj j.ads."—"Stray Stories."