EXPENSIVE GIRLS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 5

EXPENSIVE GIRLS.

j According t'o . tho New York "Sun" the girl'of.-the-family.'is:the.most expensivo item in the' American household. " Theextravagance of. the fashionable mother seems to know no "'bounds where ' her daughters are concerned." -From the age of eighteen months :tb "seven 'years about £150 a year-, is spoilt'.on.cloihcs,"this sum now including furs, a>set. of-which would lie provided once or twice in the five and ■a. half years. "As: much as <£G6 is paid for a winter fur,doat arid ni'ufi for a child of five year's old.''Between 'tho'ages of seven and.'fqurteen a girl's wardrobe 1 is" calculate! to cost her v nareuts ,£IOOO. -Five complete outfits sre usually necessary in that time', while the expense may bo-'con-siderably more if a great deal of entertaining stakes nlace.: When a debutante is finally, launched, the first year is regarded as the most expensive, of all. There' is■- her trousseau as. a' "bud." There may also be her trousseau »s.a. bride., Bui in addition to-frock's" and. parties, amusements- 'and. 'sport increase tho expense: A'girl expects her pony-cart: and a groom. Saddlp 'horses! riding lessonsj an automobile',,'a finishing trio to Europe, asw'ell'as expensivo lessons in .singing or the piano from some celebrated musician, still further augment the cost of a daughter! to an absurd degree.

Women of sense no longer bleach their skins or enamel them. Tho beauty; quack has had her day, and pretty soon now must go out into .the dark with- tho other, mediaeval. swindlers. ■ JohnStrango Winter bases whole system oil common senso and. science.. Her Lakshmi is positively, tho' finest ..skin-lotion in', tho world. It restores natural complexion, rejuvenating' and .invigorating the; whole texture,of tho'skin. -If your complexion is dull or in any way ineffective, Lakshmi will put everything right for you. It is not a bleach.' It can bo.used,with safety and advantage on tho skin of a baby. If v ou want a striking testimonial, to tho virtues, of Lakshmi, go lo any' woman who uses it. In bottles 3s. Gd„. all good chemists' and - toilet-dealers; .or direct' .from the John Strange", winter Company, Wellington, post l'r£e,-3s. -9d.—Advt.; -.2