WHICH IS FIRST?

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1425, 27 April 1912, Page 11

WHICH IS FIRST?

A writerfion women's fashions recently declared tliat dress has become so important a factor nowadays that men notioe a woman's dress boforo lier facc, and that a'pretty -woman badly dressed is often passed by. A number of opinions on tl-.o subject from men are here given. A few are of opinion that a woman's hat and clothes would bo the first thing tliev would notice. Others, however, think that a woman's face and hair would bo the-predominating factors of attraction. "Woman's dress is undoubtedly becoming a strong attraction to men's eyes," said one. "1 think, however, it is an outdoor attraction, for a woman's clothes indoors do not, at first sight, attract a man. I care not whether the face is prcttv; so long as it is not positively ugly. I am attracted. A woman who knows how to dress is bound to be interesting." A sportsman attributes the attraction of women to the following in the order given(l) Her shoes and the shapeliness of her ankle and foot; (2) her face and complexion; (3) her hat; (4) her clothes. A poet holds that in a woman's face is tho first, and," indeed, only attraction. "Beautiful eyos make a woman significant in any company," lie said. "Dress is as nothing beside a plainly attired woman with spe iking, appealing eyes and eyebrows.