The Back View

Southland Times, Issue 22783, 8 January 1936, Page 7

The Back View

IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER.

You may take quite a lot of trouble about your dress and appearance, but do you ever give a thought to what your back view is like? asks a Northern exchange. When you buy a hat, do you study its effect from the back and sides as well as the front? A hat may be very becoming in front, but those who see a back view of it may think it quite unattractive. If your hair is shingled, don’t wear a hat that exposes much of the hair at the back. Such a hat may look charming above a mass.of curls, or a low roll of hair, but it is not pretty above a hard line of short hair. If your hair is long, be sure it is always perfectly tidy at the back; a few wisps of hair showing untidily under a hat quite mar one’s appearance. It is not the hat that matters only. , Stockings and shoes that are untidy or shabby detract enormously from an otherwise well-turned-out look. Take trouble in putting on your stockings to see that the seams are exactly at the back of the legs, and be sure that there is not the tiniest trace of a hole. Mud-splashed stockings should be changed as soon as possible. Shoes should never be allowed to stay down at the heel. Have the heels put right as

soon as they show signs of needing attention.

See that skirts and jumpers are trim at the back, and that skirts do not droop even the smallest bit at the hem. If you are inclined to stoop, or to walk with the head bent and the shoulders raised, try hard to correct this attitude. Rest, exercise and massage will strengthen a weak back, and by standing and walking erectly and sitting with the back as straight as you can, you will cultivate a good back.