MISCELLANEOUS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 24, 14 June 1890, Page 15

MISCELLANEOUS.

There i- no u-e in pretending that the question of dress is a frivolous or an idle one. or that sensible w-omen are above it, or that a woman who finds herself with • nothing to wear.’ and take- time and thought in providing herself with -•metliing. mu-t needs lie a Flora McFlinisey. All women are not pretty, all are not graceful, or • styli-h.’ or attractive, or imposing : but every woman has a best side, and it is her duty to know it and to make the most of it. and keep it on view in-tead of the wor-t -ide. which -o many of the dear creatures seem determined to present. Every woman, if she mean- to till her own place in the world, is bound to make the mi—t of herself, and to keep on doing it as long a- -he live-. Some ladies are complaining that instead of becoming more sensible the costume- designed for feminine wear are more inconvenient than ever. It is now the correct thing to ruin the hems of street dre-se- by allow ing them to drag on the {lavement. It is a m<»-t cxjensive and disgusting style. The skirt attracts to itself all the mud. etc. very much etc., too frequently . it can find on the footpath. and carries it into the dwelling-house of the wearer or of her friends. The carpet in the drawing room acts as a bru-h, and relieves the (frees of [.art of its tilth. No wonder gentlemen call laities insane in their crate for being in the fashion, osst what it may.