Fashion is one of the best doctors women have, and she has stolen many a patient from the legitimate M. D. That fact alone is enough to fix her firmly on her throne, wrote a wise correspondent of "Answers" not long ago.
There's nothing like a new frock or hat for giving a woman a new lease on life, raising her spirits and curing her of nerves. bear closer relationship to health than many people imagine—at least, where the ordinary women are concerned. And you have to remember that there are more ordinary women than extraordinary ones in the world.
Even if a husband has to pay out much money for that creation Mme. So-and-So's, he may safely tell himself that he es the gainer, for he gets good spirits instead of depression and grumbling to keep him company, and probably saves his wife from a nervous breakdown into the bargain.
Some women of strong character are denying themselves new frocks altogether now (post war time). But you usually notice that they have lots of good ones to wear out, and that they belong to the set where clothes and being well-dressed do not matter as far as their chances in life go.
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