A rather dreadful little series of articles is coming out on "Charm." T say dreadful because the author is so insistent on her readers' having charm that one almost drops the the paper.in the midst of a paragraph to fly to the hair dressers, the costumer's the beauty parlour, or, even worse, resorts to psycho analysis to discover why one is failing in charm, or to a fortune teller to find out which charm should be emphasized.
ing a number of these "charm" tabloids is a little de pressing to the average person because there are so many ways in which every one ought to be charming that one becomes as self-conscious as a "subject" after a visit to the photographers. Horrible suspicions are aroused, too, for the editor writes that these suggestions offer help to those whose charm is misdirected." Isn't that a calamity? Suppose you had been cultivating a lisp for twenty-odd years in the fond belief that: it rendered you irresistible. Could one recover from the blow of finding that one's pose had been misdirected all that time? How bitter to realize that charms may come boomeranging back upon one marked "returned for better Again we read that "the chief interest of every woman and girl is "How can I make myself more attractive." Now we wonder. Of course that idea rises to the forefront of consciousness when we are buying hats or arranging our hair or prinking in front of the glass, but after all those moments are not a Jarge part of our waking consciousness and certain other considerations such as "What shall I order for dinner?' "How can I entertain friends?" What school will be best for the children?" "How am I going to earn some more money?" or What. book will give me the greatest thrill?" all have to be taken into account.
I have just learned that "girls of to-day are realizing the value of colour as a means of expressing their individual charm or personality. There is a charm about. even the letters that girl writes." If you are dreadfully in love, I gather, 2 blush rose colour for your stationery is fitting since it is a colour that is richly emotional and expresses love, devotion, fondness. In your writing paper it. helps.to express your fondness even before you have written the
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