Usually black and navy blue are the smallest colours for the stout woman, White is said to make a person look big, but the perfectly simple white frock of good proportions is not a bad choice.
Usually beige and gray are very "large" colour, but there are cases where these colours ace so becoming that they are well chosen anyway.
Pastel colours—pinks, light blues, ete—are poor selections. If you want gay colours choose the rich, darker tones—the darker wine shades of red, and greens on the darker side of jade.
Fringe is usually beloved of the woman of extra pounds, but not always used by her. Sometimes the straight line of the long silk fringe only draws attention to the curves of the body beneath it, and the unulation of heavy fringe as the stout woman walks is often only too eloquent of over weight. However, properly used, fringe, like beaded gobgette or chiffon, is an excellent device for the fat woman.
'The first vocational -echool for women in China was opened in Canton Into in 1928 by the Young' Women's Christian association. This experiment has back of it the convietion that only through economic independence can Chinese women escape the afflictions of foreed mar. riage, secondary wives and easy divorce, The school opened with fifty pupils and the number has steadily increased.
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