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my feet

If my hands must look small on the stage, must appear no less so. I wish such were not the case. You see, my everyday shoe is a seven, while my costume footwear is size four and one-half. Part of the penalty for my success lies in the pinch of these shoes. I always wear satin slippers on the stage, and I advise them for every woman who wants her foot to look small and dainty. The high light on the satin seems to make the slipper look smaller than it really is. Of course, a short vamp and high heel add to the illusion.

The hair is perhaps the next question of interest to women. I am constantly on the lookout for unusual wigs, hair of an odd shade which will make my "girl" especial- ly stunning. I have the wigs dressed at intervals by an expert hairdresser. But every day when I put them on I adjust the front hair to give a softness around the face and also at the back of the neck, where it is so important to have the hair soft and fluffy.

I think that as a general thing women do not give proper attention to their hair. They do not dress it to suit their individual faces and temperaments a viola- tion of the first rule for correct and becoming hairdressing Instead they follow the prevailing fashion no matter how unbecoming. A woman should select one style for her coiffure, make it her own and cling to it as Cleo de Mer- ode clung to hers which was simple and yet lovely. I am certain that most women would be improved fifty per cent in appearance if they were more careful with their hair.

Maybe I am treading on dangerous ground when I say that in my belief a woman who has an unattractive shade of hair owes it to herself to have it touched up to a pret- tier color. But she should leave the process to an expert. To doctor it herself would in all probability ruin it. Just at present there is a fad abroad to have white hair an idea started in Paris when Lady Warwick with her sil- very hair and youthful face rode the boulevards. The women were enchanted with her hair and many of them are now "touching" their hair at the temples to make it look quite white.

Right in line with coloring the hair, I think that a