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 elaborate material is just as much out of place in an everyday environment as calico is in a ballroom. Perhaps, I ought not to have specified calico for it has come up in the world so lately that one would hardly be surprised to find it rubbing elbows with silks and satins. But this brings us back to the question of suitability again and the first rule on page 2.

In order to be stylish, your clothes must suit the purpose and the occasion for which they are intended.

You may not have thought of it in just this way, but there is etiquette in clothes just the same as in table manners. Here are a few of the general rules. CLOTHES ETIQUETTE:

CLOTHES THAT SUIT THE PLACE AND THE SEASON

Sport’s Clothes. Do you know off hand just what you should wear when you golf or play tennis or ride or tramp cross country? It is pleasant to have the assurance that your clothes are just right in every particular.