Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 24, 1992 TAG: 9203240432
SECTION: EDITORIAL PAGE: A-8 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Here in the Greenbrier Valley, many of us read the Roanoke Times & World-News for its ads and for its coverage of the arts. I usually read only the Sunday paper, but since you've begun "Mingling" I'm buying Tuesday's paper as well - when I can find it.
Mingling puts me at the scene. It has that real, over-the-back-fence tone that conveys the content and the flavor of events. It even answers my question: What are people wearing in the city now? It's as if the writer said, "Hey, Joan, I went to this party and here's who was there and what they did and what they wore."
Why do I care what people wear? Costume, whether in the Metropolitan Museum or at a mystery weekend party, is deeply personal. Attire and accessories communicate a set of values. Just as Wall Street follows women's hem lengths, I read the tea leaves of current costumes for signs of optimism or gloom, conformity or individuality, hope or despair.
I do have one complaint: Why not publish "Mingling" on Sunday, so that I can read it more predictably? JOAN C. BROWNING RONCEVERTE, W.VA.
by CNB