Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-04-10
SaSiee' Department.
ECONOMIC DRESSING.
BY MRS. II. W. BEEcHER.

III lhdhlug purchases ~ 10 SSVhOihy W
select as good articles as ones income
will warrant; for there is no saving in
buying anything simply because it is
cheap, unless it is also good and service
able. To buy a needless and fimsy ar
ticle because the price is unusually low
Is waste, not economy.
For daily use the dress should be cho-
sen with reference to the work that must
be done while wearing it. Make it neat
and comfortable for such work without
regard to style unless, by some unusual
freak, Fashion may have adopted some
thing simple and convenient. To see
girls sail through kitchen or bend over
the washtub in a trailing wrapper,
sweeping the dirt from the floor or soak |
ing in the suds, should prevent more
sensible women from giving the warrant |
of their example to those under their in
influence.
No article is cheaper for being ugly.
First be sure of the price. then examine
the quality of the goods to be purchased.
These two points being found satisfac-
tory, every wife, for her husbands sake
and for her own, should select the pat
tern and color which is most becoming
to her size, figure and complexion. Of
course the husband will take pleasure,
when selecting his own wardrobe. in be-
ing equally Observant to his wife's pref
erences and taste. 1t betokens cloudy
atmosphere when either becomes indif-
ferent to the appearance Of the other.
Ginghams and calicoes are the most
serviceable for working or morning dress,
because they can be washed and made to
''look amaist as weel's the new" every
week, and any unfortunate greese spot
on these fabrics can be easily removed
by skilful washing. In cold weather if
one finds 1t necessary to have warmer
dresses about her work, alpaca or serge,
although more expensive in the first
cost than some Of the many varieties of
wooden goods now in the market, yet be-
ing more durable, and less easily defac
ed, are really in the end the most eco.
nomical The less cotton there is in
wooden fabrics the longer they will last
without looking shabby.
If a person must be much in TIN
kitchen. or finds it necessary to attend
closely to the cooking, wooden dresses
are so difficult to clean that if they ar,
used it is prudent to have long saci
: apron, made with sleeves, reaching al
most to the bottom of the skirt Rails
the dress and skirt beneath the apron b
means of dress elevator, and when tn
= work Is done and the apron removed, a
y alpaca or serge dress will be found !
" good condition, and perfectly appropri
, ate for an afternoon or walking dress
Il In summer many kinds of cambrict
" muslins, lawns, or pique are pretty an
49, inexpensive for use when the rough wor
IL is finished, and if made simply are a
II ways in good taste; but on no materii
u do many rufies or puffs so soon becOu
III untidy as on thin fabrics.
< If one sometimes longs for just oil
81 really fashionable dress, which cam
" properly be afforded, this fact shou
yield some comfort: namely-that abo
'u- every six or eight years this freaky 60
he dess, tired of her usual absurditles, a
ed tonishes her votaries by introduci
IN some extremely neat and tasteful sly
or sufficiently economical to warrant the
eW in moderate circumstances in free indr
GU geuce for a season. One has only
ny wait few years to be fashionable wit
we out being perplexed by conscientio
les scruples. But follow Fashion only VII
ent she offers that which is within your
come as we'll as that which is in IL
ON taste. Always be her mistress-ne1
cts, her Stare.
Tor 1t is commonly held that one silk dr.
lie at least is indispensable. We see
eat pressing necessity for it; one can
this truly respectable without even one s
On. dress. 1t may be qualification, dou
are less. and if the first expense may be
hat CURED. without Hazard. it is quite de-
d. able and not extravagant. But ne
sed buy cheap, himsy article merely
cas- the pleasure Of wearing a six dr.
uch After wearing such silk few tin
to it becomes very unsatisfactory, and
the feels defrauded of the pleasure ant
low pated by the possession. A good sill
sta black, or Of fast colors-may prove Il
OF economical in its appropriate use t
less almost any other material, because
pro cut with care and judgment it can,w
tiles defaced, be turned, made over, and
Too modelled almost indefinitely, and alv
hon look well-that is, neat and respects
ma after each change; but wooden m
adj rails do not bear many TRANSFORMED
or without looking old and dingy.
bust When silk dress has done duty
"best dress" with skilful modifcat
arge it can become pleasant home dress
rural when that term Of service expires,
ID a descend to the children or be used
men trimmings or Innings But in buyi1
our silk one must count the cost from