Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-04-14
THE IlvIN0 pn0HLEN,
Dressing on sIOO a Year How =
Clergyman's Daughters RAN
age 10 Dress Elegantly on a
Limited Hnc0ple,



includes everything We wear. an
obliged 10 goin society to q certain
I extent, and nv calling list is quite ex.
| tensive. ] hold that a woman is vel
| dressed il her gloves and shoes are
| irreproachabls. l. generally have q
| half worn pair Of shoes left at easter
and these / wear on rainy days or long
walking expeditions. | buy a new
pair of neat walking shoes with low
heels and moderately heavy soles for
81. Sometimes pay less, never more.
Then at the same time | buy light
pair of shoes with high heels and two
pairs Of slippers. one pair being for the
house aud the other to wear at any
dancing party or evening entertain
ment to which may be invited. For
my summer shoes pay So, 81 for my
party slippers, and 81 for the other
pair. | generally purchase my shoes
in Sixth avenue, where the same shoe
is fifty per cent less than at fashion
able shoe stores. My shoes therefore
cost $40 year and my feet are always
we'll shod. My gloves, of which |
have to be very careful, cost me S.
for the year. [ bought last year one
pair of Lisle thread, for common use,
With six buttons, for fifty cents; one
pair of tan colored Mousquetaire
gloves, coming quite up the arm. and
of an excellent quality, for 81. These
| wore at church, receptions and lee
lures and the like all the winter; a
pair of tan colored silk ones, costing
l.50, doing the same duty during the
spring and summer, For evening
wear, that is for parties, etc., | pur-
chased a very dainty pair of tan
colored, undressed kid for 81. You
will observe that all my gloves are OF
the same color. Tan is a most ecOnom>
ical shade, as it can be worn with any
dress and look we'll. When my gloves
become somewhat soiled | clean them
with little milk and common soap,
first puttinga glove On, then taking in
the other hand over the first finger a
clean flannel rag, dipping it in the
milk and rubbing a small portion of
the soap on it. then apply it to the
glove, rubbing gently until it is en-
tirely clean in that spot, and then take
fresh portion of the flannel and go
through the same process until the
gloves are clean. This method Is bet
ter than benzine, and saves me consid-
cradle money.
| bought last year six new dresses,
besides two dark calicoes for the
house. A dark blue cashmere of ten
yards cost s.. The material is not Of
the finest, but is serviceable and
drapes gracefully. Ten yards made
me plain dress (Which is the fashion,
l am thankful to say, a jersey cut
Jacket, muf and one Of those little
turbans Of the dress goods which are
so extensively worn. | made the dress
myself with the exception of cutting
aud fitting the jacket, which cost me
seventy-6ve cents. The hat frame
cost fifteen cents, the lining and but.
tons seyentyNfve cents, including wad-
ding for the jacket and mutf, the
silk and button hole twist ten cents,
making a total of S6.75 for jaunty
and comfortable costume, suitable for
church or for walking. Ny next dress
was black silk, which is always gen
teel and not wearisome to the eye. |
purchased sixteen yards at 81 Is per
yard on Sixth avenue, the silk being
good but not extra heavy. The lining
and buttons cost me 81, the cutting
aud fitting another dollar, making the
cost of the dress, which will do extra
service next year, just S22. A grey
serge dress of eight yards, for general
service, cost me Sl.77, the material at
l6 cents, and the buttons, Innings, ETC.,
at 30 cents. A white nuns yelling,
which | trimmed with lace about the
square corsage and elbow sleeves.
amounting to So, the ten yards Of
goods costing 81 80 and the five yards
Of Oriental lace 30 cents. This |
wore at evening entertainments,
changing with my black silk. A
white muslin and a blue cambria,
both pretty dresses, cost me respect
lively $l.20 and 81, each having ten
yards. | found buttons around the
house for them and lined the waists
with muslin. Two dark calicos for
home morning wear cost me, for mate.
rails 6 cents per yard, each dress hav-
ing eight yards, and with the buttons
both amounting toSll0. My dresses.
which | consider sufficiently good for
any girl, cost me for the year S36 So
| | had one hat like my cashmere
dress and another small bonnet made
out Of piece of black silk and beaded
with two silk pompons on the side, the
frame costing twelve cents, the beads
twenty-five cents and the pompons
fifty, making a total Of eighty-seYeu
, cents for a handsome bonnet. My
summer hats, two in number, cost mt
! 81 90 and 81. The 81 80 hat wa.
J Of coarse white straw, in the poke
j shape, price seveny-fve cents. TIL,
! other hat for daily wear was a poke O.
> yellow straw, very coarse In texture
! costing seventy-fve cents, and tn,
4 trimming was a piece of soft whit,
= null, price twenty cents. My bat
3 for the year cost (omitting the turbal
y charged above, 1881.
81 A good cloth jacket, made from on
u Of pas old coats, paying 81 to have
fitted and 81 for some handsome but
tons. Every year buy some thirt
y Yards OF muslin at ten cents per yar(
= This makes me three sets oil under
~ clothing, including skirts, corset cover
and night dresses, leaving sufficient fc
a. odds and ends during the year. N
!, trinming Of feather edged braid an
rick.rack / make myself, it oostin
me for materials last year Fifty cent
My underclothiug, therefore, amount
to $3.50 per annum, having plenty
changes.
= My Aannels last year cost me s., il
'A GLIDING two skirts which | embroidel