The Arizona sentinel., 1888-09-15
WoMAN'S WARDROBE.
What Fifty Dollars Will Do Toward Buy
 ing a Lady's Toilette.

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 What Fifty Dollars Will Do Toward Buy
 ing Lady's Toilette.
 Scarcely an article has been written
 upon dress which does net presuppdse
 some heirleom-a bit of lace; or grands
 mothers wedding dress. These hints
 presuppose nothing except some plain
 but whole undergarments, dress or
 two suitable for everyday wear, and
 the sundry other things which go to
 make up the wardrobe of woman of
 very moderate means.
 Be the time fall or spring, the first purchase advised would be home- spun dress. The material for this for d iiedium-sized person ought not to cost more than s, which should in- clude lining, the buttons being wooden molds covered. The whole suit might be made at home, if one is an adept; but if not, reliable dressmakers can be procured at $1.50 a day, who can, with assistance, make the waist and cut the skirt in one day. An outside jacket of some one of the stuff5 fashionable just now can be bought for $5 and is more economical than one of the same material as the dress, as it can be worn with other costumes. A bon net frame covered with piece of the dress, and trimmed with loops of ribbon harmonizing in color with the suit, ought-n0t to cost more than $1. A pair of boots at $3 and gloves at $1 will complete this costume, which is suitable to wear at church, lectures, in making calls and at afternoon teas. A black surah satin should be the next purchase, very fair quality of which is now offered at seventy-fve cents per yard. Ten yards will make a modest dress, and, allowing s to the dressmaker, $1.50 for four jet orna- ments for the waist buttons, and lining, the cost will be about $11.50. A bonnet, made of pieces of the satin edged with jet, and trimmed with bows of satin and a jet ornament, can be put together for $1,50.
 This dress, with little variation of lace about the neck, bright ribbons, or flowers, ought to be considered pretty enough for any occasion to which a woman in moderate circumstances would go.
 Of the $50, $2S have now been ex- pended, and with the money remain ing, in making up an imaginary wardrobe, number of necessary things must be considered. For in- stance, two sets of woolen undercloth- ing, $3; two pairs of lisle thread and three pairs of cotton hose, $1.75; one pair of low shoes, $2; collars and cuffs, $1.20; one-half dozen handkerchiefs, $1; three pairs of gloves, $3; straw hat trimmed to accord with cloth suit, $1.25; sun umbrella, $1.50; two wash able dresses, one of crinkled seer sucker, the other gingham, 1925; one Danish cloth, cream colored for young lady, light gray or brown for an older one, with velvet collar and cuffs, $125. These should be of home man. ufacture.
 There are many little accessories to lady's toilette unmentioned in this article which seem positive necessi- ties. These must be provided for by closer calculation, or by dispensing with something here named, with which one is supplied, as no one is supposed to be exactly in the condition of newborn infant or shipwrecked sailor.
 For those living in colder climate than the vicinity of New York City, it is possible that warmer clothing will have to be thought of. In that case an older lady might dispense with the satin dress the first year-for it can easily be seen that if garments are properly taken care of, the second year will not be so difficult to plan for and buy a fur-lined garment. A younger lady, to whom the satin seems a necessity, could have a dress of one of the suiting materials offered this spring for thirty-three cents per yard, and, with the difference between this | and the hOmespun, added to the $5 | which the outside jacket would cost, get a Newmarket.
 A slight margin has been left, more over, for emergencies, and as these hints are based upon actual experi- ence, it goes without the saying that what has been done once can be done again.
 Emerson says that wealth, with other things, consists in possessing two suits of clothes. So let no woman dare to say she is not rich when it has been plainly shown that the purchas- ing power of $50 exceeds even the standard. d.-JuLiG ii. Treat, in Christian Union.
 Queer men have queer fancies. Dr. Cooper, the Pittsburgh physician