Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-18
A TALK ON DRESS
why - Does Not PAY to buy Goaa.
because They Are Cheap.

'no 'rs' place, always buy the
nest OF every thing. 1t costs mo.. -
the iirst place. OF course. but il oha.a
err IN the end. Let me prove /, -
you. We viii say you wish 70 b,v aa
ordinary WOODEN dress. You sec ,wo
pisces oil cloth, one twiIled ea,na,
al MY cents, and the other a sof,
cashmere at eighty cents. You saw
yon can not afford the latter price az
you puS eight yards OF flannel. paving
I'VE dollars for having it made M. the
'o'a' cost being nine dollars. Af,er
wearing 1t month or SO you find tba,
u Knots up in ugly little rolls. catcb.
ing every particle of dust and lint and
the more you brush it the roncher I,
gets. After awhile, however these
niue Knots wear away, and leave 8
thin' coarse, sleazy foundation. which
soon gives out at the elbows and
seams. In four months your dress !,
nj Tor nothing but the rag bag. and yo,
are Obliged to get another. pavino
another live dollars for having il mad,
up thus your dresses alone in fon
months have cost you eighteen dol.
lars. On the contrary, the cashmere
which would cost a total of eleven dol
lars and forty cents in the first place
would. with reasonable care, last Won
.iuiiy year, shedding dust and dir
ike silk, and always looking brigb
and fresh. And when no longer fl
Tor you 1t would make over into mic,
lltte play dress for your six-yea ,-old
10 sou not agree with me now tina,
the best is the cheapest? / have seer
women going around in dingy, fadec
dresses, apologizing for their appear.
ance by saying: "My dress IS Just a
cheap thing, you know, part cotton
and it has faded dreadfuIly; but ]
couldn't afford any thing better!'
tell you that you can not afford to buy
any thing which is cheapl You viii
surely lose in the end, and will D,
obliged to wear faded and shabb,
clothes in the meantime.
In the second place, dress plainly
1t is for the wealth, to wear trim.
m'rg and jet and beads and gimp and
fandangoes These are all very beau
liful and becoming when one can 81.
ford to buy the best; but to copy them,
~ you must, in cheaper goods and
materials. they are worse than moth.
ing. Because you admire set OF Rus
sian sable, worn by daughter of Crn-
sus, as she rolls by in her carriage.
don spend your precious ten dollars
in Initiating it in monkey skin. 1t de-
ceives no one. and only makes YOU
ridiculous. A bit of real sealskin
around your neck, or soft, velvety OF
ter, would be far prettier A long
time ago went to buy muff and the
salesman persuaded me into taking
black fox skin at a dolla', assuring
me that mo one could tell it from the
genuine lynx" The idea Of having Il
muff which every one would think
was lynx pleased By my girlish van
ity q was younger then, dear sisters),
and | bought it had carried it just
six weeks when the fur began to come
out, and soon found that my precious
lynx mutf was slowly growing baldl
! could not afford another; so, in
despair, | bought a bit Of black
a>trachau for forty cents Git only re-
quired Il quarter of a Yard, made a
little cover, and slipped my poor mutf
inside A coquettish little knot OF
cherry -colored ribbon, peeping out
from one of the holes, kept it from be-
ing too somber and in this way ! have
carried it for two winters, and am be-
ginning to fear that | am doomed to
carry it yet a third, as it is just as
good as ever. | learned a lesson,
however, which ! shall never forget
thai it is far wiser aud more satisfac-
tory to buy a more modest material,
and have it the best OF it.
kind. than to spend the same
amount of money on cheap
imitation of something that l.
far beyond our reach. Let alone cheap
things of all kinds A tawdry bit OF
gilt lace or tin ell never improves a
dress. but rather stamps the wearer as
shabby gentee. A plain, dark dress,
neatly made and fitted. and finished
simply by dainty white ruflie at
neck and wrists. looks far more lady
like than one decked out with cheap
ornamention. If,this seesls too severe
" PLAIN aud somber to sntt your
fancy. twenty-five cents invested IN
some becoming ribbon, to give you a
touch of brightness. will not be spent
amiss. But before leave this sub
isct | will merely remind you that
the world of fashion is beginning to
realize the beauty of simplicity and
some of the most elegant and eNpen-
.iye dresses worn by the bellies OF
Fifth avenue are the taiIor-made
Gowns, almost Quakerish in then
nloinness, worn with linen collar and
cuffs.-Minneapolis Housekeeper.
A Ready-Wtted Maiden