Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-06-05
q. A TALK ON DRESS.
Why It Docs Not Pay to tHy Goods Just
Because They Arc Cheap.

SAoAA Sb PAoSo, Va COuro0, Out IS cheap
er in the end. Let me prove it to
you. We will say you wish to buy an
ordinary wooden dress You see two
pieces OF cloth. one q twilled flannel
at fifty cents, and the other a soft
cashmere at eighty cents. You say
you can not afford the latter price, SO
you buy eight yards Of flannel. paying
five dollars for having it made up, the
total cost being nine dollars. After
wearing it month or so you find that
it knots up in ugly little rolls, catch
ing evory particle of dust and lint, and
the moro you brush it tho rougher it
gets. After awhile, however, these
little knots wear away. and leave q
thin, coarse, sleazy foundation, which
soon gives out at the elbows and
seams. In four months your dress is
fit for nothing but the rag bag, and you
arc obliged to get another, paying
another five dollars for having it made
up. Thus your dresses alone in four
months have cost you eighteen dol
lars. On the contrary, the cashmere,
which would cost total of eleven dol
lars and forty cents in the first place,
would. with reasonable care, last you
fully year, shedding dust and dirt
like n silk. and always looking bright
and fresh. And when no longer fit
for you it would make over into a nice
little play dress for your six-year-old.
DO you not agree with me now that
the best is the cheapestP l have seen
IN, f.
dresses. apologizing for their appear
ancc by saying: my dress is just a
cheap thing, you know, part cotton,
and it has faded dreadfully; but I
couldn't afford any thing better!'
tell you that you can not afford to buy
any thing which is cheap! You will
surely lose in the end. and will be-
obliged to wear fnded and shabby
clothes in the meantime
Because you admire n set Of Rus
sian sable, worn by IL daughter Of Cro-
sus, as she rolls by in her Carriage,
don't spend your preciou, ten dollars
in initiating it in m ,akey SKIN. 1t de-
ceive5 no one. all oI.y makes you
ridiculous. A bit of real sealskin
around your mock. or soft. velvety OF
ter, would be far prettier. A long
time ago went to buy muff and the
salesman persuaded mo into taking q
black fox skin mt n dDla' assuring
me that mo one could tell it from the
genuine lynx" The idea Of having a
mutf which every one would think
was lynx pleased by my girlish van
ity Ct was younge' then. deor sister,),
and l bought it. 1 had Carried it just
six weeks when the fur begun to como
out. and soon found that my precious
LYNX" muff was slowly growing bad!
[ could not afford another; so, in
despair, 1 bought u bit of black
nstrachau for forty cents Git only re-
quired a quarter of n yard), mado n
little cover, and slipped my poor muff
inside. A coquettish little knot OF
cherry-colored ribbon. popping out
from one of the holes, kept it from be-
ing too somber, and in this way have
carried 1t for two winters, and am be-
ginning to fear that l am doomed to
carry it yet third, as it is just as
good rs ever. I learned n lesson,
however, which l shall mover forget
tina, it Is far wiser and moro satisfac-
tory to buy q more modest material,
and have It the best of its
kind, than to spend the same
amount Of money on a cheap
imitation Of something that is
far beyond our reach. Let alone cheap
things Of all kinds! A tawdry bit OF
gilt lace or tinsel mover improves a
dress, but rather stamps the wearor rs
shabby-genteel. A plain. dark dress,
neatly made and fitted, and finished
simply by n dainty white ruffle at
neck and wrists, looks fur more lady
like than one decked out with cheap
ornamention. Ifthis seems too severe
ly plain and somber to suit your
fancy, twenty-five cents invested in
some becoming ribbon, to give you
touch Of brightness. will not be spent
nmiss But before leave this SUBJ
ioct / will merely remind you that
the world of fashion is beginning to
realize tho beauty of simplicity, and