Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-06-22
a TALK ON DRESS.
why u Does Not PAy 20 Hny Goods Jasi
nocnuse They Are Cheap.

nocause They Are Cheap.
In the lirst place. always buy the
pest ~ every thing IL costs more 10
The first place. Of course, but IL cheap
or In the end. Let me prove y 10
you We will say you wish 70 buy an
ordinary wooden dress. You see two
pieces OF cloth, one twilled nannei \
ut fifty cents, and the other a soft I
cashmere at eighty cents You say
YOU can not afford the latter price. so I
you buy eight yards Of flannel. paying |
FIVE dollars for having |. made up, the
total cost being nine dollars. After
wearing IL month or so you find that
IL knots up In ugly little rolls catch
ing every particle of dust and lint. and
the more you brush II the rougher 1t
gets. After awhile, however, these
little knots wear away. and leave
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
are Obliged TO get another. paying
another FIVE dollars for having Il made
up Thus your dresses alone In four
months have cost you eighteen dol =
lars On the contrary. the cashmere.
which would cost total " steven dol
lars and forty cents In tho frst 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 III
for you II would make over into nice
little play dress for your six-year-old.
DO ,ou not agree with Inc now that
the best Is the cheapest ] have seen
women going around In dIngy. faded
drcsses. apologize Tor their appear
ancs BY saying; my dress IL just a
cheap thing. you know, part cotton.
aud II has faded dreadfully; but
couldn't afford any thing better!
tell Won that you can not afford 10 buy
any thing which is cheapl You VII
surely lose in tine end. and will b.
Obliged to wear faded and shabb!
| clothes in the meantime
| In the second place, dress plainly,
| Ii is for the wealthy 10 wear trim
mtcg, and jet and beads and gimp ane
| fandangoes. These are all very beau
liful and becoming when one can ai
ford 10 buy the best; but 70 copy them
| IA, you must. In cheaper goods nn'
materials. they are worse than roth
ing. Because you admire n set Of Rus
sian sable. worn by a daughter Of Crd
sus. as she rolls by in her carriage
don't spend your precious ton dollar
in initiating it in monkey skin. IL do
ceives no ono. and Only makes 20
ridiculous. A BIT OF real sealskli
around your neck. or soft. velVety OF
ter wonld be far prettier. A lon
time ago went TO buy muff and TIA
salesman persuaded me into taking
black fox skin al a dollar, assurin
me that mo one could tell IL from tn
genuine lynx" The idea of having
muff which every one would thin
, WIS lynx pleased by my girlish var
ity q was younger then. dear sisters
and | bought IT, ! had carried II jui
six weeks when the fur began to con
out, and SOON found that my precio'
LYNX" muff was slowly growing bal
could not nfford another; SO,
. despair. bought a bit Of bla'
astraehan for forty cents (it only r
quired quarter of q Yard, made
D little cover, and slipped my poor ms
inside. A coduet.Ish little knot
. charry -colored ribbon, peeping o
: from one OF the holes, kept 1t from B
2 | -. 49,. H.. a,,a In thfa Wuy | hu
2 carried 1t for two winters, and am
d ginning TO fear that | am doomed
d carry II yet a third. "a IL Is just
4 good rs ever. ! learned lesso
u however. which shall never forget
J. thai 1t Is far wiser and more satisfa
/. tory to bug more modest materii
!, and have 1t the best of
e kind, than TO spend the saI
3 amount OF money on che
h imitation Of something that
far beyond our reach. Let alone rhc'
II things Of all kindsl A tawdry bit
IT gilt lace or tinsel never improves
a dress. but rather stamps the wearcr
= shabhy-genteel. A plain. dark drei
neatly made and lifted. and finish
simply by dainty white rufile
neck and wrists. looks far moro iae
like than one decked cast with che
.. ornamentlon. Ifthis seesns too seye
liz plan aud somber 10 suit 20
n fancy. twenty-five cents invested
10 some becoming ribbon. 10 give yo'
IL touch OF brightness. will not he sp'
10 amiss But before | leave this 81
OF iect will merely remind yom Il
u the world Of fashion Il beginning
u realize the beauty Of simplicity. a
ID some Of the most elegant and exp'
be sivc dresses worn By the bellies
RS Fifth avenue are the tailor-ms
~ gowns. almost Quakerish in tn
s,l plainness. worn with linen collar Il
"a cuffs. Minneapolis Housekeeper.
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RI A Ready-witted Maiden.