Telegram-herald., 1891-05-10
GOWNS TOR BUSINESS
shall Womsn Wear . Distinguish
ing style.
COMPROMISE BETWEEN EIIREyES
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swhat do yoa think Of the proposal 10
invent distinctive dress for business
womens Wontt you wear ify'
..Oh, won't commit myself. I'll wait
and see what IL u nrss." wss tho laugh
ing reply.
.Yess thazs b . proverb about taking
. horse 10 water. l should certainly TO-
bel e. divided skirt"
We were in . down town restaurant.
IN New York where shcrc are '.sablss
reserved for ladies, and where hundreds
Of businsss women take their lunch every
day. good place 30 observe the ehArac-
tezise1cs u the species. in dress and other
lnasssrA
A glance around the room inelines ono
% believe that business women are net
particularly different from other women.
Colonel Trsdennis might have picked
out ''the woman who supports her fam
lily on her salary and the one who buys
her ribbons with it," but - rule they
do not acquire any Of what George Eliot
calls ''epicene quecrnesses." and they APP
pear TO dre0 In good taste and 10 like
pretty things when they can get them Is
well As other people.
And why not. I'm sure the business
woman needs them quite as much Her
surroundings are not generally festive,
and ara often gloomy and ugly, and she
cannot take IL out in looking at other
peoples pretty things, as saleswoman
might, since her work generally takes
her among the half OF humanity that is
doomed 20 cropped heads, stif collars
and derby hats.
1T strikes me-" says Prima. stirring
her chocolate. that the light OF nature
Ia as likely To dictate sensible dress TO q
business woman As to any one else"
YES" says Secunda, but If they
could invent something TO keep the mud
OF ones skirts, I for ono should be CRATE
full Ii hasn't been so bad this season,
but do you remember last, when it rain
ed every day? How sick and tired
used 10 get brushing mud of my skirts.
Tn sure l carried home enough to make
a small farm, and when l refoct that
real estate in this part Of the city Is al
most worth the gold that would cover it,
have an underlined feeling that ! ought
70 be richer than / am"
But. my dear, why can't you hold up
your dressy'
Il don't know why, but ! can't. Some
people have o gift that way--I haven't.
And then it is such bother to carry q
waterproof and rubbers when it isn't
raining that often go without them and
run the risk Of being caught"
Then what you want is rainy day
bag. Any one who has had a pair of
muddy rubbers on her hands TO get
home when it has cleared up in the at
ternoon would appreciate this. The
pockets you get with rubber cloaks are
not big or durable enough, and, oddly,
they generally como with the cheap
ones. not with the good. but these latter
commonly have hood, which you have
probably discarded as absurd. Take
this and rip 1t up, or cut it close to the
seams. and You get yard Of striped
rubber cloth to match your cloak. Make
a bag about twelve inches square. Put
. piece of black ribbon or silk across the
top for finish and to put a casing in.
Put strings Of cord or narrow ribbon.
Whenf you want TO dispose Of your rub
bers Ii is such a comfort to pop them
into this and roll them up, instead Of an
awkward parcel with two or three thick
nesses of paper. Ordinarily you keep it
packed with your rubbers and cloak,
your elastic strap and some safety pins
10 hold up your dress evenly, and q
thick veil. On a threatening morning
all you have TO do is to slip it over your
arm and. it leaves your hands free, for
there is room to crowd in book or par
Gel hate to carry things in my hands
"But. pray" interrupts Tertia ''does
this remarkable bag hold your umbrella
into the bargain
mot quite. but have chain for my
umbrella and ii hangs from my belt. I
carry a small one, for, after all, m UNI
brella only keeps your hat dry
"Well, for my part wouldn't give
fig for waterproof think they are
hot in summer and cold in winter, and
clumsy always. Stormy weather Is gen.
orally cool enough to make an ulster
comfortable. 1 pin my skirt up under
my ulster. and my ankles are still yelled
from vulgar eyes
Somebody explains, speaking Of elastic
straps, that they are no good il they are
loose. Three-quarters Of yard is gen.
erally enough. of stout, inch elastic.
Have IL well up. not down around the
knees: pull the skirt through evenly and
pun il to be fat.
There Is great comfort in an extra
pocket or two. This sounds impossible
To people who are contented to go with
out any: but make up your mind TO
have them. possible or not, and serve
notice on your dressmaker to that effect.
Have pockets in your underskirts At any
rate. and You can carry your overshoes
In these il you are despiser of water
proofs.
BY many business women sateen il
voted the dress par excellence for sum
mer wear. It is delightfully."- cool and
light. sheds the dust AMI makes up into
wonderfully pretty costumes without
h-ing TOO dresey Another nstestsl shst
possibly oatranks IL IL what wa afore-
time known ~ debeise I supposs the
same thing is made every year with
different name. II comes In pretty