The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-18
FORTY Dollars a Year Are Enough
to Dress One Not Willfully
Wasteful.
Let No Trusting Husband Here
after Give UP Money to Be
Thrown Away.
Elegant Wardrobe of u Woman of Limited
Resources-Spiteful Letter of u
Grabbed Female

Globe on the question rs TO Wnetner women
can dress on $40 a year. One of them
writes asfollows:
while calling on a young lady a few
days ago, who was about to visit relatives
in Washington for q few weeks, | was given
q peep into her tasty wardrobe, which was
the result of considerable time and labor on
her part, with a little help in cutting and
fitting, and at a surprisingly small cost.
Two of the dresses particularly interested
me, and, perhaps, some of my 'must-be-
economical young friends might get a sug-
gestion from them for their new gowns.
1.-THE first one was q very dainty dress OF
pink cheese cloth, which may be found at
nearly any dry goods store at l2}}9 cents a
yard, and can be obtained in beautiful
shades of light blue and pink, also in cream
and white. The skirt was made very plain
in front, with a ruching of the dress goods
around the bottom. The bodice was sleeve
less and cut square-necked both in front
and behind. and edged with white feather
trimming, which makes an artistic setting
for a pretty face.
"The drapery of the skirt behind was
caught up on the bodice and fastened with
q mother-of- pearl buckle. Long white
gloves, reaching nearly to the shoulder, and
white slippers completed this very pretty
toilet. Aside from the price of cheese
cloth, which brings it within the reach OF
all, it Grapes beautifully, does not muss
easily, and the effect is quite as pleasing as
that of much more expensive fabrics,
"My friend kindly jotted down a list of
the articles purchased for this dress, which
reads as follows:
Cheese-cloth, 10 yards at 12H cents per
Feather trimming, / yard at 81 per yard go. . co
Waist lining. 1 yard al p cents per yard =. %
Skirt lining. A yards at l21a cents per yard, 81
Swing silk and thread. IS
Hooks and eyes Oh
"The other dress was for street. visiting
and house wear, the material being a clear
shade of gray cashmere, with a collar and
eirdle of heliotrope velvet. The goods were
draped long and slightly wrinkled in front
over the plain foundation, while at the back
and sides it was laid in plaits caught down,
but allowed to. fall in their own artistic
way. The basque was rather short and
pointed at the back and front. The collar
was high and of velvet, as was also the CIR
die. From the left shoulder a full strip of
the material was drawn over III surpllce
fashion, fastened ot the GiQe. Inc sleeves
were fashionably full at the top, but did
not look extreme.
land such a sweet little toque as she pro-
duced from the depth of her bandbox. made
of the dress material neatly laid over a
frame, with q broad piece of heliotrope vel
vet around the rim, laid in folds reaching
nearly to the crown. A tempting looking
bunch of violets pressed into rosette fash
ion, was placed slightly at one side. and
completed a very pretty and modest look
ing head dress.
Both the dress and the hat came out of
a $40 bill, with enough surplus for a nice
pair of gray undressed kid gloves to match,
as you may see:
COST OF DRESS.
cashmere s yards, at so cents per yard.... 81 90
waist, lining, 1a yards, at 20 cents per
yafu 5i
Skirt lining, 4 yards, at l21a cents per
-r-rd......... 80
Velvet, ya,d, at 81 10 per yard ........... %
Total, SO 81
COST OF HAT.
Nloleta. ...,......... 90
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6s.. os both IS GO