The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1891-02-21
A TALK or DRESS.


Why u doe. ssg Tsy 10 iiay Good, JHsi
iiar.ass iEsy AZ. thrzp.
In tho hrag place. always boy Tho
best Of every thing. II costs more In
the IRE, p.ac,. Of course. bat Z. chrsI'-
r Ia tho end Let me provo Il 10
you Wo viii say you wish 20 buy an
ordinary wooden d.esA You SEQ two
pieces OF cloth. ono tui.lri flannel
At nliy ogats. and the other soii
cashmere nj eighty coats Yoa ,ay
you San not afford tho latter pric-. 90
you buy olsh, yards Of flannel. paying
hyc dollars for having II made up. tho
total cost being nlns dollars After
wearing Il month or 20 you Ind that
1, knots up la ugly litils rolls. catch
ing oyory particle % dus, Hpi liui. aud
tho morn you brush It tho roughcr I,
gets After awhile. kowuye-. these
lliilo knois war away. aud leave q
thin. coarse. slcaxy foundation. which
soon gives out at tho elbows and
scnms In iour months your dr,ss Is
% for nothing but the rag bag. agd sou
nno obliged In got another. paying
another I've dollar, Tor having Il made
uP Thus your drcis-, alone In four
months hayo cost you olghtccu dol.
lars On tho contrary. tho cashmere.
which would cost total 81 eleven dol.
lars and forty cents In tho fret place.
would. with reasonable caro-. La; you
fully u year. shedding dust aad dirt
.itr n BLK. aud always looking bright
aud fresh. And when 80 longer tit
for you I; would max. over Into a ulea
ll','o play dryss for your slx.ycas-oii.
Do you not agrca with mo now that
the bos, Is tho cheapest have seen
women going AROUND In. dlnsy. fnais,.,
dresses. apoloslslrg Tor their appear
aucr by ssyingi My dr-,. IA Jus, n
cheap thing. you know. par, cotton.
and Il has faded drcadlully; bu,
cpulda't afford any thing bcitcr''
tell you tina; you can no; afford 30 buy
any thing which Ia chcap' You will
surely loco in tho end. and will b.
obliged To wear faded aad shabby
clothes In the meantime
In the second place. drcss plainly.
Il l. for tho wealthy TO wear trim.
ming and Ic, uni beads and gimp aud
'ln4nngoca- Those n-o all worry beau
i'gi and becoming when ono can NJ
ford to buy tho bcsi; bu; to copy ihcm.
%, you must, In cheaper goods and
materials. ;huy arr wor-r than 10th
lug. Bccauso you admire soi Of lius-
sian sable. worn hy daughter OF trd,-
.Us. ~ sh1 rolls by In hcr carriage.
don't sp1ni your precious ton dollars
In Initiating 1; In monkey skin. IL de-
crivc, no ono. and nniy makls you
ridiculous A bit Of real -calslsin
around your lcS. or soft. vclycty OF
toe, would b. iar prr,.lcr. a long
time ago ! went TO bug a NUT and tho
salesman persuaded mo into taking u
black fox skin ut u doilR'. assuring
mo that mo one could toll Il from the
genuine lynx" Tho idea Of having u
mun which every ono would think
was lynx pleased by my girI.sh van
iiy q was younger then. dear sistcr.).
and bought It. had carried II just
tx weeks when tho fur began to come
out. and soon found that my precious
lying mur was slowly growing bn d!
could not afford another; so. in
despair. | bought bit Of black
a trnchau for forty cents 0t only rc-
quired n quarter of n ynrd). made u
little cover, and clipped my poor mgT
inside. A coquoitish littlc knot oi
chcrry-colorci TSbbun. popping out
from ono Of the holes. kept 1t from be-
ing too sombcr. and In this wny have
carried 1t for two winters. and am ~
ginning TO fear that | ana doomed to
carry II yot n third. IA 1t Is just ~,
good MS ever. learned n lesson.
however. which ! shall never forgot
iha, IL 1, far wiser aud more satisfuc-
DRY TO buy n more modest material.
aud have II the best of Il.
kind, than to spend the same
amount of money on n cheap
imitation OF something that is
far beyond our reach. Lcl alone cheap
things of all kind,' A tawdry bit OF
gilt lace or tine mover improves II
dress, but rather stamps tho wcurcr a.
Ghabby-gcntocl. \ plain. dark drcss.
neatly made and fitted, and finished
simply by n dainty white rufllo at
neck and wrists, looks far more lady
like than one declScd out with cheap
urnamcntion. if,this seems too severe
ly PLAIN aud sombcr TO suit your
fancy, twenty-five cents invested in
some becoming ribbon. 10 give You u
touch of brightness, will not DO spcB,
amiss. But before leave this sub.
jcct ] will merely remind you that
the world OF fashion is beginning to
realize the beauty Of simplicity, aud
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