The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-09-02
sooIgrrs OLD CLOTHES.


Economical Uses Of 8Ienlentoss OF Great
Social Events
The other day an inquisitive person
asked leader OF New York society
with the reputation OF never wearing a
gown more than three times: 'HOw do
you manage not to be swamped In
sea OF garments? Your gloves cost moro
than all my wardrohe, yet find my
closet disagreeably full at least once a
year"
The woman smiled inscrutabIy, say
ing: The poor we have always with us
] see you look incredulous, but it is an
absolute fact that my Worth gowns help .
90 warm many poor creature every .
winter Not, of course, In their first
estate. Madame is the magician that
makes them available When / have told .
you my part of the story ] viii send .
you to her for the rest You see, If
one goes ont "a great deal heaps of
clothes are a necessity, and the more
unique and striking gown lss the I
shorter its season of usefulness. Tor 7
people remember it, and do not forget /
to remark its appearance if at all ire /
quent- Then you must either remodel /
it. give it away, or send for madame.
"a clever maid, with lzuacz in her .
finger tips, can transform simple ]
/ gown with new draperies and trim /
miuRs, but give her an embroidered ]
French creation, radiant with the in /
! dividuulity of Worth and Riugat, and ]
! she buurIes terribly-so terribly in .
/ fact, that the last state of the Eurmene
/ 81 more notable than the first The
! most serviceabIe gown in the world isl
/ q silk or velvet, very handsome and
well cut but severely plain, upon
/ which all sorts OF trimmings maT be
/ supsrimPosed to give the effect of diff
/ feUent costumes BY so clothing your
] self you viii escape reprOach. On the
D s-HT0 FraHarH will u
| marked; and what woman could bear
/ ahat2 Nearly oil prominent society
/ woman have sisters, cousins, aunts1
! friends or protegees SO situated as to
1 make the gift of their scarcely-worn
| garments more than acccpta Ole, That
/ Is what becomes Of O deal of society's
| Erills. Their new owners make them
I over, or wear them intact ia fresh
fields and conquests new.
| Zone Fifth avenue mat-cu within my
| knowledge Is u sort Of special provi.
/ dence to many people Of whom she
! knows hardly more than their names
I The surplus Of her wardrobe goes into
the hands OF a nobly generous creature
I who delights TO distribute among other
gentlewomen who are secure enough %
their geuuHty not to take ohense az
the gift
THAT sort OF thing goes on largely
abroad, wbsEe the ranks OF poor gentle,
women are 20 pitifuIly crowded. There
is more of IL here, too, than you would
imagine. 1 could name you more than
one belle and beauty whose career
! would be i'm possible but for such COED
help. Very handsome stuhs are, OF
course, sometimes worked over by
dressmalrers outside, but il is tire eEoep
ton, not the rule.
''In London, though, you slwayl
count on getting a. new evening gown
! out of your court train after you have
] Hrr O.
I long, and Heaven knows how many
breadths yvids-so iu is as easy TO deal
with as new stuff; besides, there is the
lining for new uudergowu. Historic
brocades, too, are kept and made over.
] Indeed, as a rude, each one Of us cher
ishes very rich silk of any peculiar sort,
I real lace of all sorts, Lyons velvet and
/ sable. In each of these We buy such
quantities as deserve to become heir
looms, and for the most part we keep
them very well
DIsagreeabIs contretemps huvo- more
than once arisen from the maids APP
| pcaring ia the gar1 or ornaments OF the
! mistressi sometimes, too, such gifts are
puEPosely misused-for revenge some
times, or ia aid Of question: BILE asso-
Flntss. So, madame is more than ever
Z q blessing and a necessity. She is the
( dearest, neat small French woman,
with a trim shop ia an OFT f-the-vyay
2 nooh- She has been in business years
. and years We all have her address
and when gowns and wraps begin 70
, clutter every thing. she is sent for,
comes in a cab, trips daintily about
pulling over and peeping at things,
then says Il give the fady
} go many dollars counts out the
money and goes away. Next day q
d trunk or two leaves the house, not adj
dressed. but in charge of some one who
knows WhEE5 TO take it. At about the
I came time maybe, the charity organ
& 1Zarious receive sum of money, either
2 Enonyu- oualy or accompanied by a we'll
j known name aud oddly enough, &c iz
5 exactly the amount madame left be-
hind her. Not a great sum, either.
She took TWEEN ty-elght gowns from me
at ner last call More than hale were
L French and had cost from three hun
Z dred dollars to Eve hundred dollars
each. and I had just i've hundred dol
: lars for my f2ud-
a A card took the inquisitiVe person q
p this mysterious madame, aud proved al
- open sesame TO the wonders % her
8 shop The=haIf had not been told Of
p IT, Worth goyFns overlooked the closets,
the presses. the big trunks that lined
= the lEuIls al 1FitE the makers stamp,
% and many with hardly q trace Cd
j wear. FellE. Pingst, Eedferu, and
s. twenty more famous names were
Il ON the various garments heaPed and
O. huad-e1 about the queer small place
Z II vase rot OF silk. OF embroidery. oi
5eWelel beading and ephemeral lace.
e Madame fingered the gowns lovingly,
e This garment came from next door to a
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