Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-14

which If she fails to I'LL she has plainly
| missed her calling. Why. know women
who can't even dust room properly, but
who. II you will give them 800 and the as
sistance Of a modiste. can make themselves
| look almost like angels before the week Ia
out. Now, as 1t Is far better to completely
MI some humble sphere Of one Is short
sighted enough to call artistic dressing
humble) than to shake loosely about in
pretentious profession like the law or med
| icine, why. let them stick to the dressing
and leave the other things alone.
Then, too, the suitable and beautiful
| gowning of herself teaches a woman har-
mony in color and in form. teaches her In
dustry and teaches her patience, and so Is
| by no means the frivolous employment that
the specifically minded assert 1t to be.
Not at All Satisfied.
The other woman was beginning to feel
| irritated with her wel-dressed visitor, for
| thus far that oracle hadn't put forth a sim
| gle reason which she. her listener, felt would
| be polite to advance in the interest OF the
seal cape. She couldn't tell her husband
/ she wanted 1t because it would make her
agreeable to herself. for that would be only
| a foolish reteration of a self-evident fact.
| To assert that it would make her more
| agreeable to others would only give him
| chance to reply with that ancient masculine
| platitude that on the contrary the possess
| sion of the garment would only arouse
| enVy-anything but an agreeable sentl-
| mention the part of capeless sisters; to
! argue that she needed 1t on the theory that
| dressing herself handsomely was the only
| occupation wherein a woman was inVa-ia-
| bly, success was an admission that, even II
/ she believed which. however. she most en-
| phaticaly did not, she wouldn't make for
the world to man. Self-Sufiicient creature
| that he isl While the reference to the 800
| only served to forcibly remind her of the
| large, large sum she desired for the cape
| So she replied rather GROSSLY:
You are undeniably right about the mo-
|
| in the art of dressing"
! Yes" asserted the well-dressed woman.
| 1T takes of course some assistance from u
modiste, as well as some money, and II one
hasn't much, as is the case with me" land
| her tone grew rather pathetic), why, may
/ be 1t takes it ALL but as life in the main Is
a choice of blessings, since one seldom mas
| cake enough to eat and keep as well, why
| II after mature deliberation decide clothes
! to be the desideratum of existence then l
| mustn't repine when l possess them at the
| expense of other things.
| More Common Sense Than Money.
| 'But. after ALL" and she grew more cheer
| full at takes more common sense than II
| does money, more what might be termed
| executive ability in costuming than actual
| wealth. Now people, perhaps. think even
| me extravagant." The other woman looked
as If she Were thinking, Eyes, you especially"
| But part of the very show l make Is a
| triumph Of economy. For instance. If chill
| perjury forces me to limit myself in the
/ matter of raiment, denying me. perhaps,
| everything but one outfit. why, then. instead
| Of indulging the magpie taste that in COM
mon with my sex l freely admit of possess
| Ing, I resolutely close my eyes to rides
| cent silks and glittering gewgaws and very
| sensibly purchase complete street equip
nent, as that Is what am to be called up
on to most frequently appear in; and again
| 1, individually, being a woman Of business
Qd have been called an old maid fifty years
/ ago, but she. like the dodo. Is now an ex-
| tinct creature). have little call for house
! dresses, and though they are a great temp
| tation. with their Josephine bodces. Wat
teau folds and Greek draperies, say, Get
thee behind me- when siren voice whis-
| pers me to provide myself with more than
| the one I already possess instead Of the
| theater dress and cloak that I positively
| know l am going to need, since my recrea-
| ton comes almost entirely In the form of
| the play. Circumstances certainly alter
cases and II my lines were cast in domestic
| places what house gowns I would haver
And she paused quite rapt at the prospect.
! Looks Well in the Rain.
| Then, too, I always insist upon looking
| well In the rain. far as stylish rain
cloak. trim umbrella and a dark hat will
permit. or course my hair Is out of curl,
put that cannot be helped. my locks not
| naturally possessing the hyacinthine curves,
1act which does not worry me as much
as 1t would. because l possess the virtuous
| consciousness of having done everything In
| my power to look we'll
| THUS. invariably dressing to suit nv
| vocation or my avocation, as the case NAV
be- l get the reputation of being a spend
| THRIFT, when [ am instead merely tudicious
| in my expenditures, for by having appro-
| pirate dresses for rain or shine festiyity
| or drudgery. I effect a great saving in the
| long run, since nothing is so hard on a
| gown as TO place IL out of its proper sphere
they are quite human in that respect-to
wear handsome street dress to market
| is melancholy sight that one can behold
any morning. or dainty house gown into
Well. am going now" she said as the
| whirrinS of the electric bell announced the
| arrival of somebody. 81 think 1t must be
elmer time" adding as she laid the port
| folio over on the table, ''and II you really
| want to economize-"
| The other woman hadn't said word
| about economy, and reflected that the pro-
| jected cape couldn't in strict truth be re-
| garded as a measure of that sort.
| REALLY want to economize, I'll tell YOU
| a great secret. Choose two harmonious
colors and make up your mind that what
! ever shades other people are affecting YOU
will wear these, and these alone, for two
years"
Yes. and look like a back numberr' re-
phed the other woman, bursting into
speech.
In Whnt Styiishness Consists.
| mot at ALL for stylishness doesn't con-
sist in color. but in cut in form rather than
| in tint And il you adopt, say, as an in
| stance. red and yellow, certain tones of
| which always harmonic and which allow
| besides an imrlense latitude in choice.
ranging from golden brown through tan to
| absolute yellow, and from dark wine
| through bright red old rose why YOU
| would be surprised to see how your articles
| of a past season, that are still in a rood
| state of preservation, combine with the new
| things of this year. Your last summers
| parasol, for exampie-Tor the style of a
| parasol always lasts two years and often
| longer-Which was brown. VIII go with
! your new tan gown or your garnet carriage
costume, whereas il You had donned gray
| this year, you'd have been out ten, fifteen
| or twenty dollars for another sunshade
| and so 1t goes.
| but. dear me. will / never get off?
| well come and see me-" and she deoart-
| ed far better pleased with the disseInina-
ton of her views than was the other
| woman, who realized that she had not re-
! ceived iota of assistance IN her ma
| chnatons locking to the seal cape.
| Vicario imprisonment in India.
| From the London News.
| a student Cf life and manners in the Pun
| jaub has been struck by the large proper
| ton OF very old men in the Indian jails. In
| the prison at Mooitan there were last year
| seventeen life prisoners whose total ages
! were found to amount to more than eleven
| hundred yearS-two of them being patri-
| archs of upward of eighty. This regna rk-
| able fact is attributable partly to the great