Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-02-03
RAINY DAY DRESSES.
SENSIBLE ADVICE ON WoMAN'S WET
WEATHER COSTUMES.

SENSIBLE ADVICE ON WoMAN'S WET
WEATHER COSTUMES.
Thoro Is No Reason, If q Woman Is indie
pendent Enough, Why She should Look
Like a Fright Every Time She Goes Out
In q St0rm-Severa suggestions
Some earnest student of human nature
once said that the most melancholy sight
in the world was to see IL fat man with !.
boil on his neck trying to flirt with a CIR!
in a fourth story window, but for rel
downright sadness IL woman on n wet day
distances all competitors. The average
woman III u transform is a sight to shud-
der ut, for, however neat and pretty she
may be on ordinary occasions, dem0rlliZa-
ton seems to set in as the rain begins to
fall, and the result is Il weird and awful
appearance that would make IL man cross
the street to avoid meeting his own wife.
OF course this all applies to the average
everyday woman, who does not make a
practice of taking IL cab home when she
feels the FIRST warning spatter-a custom,
by the way, which is much more commend
able, though perhaps expensive, than strag-
Cling around trying to manage parcels,
purse, umbrella and dress skirt.
Observe the average woman on u rainy
day Mt the big bridge entrance, for instance,
as she fumbles in her pocketbook for
ticket or change, and if ye have tears pre-
pare to shed them. Her hat is awry, but
she knows it not. In one hand IL portion
of her dress skirt is hitched, willie another
portion has been gathering VI the mud, as
has the portion of one white lace trimmed
skirt which, bedragglcd and torn, flaps
against her shoes, leaving them muddy and
unsightly. Her right hand holds an UNI
brella us we'll as her skirt; her left fumblcs
in her pocketbook, while her other, as Sir
Henry Boyle would say, endcavors to
strengthen her hat, fix n hairpin in her
bang and do IL few other things just as im-
portant. Her face is set and hard look.
ing and there is Il wild glitter in her eye.
From h%erappearance one might judge that
she was Il female communist or a shoplifter,
or that she was possessed of what in liter.
airy circles is known as Il Jag" But this
woman is u respected member of society, a
church member, Il Kings Daughter, the
head of a happy home and an admirer OF
Browning and Isben. But she doesn't look
it a little bit.
1t is all owing to the attire which ordi
narily sane women persist in wearing OF
rainy days, making nc distinction what
ever between snnshiny, clear weather ant
that which is sloppy and "demnition damp
moist and uncomfortable" In these day:
when woman is advancing to such a,
extent that the tyrant man must need.
. step lively to keep pace with her it woul,
be we'll if she would take q pause in dc
!; batting such subjects as "How to Manag,
: a Husband and ''The Final Extinction O
F, Man." and earnestly discuss Why Ds
, Women Look Like Such Guys on IL Rain,
Day?" Then they would commence I,
, realize where they We're at in much shorte
, time than through Il century CT talks Oh
! vague and faroff questions. There is III
need for lovely woman to make hciScl
look like Il fright because she is going. OF
in the rain, but neither is their any law
human Or divine, which colntenances he
going about looking like al hedraggled i.cu
Every woman should have in her ward
> robe one Or two rainy day gowns--tha
: is, one or two dark light weight dresse
. that have outworn better uses, and tina
q ordinarily would be handed over to tn
maid or the %laundress. Take the skirt q
such u gown and denude it of all trimming
then shorten it with Il liberal hand-as til
\, cookbooks say. Don't be too modest abou
cutting away all that last foot of materia
Z that gets so deeply, darkly, beautiful
9 muddy when the streets are sloppy, 1t
I much better to walk abroad in Il gown tina
shows the tops of your shoes. if necessary
. than to walk along b~lissfully unconscious
: with dress skirt and petticoats hitched NJ
to your knee IN one side, while the othe
o side trails ingloriously in the mire. 70,
. must wear Il short, dark petticoat; unde
I this black stockings and good stout boots.
Many women cannot wear overshoes, ant
if your pocketbook admits of a pair q
boots made to order by u good maker TO
. rainy weather use they will be found mutl
I more satisfactory and comfortable than til
''rubbers" that so often are more bottle
than help. Now. if you are addicted 4
the. macintosh, you may wear one owe
this, as they are made up in very jaulit,
styles, but every woman knows how hot
heavy and perspiring rubber coats-cve1
idealized rubber coats-are. Except III YER
. violent transforms Il short jacket whicl
I leaves the arms free will be more coll
v%enient. Women who affect stained glas
effects as to costume and brown potter,
!, coiffures would do we'll to leave both a
. home OH rainy days. Frouzy hair gets on
4 of frouze and looks unkept and witchlikt
picture" hats get crooked; plumes will,
I and artistic neck garnitures droop in mos
unbecoming style under the influence q
! dampness. Braid your hair up snugl
under n little English tourist hat or
sailor, either glazed or felt.
Wear a veil-not n cloud of gauzc, but
: sensible veil that will keep your hair i
trim though the wind blows a hurricane
k You can have a bit of white linen show !;
your neck if you wish ora trim mackinto:
= buttoned snugly across produces a net
t effect. The short skirt idea may strike 70,
: as rather shocking at first, but try it an'
you will find it not half bad in wet weather
ROBBED like this woman can keep trim am
8 neat through the rain, and will never lool
j like such II fright that her husband vii
. sneak dow II side street to avoid greeting
her. \ bright Brooklyn woman has IN
, vented IL sensible waterproof garment Gale
the ducks back waterproof" but ever
woman does not like these rubber gal
mcnts. and for such why not adopt II home
made rainy weather suit?-New York Hcl
t aid.
4 Fact That Will Not Down.
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