Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1894-06-21
THE WELL DRESSED WOMAN.
How to Appear Well Under All Civcum-
stances.

The richly dressed woman is not al
ways we'll dressed. nor is the plainly
dressed poorly dressed.
1t has been said the world over IL
takes Frenchwoman to make gown,
but an American to wear 1t. Worth Of
Paris once said Il would rather dresa
an American than any other national
ity. for she understands the art Of re-
pose. The French do not. They use
their hands as If they were in a con.
tinual state Of wool winding. They
shake their heads to such an extent q
sympathetic bystander might imagine
every individual hairpin was inhicting
torture on their dear little craniums
Repose. when attempted by English
women. becomes stolidity An Ameri-
can woman has vivaciousness. She
makes her clothes talk She is the dress
er "par excellence.
Surely man Of Worth's reputation
may be taken as an authority, and being
an Irishman he ought to give an unprej-
udiced opinion or even verdict in the
case of America versus France.
If you ask man to define the well
dressed woman, You will find, as rule,
he will say. THE tailor made girl, /"
then add apologetically, "She looks 50
neat, you know.
The tailor made gown, like every 9th
er good thing on this up to date earth,
has its place. Do not confound a mascup
line attire with tailor made, for there is
difference with a distinction. Every
one, man, woman and child, likes to see
the touch of feminine fingers in wom-
ans toilet. Can you understand any
man saying to girl in tight skirt
cutaway coat, pique vest, four in hand
and O sailor hat. carefully fashioned aft
er his clothes, Miss Bon Garcon, you
look like an angelo"
Extremes are not only bad form, but
tiresome. No woman who understands
the fitness of things will pile on laces
by the yard, rings by the dozen OF curls
by the pound simply because it ia her
prerogative to wear these articles Of
adornment Used with discretion, these
articles may possess subtle fascination
Some one is always making the pitt
full complaint that none but the wealthy
can dress becomingly That is not true
Nowadays. when the fever Of competi-
tion is raging. any woman may dress
well on moderate income If her time
does not mean dollars and cents, she has
no excuse for dowdy appearance. No
woman whose purse is not as long as a
gossip's tongue should wear any thing
conspicuous Leave the extremes Of fash
ion TO your less sensible but richer sis
ter.
The woman who has learned the art
Of appearing well under all circum-
stances is the one who knows the time
and hour to wear her silks and chiffons,
her tweeds and velvets. The maid Of
honor to the queen Of fashion believes
cleanliness runs hand in hand with god
liness, so there is neither spot nor stain
on anything that finds its way through
the sacred portals of her dressing room.
The woman who values the title Of
''good dresses may not possess more
than one gown season, but that gown
is irreproachable in texture and fit 1t
is not necessarily handsomely trimmed.
but it should be dressy enough for a So
cial function or plain enough to wear
to church.
The well dressed woman never comes
to the breakfast table in a questionable
state of tidiness any more than she
would go to ball with frouzy head.
A wrapper of negligee should only be
worn in the privacy Of the bedroom.
Every woman should understand the
difference between street and house
gown Simplicity for the street. dainti-
ness for the house, is the rule.
Wear your gowns as if they were q
part of you Never let any one know
you are conscious of sitting on lace al
$40 yard On the other hand. do not
let your costly garments drag through
mud puddles and fancy you are giving
people the impression your soul is above
your raiment.
The good dresser" thinks as much
of the minutest details as she does Of
the fit Of her gown Her gloves do not
need mending; neither are her shoes
shabby. And, by the way she wears
loose fitting gloves No hands look
like animated puddings in No. gloves.
The we'll dressed woman dissects her
own particular style and gowns herself
accordingly If she be dark skinned
Spanish type, she will affect warm tint
ed. rich colors, but the slender girl with
the piquant face must remember heI
style is seen to the best advantage un.
der natty hat or pert looking gown.
On the subject Of head covering let us
say the choosing of a bonnet is very
much like driving a donkey-it should
not be hurried.
Let the girl ON whom Nine. Nature
has been bountiful in the gift of avoir-
dupois content herself with dark colors,
and encouraged by the thought she ID
appropriately gowned her face will sup.
ply the needed brightness.
Subjugate the art of dress so it be-
comes part Of you. Actresses, as rule,
understand the art better than any. II
is part Of their profession. Sarah Bern
hardt stands at the head, but the ''di-
vine Sarah" looks likean elongated ''edi-
tion de luxe" Of an awful example in
the dim religious light of her unholy
looking apartments. Georgia Cayvan
looks like respectable governess on a
small salary. Effie Shannon schoolgirl
in tweed suit and round hat, the late
Rosina Vokes as if she had been travel
ing for week and slept in her clothes,
Mrs Potter as if she had half made up
her mind to make an elaborate toilet and
come out for a walk in the middle Of
1t. And SO we might go Oh describing
the women who are the personification
of style through the lurid glare Of the
calcium, but leave it with their as
sumed characters in their dressing
rooms, and to obtain the title of ''well
dressed one must be SO under all cir
cumstances.
MAUD JAMES Chiffon
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