The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-14


who has grown wise through experience,
concludes that she will be ready in time
for hot weather, and achieve this readi-
ness by arranging about her gowns very
early. While the snow is still on the
ground. she invests in swiss muslins, in
ginghams and in all the pretty cotton Ia
brics that go to make up the wardrobe
OF the summer woman. Then she HES
herself to dressmaker. She is greeted
with joy. and told. with much sweetness,
that If she will send all her gowns at
once and give a few hours to a thor
ough fitting, she needn't bother any more,
and that when the warm days come.
because of her wisdom in taking time
by the forelock. she will be gowned like
a lily of the field and will be able to say.
to her less wise sister. Look at my
frock and be unhappy The dressmaker,
who incites the female mind to this so
called wisdom. is usually short, plump
and of Milesian birth. She is fattering
in manner and profuse in compliments.
Occasionally she asks for a little money
in advance.
But to return TO the woman. On the
first day of July she will have the pleas
ure of knowing that, after she has scold-
ed. written. telegraphed and even pray
ed. the scissors OF the willy dressmaker
have never even been put into the frock
of her innocent self. And there are wo-
men who receive this treatment every
year. And there are people who every
year cry, "Lo, the poor dressmaker"
Now, there are women who are at once
dressmakers and good business women,
but the average modiste deserves to have
a string put around her neck with
a large stone attached to the other end.
and to be lowered to the bottom Of the
deep blue sea. The cry that ought to 30
I'D should be this, 10. the poor woman
who depends on dressmaker! Men
wouldn't stand such treatment from their
tailors. A woman has to kou-tou, per-
suade be amiable and admire the dress
makers appearance, her eyes, her hair,
family and o. one recognize End respect
the blue blood that appears whenever
she pricks her finger If she wishes her
frock.
III is altogether likely that you see
something that suits your complexion
in the way Of stuff, that suits your pocket
book and in which, Joy of joys! you feel
sure you Will please the dearest boy in
the world. The man of your heart lis
tens to a lovely story about the color and
width of that material, the fact that you
| selected it because you knew he would
| like It. and then you tell him of the treas
| ure you have discovered who Is to make
| it, His birthday happens to come on
/ Sunday, and this wonderful frock is to
be worn on that day. The day comes,
and although You LOOK very. nice, 1t sud
denly dawns on the nah of your hesft
that you had expected 20 appear like the
| Queen of Sheba, and that somehow yon
didn't come up to expectation. And he
asks why. OF course, Ii is the old, old
story. She, with a pronounced emphasis,
on the she, after promising to give you
that frock ahead, disappointed you she
hasn't sent 1t at ALL and she snubbed
YOU dreadfully when you asked If you
couldn't have 1t, and gave you to under
stand that when she exerted herself II
was for people who had really expensive
gowns, and who had great many made,
as if you could help not having the Bank
| of England to back you. Some day you
get the frock, but II Is never what you
expected, and life goes on, and it is fun
of frocks and full of disappointments.
However, all that is going to be changed,
nowadays. About two years ago a girl
who is a bowling swell, had the misfor-
tune to lose her money, but she was as
plucky as she was pretty, and so she con-
cluded to open a shop. She hired firstclass
milliner, and had it distinctly understood
that, while the best materials would be
used, and every effort made to please peo-
pie her terms were strictly G. 0. ID. She
is going to be married now, and sell out to
her partner, for she has made a success
of her work. and she made 1t, because,
having suffered from the unbusinesslike
methods of milliners and dressmaHers, she
made il a rule in her establishment that
promises made were to be kept. Another
bright woman, who was making a poor
living, at painting pictures, realized that
there was room for a dressmaker who
would ask reasonable prices. and keep her
word She advertised extensively, stated
her prices, which were fair; and announc-
ed that a frock would be turned out in a
week She hired number of competent
workers, and to-day she Is making plenty
Of money. A few years will see her retire,
and then she will paint pictures for pleas
ure But this woman insists on the c. O..
d, rule, and no matter who the customer
is, the law stands-no money, no gown.
This is printed upon her business pa
per, and her customers are also informed,
in the same way, that any frock requir-
ing alterations, must be returned within
three days. This woman is as business
like as a mans tailor, consequently her
success is easily understood. asked her
II people ever tried to get frocks with
out paying for them; she said. occasional
", but if any woman took a frock from
one of her girls, and did not give her the
money she acted promptly. and sent a
policeman at once to demand, either the
money or the frock.
I am a believer in beautiful gowns, and
the woman who is not has something
wrong in her general makeup. 1t is a
part of a woman's life to look her best
And although l have heard women say
that they don't dress for men, think il
is all nonsense 1t may be that men don't
look at the details of dresses, but they are
influenced by the general effect, and they
are very quick to notice untidiness There
are women so lacking in womanly knowl-
edge that they never get becoming gowns
There is the fiat-chested woman, who looks
utterly shapeless, and who says. mo. I
Will have nothing done to my gown and 1
won't lace"
Now, when the natural figure is hideous
art should come to the rescue, and the
wise dressmaker is the one who paws no
attention to this nonsensical. chatter, but
who carefully inserts just enough cotton
to make curves where there are angles
and makes that woman look more fem
mime and less hobbledehoy. Then there is
the ut her woman with the fiorvr rol e.