The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-04-05

convenient localities, as may readily be
imagined, for if they did they could
never afford to make gowns at such
reasonable rates. Five dollars for Innings
goes long way towards getting all that
Is necessary, but this part must not be
intrusted to the dressmaker, who Ger
tainiy cannot afford to have her appren-
tees take the time and car fare necessary
to buy these things without adding some
small commission to the original price of
the goods.
A smart jacket and hat, both for sum-
mer and winter, are absolutely necessary
in every WOman's outfit. Coats and lack
cts are beyond the skill of lressmakers:
they had better be bought in any of the
shops where twice year there are also
sales, at very much reduced prices, Of ex-
tremel y we!l-cut garments. For IS
cut can be found, but these must be al
tered to fit. If a woman has any taste
at millinery she can trim her own hats
for far less money than she can buy
them ready-"ade' but it i very s 20"
snyt sd fa aH as 80 stu, or f4
which must be becoming; and in this
connection it is as well to remember that
q hat which is becoming to the full face
is often terribly trying to the profile. and
just as much care must be taken for the
side as the front view. Picturesque eff
|
woman who has only small allowance
for dress. 1t is the women who spend
thousands Il year who can best afford to
20 in for big hats Outre garments. in
deed, anything conspicuous. The fash
ions Of picturesque hats and clothes gen
orally are very hecting. and nothing is
more depressing than to put all ones
money into some article Of ra,ment 80
conspicuous that one is known by it for
the months one is doomed to wear it
Harpcr's Bazaar.
"Lady" for ''Madam''
"Ihre" times today" said young
woman Of observation. Il was addressed
fas LADY, | mean i'll the vocativc. liz
way, lady by shop attendants. and in
the third caa my dentists servant told
me that it~Was my turn next, lady |
have noticed for sonic time the growing
tendency to use this form of address.
and Jack tells me that he has remarked
the same thing in people addressing him.
He told me only yesterday that he WAS
ton down at the city hall when, think
ing OF something else, he took the wrong
landing. A servant Of the road at one"
barred the way and said: The other
stairs to the ticket office. gentleman
Jack said, moreover, that he didn't like
the form OF address, not that 1t was not
perfectly respectful, and he kept think
| ing about it all the way home SO. too. |
don't mind confessing that | don't like to
he told to come this way. lady, or
asked if l will buy anything. lady,
Il know that it is style Of address
that used to be considered the exclusive
property of gypses and sailormen. and
don't know if l should not be perfectly
content to have it remain so. Possibly
the spread of it is another evidence Of
the freedom of the age, and possibly.
too, the shop attendant and the dentists
servant were of the opinion that to say
lady indicated Il much less degree of
lnteriorlty than to say ma am or
madam If that is their opinion |
should like to have the opportunity Of tell
ing them that they are very much mis-
taken. For one woman to address an
other woman as madam betrays no
sense of infcriority on the part of the
speaker. 1t is simply the recognized
form of address of one person-equal or
not equal-to another person when the
name of the person addressed need not
am not an admircr of the innovation. !
would rather be asked to come this way.
please or even just CURLY. this way
than to be bowed to and smiled at when
some clerk tells me that the ribbons are
this way. lady Lady is a very cuckoo
among words, anyhow 1t has foisted
poor woman out of her proper place.
and now is trying to GUST plain
ma am New York Sun.