The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-10
WOMAN'S SUMNER ATTIRE.
THE PROBLEM OF NOW TO BB COM
PORTABLE THOUGH Poor

hANhNA AEuNAuNA NoNaAhIA "
Women who Can't Get Away from Town
-DreshinE stylishly at . Small Cost.
How TO be- comfortable though poor II the
problem that's bothering many women In these
days. II they would only plan their summer
dressing with an eye TO ease rather than style
they'd soon ind satisfactory solution. Keep
ing up with the fashion In the matter OF dress
is a heating process. Fortunately woman can
look stylish without doing 30. and, further
more, she can look and keep cool.
Those who can afford TO feet to q cool summer
resort as soon as the FIRST hot spell comes donot
need to trouble themselves about such tribes.
They buy trunk load after trunk load Of beautl-
full clothing, and have something suitable in
weight and texture for every change OF tenn
p~erature. from the melting to the freezing
point, Not 90 with the stay-at-homes, who,
through necessity or choice. remain IN the
sun-bnked city or 60 to some resort
where there is absolutely no dressing. as
women are wont to say Of questionable and
inexpensive places. A matron and two young
women met In the parlor Of q fashionable de-
partment store recently to do some shopping.
But they got to talking and almost forgot to
make the rounds OF the shop. One OF the girls
was q tall, slender. graceful creature, with dark
eyes and q drawllnR voice.
II wish I had an allowance OF q cool thousand
q month" she remarked. land then I'd take
some interest In trying to get my summer
clothes together. As IL Is I'll have next to moth
ing, but II really doesn't matter much. I sup
pose. for we can't afford to bulge out Of town
this year. tell you it's a trying thing to be
respectable. but poor. I'm discouraged. This
thing OF keeping up appearances Is wearing me
out. I've half a mind not to buy q rag"
"Bosh and nonsense" exclaimed the other
girl. who was v~ivacious and had bright blue
eyes. "I'd rather be dead than without clothes,
or course 1t Is hard to get pretty things when
one has no money, and I wouldn't know ex-
actly how to 60 about 1t. but you know how
exQuisitely the Bankrupt girls dress. and they
tell me that they dress out Of the ragbaR."
Its all very we'll to talk about dressing out
OF the ragbag when II is filled with magnificent
materials and real laces," swered the tall girl
discontentedly, but when FOUR bag is filled
with rags that wouldn't be acceptable at a first
class paper factory it's another thing. I'm
dead poor. and what l want somebody to tell
me is how to be comfortable simultaneously.
I don't believe such a thing Is possible. Surely
there is some way for apoverty -stricken woman
to keep COOL"
"of course there is" answered the matron.
IF she only considers ease In dressing. Right
here let me say that 1 do not approve Of these
ragnaG dresses. They are like self-made men
In a way. Don't you know how proud q self
made man always is Of his job. and how no is
always announcing. the fact that he is self
made. as II his whole being did not ,bSar, the
stamp OF q creator who is a novice. Well. these
M %neS the Sh same dsc Ssy. GUY G q. the sa TSSo One S 1es
who wasn't always ready t9, brag about
II and never saw one who didn't look as Il
the duck or linen skirt have Treevolutionfzed lie
for the poor woman, ] think. ! really believe
srssseF ease il d&{Eosslqs. than 4 IS S is her rich
View to e ease S"a and dOz hot style Ia''t Certainly there
never was 2 more comfortable rig built for 9pt,
waist and wash skirt. The Shirt waist, Il a We
man can wear 1t at all, is the most becoming
materials, and designs as we find IN shirt waists
s sRape 's saS size !n W have SaS t RS,li pla iSt r stSSsE
sSsa1t styles, with very long waists, for
slim %n Sie%do ID f ssSeef The Ger are Til thina of lu ny
t sIIo ISa e." sar TS%Ss AND adq th iSEe ones ssa Of f plauS.
e eI6s Ri Ghs WS6 I d9Skbf s eHd IL the sti Isk in for the stun
waist" interrupted Tie elri with the small in
sqns; Of nG Sppa i ffonosi ne can't It q po ssFSl e ext aIoDs
with less than eight, for the beauty q a shirt
waist lies IN itS mmaeuIatepess Men Ike
one that Is cruppied and slightly soIied,
= : la Snsafs Who S@u can dsn them Sinn p% sSSsn !Hs so
tell YOU; Finally. it IS Impossible to yet Ss,plqS9
2F ginSha M waist :Sb; . made to order for less than
e Sfk hGa as sfAi ens} Ike 4 es g shi Fl %GisfEH to put in a
How full your head e Of foolish notions"
S1RSlst 20 you Tx sSin %a IT The w wS9T Eh tsl | 1 aee trsyPAFly.
in. Per d{fsn last" put y IL the s;nPSilSr gfTl
have to E5t put IN clothes, '''a said rt tRe other. 'nS' you
And u Is eyen smaller than your very small
ts% eS aIIoEtEfbll though hhoS ERu peo Fne fSdfi dn't q m SSR TO to
to keep as cool as a Western land breeze ali
sSRf%i IN ssS %na yea RsT sither eef HO TO a. sTrm manage Iei
This way; IS Yo ps.d see ! an tP,n a FGsfad ho "a
Hey would You. too" " taTnia aa't to the t taft s sff
That's a great advantage for a poor. woman.
I'd Ike Ike, e h hoyet my shi1t waists made to order,
giant, Ny three best ones cost So each, and I
tS,s iik Al E tbs sp etEers d6s Ts sIb I ed isnSSulffeda ot IL
styllSsh, cut. The thihRs to SHd do in h' bgSy FaE0 Shirt
fh hsSnt PSEs S %hIt Srs ones shI Which rsh. are the most I
man a viii only take ak t the t 81 JET 70 aS teach 4 her s SG-
wants how to wash a waist she can have them
d9sp 6a at bona Plsd fer c q sSRE; a and I thst,s S Tfat I d DO;
never so cheap and stylish as they are to-day.
feet freshness. but one can have a tsnunfiicRieent
number at very small cost. 1t is. OF course,
S6ssI cents or even $i!9s. bS! So buys "RRS very ext <.
eellent wash skirt, and for from IS to 81, YOU
ford to wear. I'll tell you girls =. how I
dress and II every poor woman would
70 excite her blood by railing against the heat.
You know, unless q woman Is at q very fashion
able place. she can wear a shirt waist and
wash skirt morning. noon. and night. and that's
what ] do IN New York, except when I'm in the
house or when a very cool spell comes up; then
On a 2 y-necked, sleeveless union suit Of very
thin isle thread or silk. The drawers end at
op the market and over this an almost gauze-
lke corset waist, never wear but one petit
finally. l put on my SHIFT waist and skirts. OF
course no right-minded woman, wears round
lightest. thinnest suspenders that | can find."'