Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-14

mon 20 dress badly than Il l. FOR tho
American women 20 drcss VOL that per- !
haps am not On u position 90 judge"
surely NO one can claim that evening |
dress was out OF place at the cvcnius !
meetings ~ the federation, and " ihnfe
were any appropriately or over
dressed az the day sessions l ON IN
ciincd 20 think 10 was dua 10 the fact
closely upon tho morning and afternoon
meetings that 10 was almost impossible
20 maxi a change In toilet TO suit The
occasion, ~ 10 Wa much easier TO 10 90
the me, uag prepared for the social
function 20 follow.
ono'a circumstances. and ! can see no
reason why the women who wcrc nc-
cuatomcd to- wear their icwcla at home
on Appropriate occa NuHa snuuld MOI
wear them un similar occasions, oven
though In attendance ut a federation
meeting.
II sccms 90 me u r. Just as much
nnoa duty whether man or woman
20 make AZ runi an appearance u r|4-
sibic as o. n 90 cultivate pleading man
ucr. always. ut rlurrr dfrHa- u
cofdancs with unn'H Income. The Hcnai-
Bile wcnan tries 90 make hertclt louk a..
well aH uorT lhlr with what nnr haf, ana
does not envy hur moro fortunate sis
Ter the beautiful things chance has
given her.
From q business standpoint a we'll
Er1umcd man or well-dreaHfd woman
I viii be- more certain Of Hucccss than the
Z one who pays no attention 10 the mat
I ter Of dress The appearance NJ prua.
/ perliy often nlda IN the attainment %
l II. The business woman should observe
] a certain amount nf simplicity In APP
I parel IN buslneas hour, but mat T. no
/ reason why she should not make hor-
/ SELF look ~ we'll az possible In that
| business costume
~ doIf not seem 20 me that because
one gives sufficient thought 10 dress a.
decide what shall be Appropriate Tor
I certain 0ccasi0nH and what not 70 l. a
hindrance to pruErclslvensss Ia the
cause u humanity and civilization. "
ID j. unon custom 10 dress with care. n
l. purely q matter Of habit, and does
I not interfere with the consideration Of
/ the serious problems Of NE.
MISS KATHEnN GORDON DREBD
Many times 1 have been asked " 1
] ala not consider the club women over.
dressed nt the biennial In Denver, and
MY r.uly has always been an emphatic
. "Na.H
The tow women who went unprc-
I pared Tor The various Junction., social
and otherwise. were unfortunate, for
the ones who know tho program before.
hand went with their hlrrrat trunk fuli
uf thoir best apparel. The coatumuH
wrre most attractive, but I think there
was no ,ior on the part u the dele
4 gatra 90 drtHf ulnbumtely, la short the
costumes wtW only such az ouch woe
man would have worn IN her own home
city ON similar occlHlnnH.
/ DIR. SARAH HACKE1vr STEVEN
SOM
The women al tho Denver convention,
in general, Impressed me 40 being well
dressed. I saw NJ cXtfayagant gowns.
n1 display % Jewels, no bad taste in
drrsHIng such o. an evening gown IN
the morning, but cverybody looked
fresh and Hunmer-llku In pretty llgh,
dresses. As 10 the question u decollelo
nt the federation, / consider " n sim
ply a question % how one looks 40 a.
People who dress IN Aw.ncckcd gowns
Hee d and think OF II FROM an entirely
different atanGpolnl from those VIVA
dlsaRrove
no my mind. there r. a biz difference
between she plain dressed woman and
tho poorly dressed woman. II Involves
the moral question ~ good workman
Halp. A NOman speaker flr Instance
might mupear IN a a-ccnl print. which
was perfectly put t0glihcr, alongside
90 a woman ln an elaborate SILK gown
ald / would call the Woman IN Tho
calico print a woll-dreHscd woman
The poorly made piece u apparel az
fecA the person who made q In thai
she has mo- Done a complete piece ID
work. Il affecta the person who wears
in that she has not the proper concsp-
ton ~ the fitness N things The sam
principle applies TO painting or Hculp'
tlre. In short I DO not approve uf bad
wlrimanhhip IN any form, from IN,
] sweeping ~ the n1ur ~ tho cutting VI
a coat or the painting ~ a picture.
The woman well Rown,d, 0thfl
thlugi sUug equal. dlsplaya quality vi
MIND her clothes, 1 DO not mean d
WON cannot be fne character and
wear i'-ntting clothes, but Il shows d
I lack I'd deinii which IN the long run
shows there Ia something lacking In AZ
Otherwise complete charaeter, m,
same principle applies o. the woman
Who has only a lttle furniture and q
bare hoor Ia her house, and yet VIII
can make It look h1mel.lIe through thii
same quality of mind.
Take Frances Willard Tor an llluHtra,
tlun. Before she went 10 England b
visit Lady Henry Somerset her gown
had tho appearance OF being throw
together when she came home Hhl
was simply transformed, because hel
clothes were well-made, She was al
ways beautiful woman, but hel
beauty was covered up with the wlrl
az a bad modls,e, Tho new gown
probably ala not Cosi a penny more
but they gave her d finished, complete
appearance, which belonged 10 her iin
lshed, complete character.
We who think on the serious side OF
NE are apt tn think that convention,
ulltlts, as such. arc meaningless ant
iyrnnnlcal, but when We analyze then
almost every one Is found 90 be based
upon moral principle. That o.. mo-
90 offend ones nelghbor oh 20 DO "a
he would be done by. As an example
one should refrain from making par
u ones toilet, such ~ using tooth
pick, on the street or attending 10 tn