The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03
wv onlan's World.

A wise mother, writing 70 the New York
Times about girls, said:
There is nothing like giving girls an al
Iowance, il you wish TO bring them up
wisely and well 1 was advised to do that
a number of years ago by a member of a
large family of girls whose mother had
brought her children up an that way.
feean Immediately, and il worked like a
charm.
My girls were young then-only about i
but L gave them so much a week with
which TO dress, keep for pocket money,
make any presents they wished TON
TACT. for all their general expenses. OF
course. / advised with them at first, and
do vet. I always have my eyes open and
remember things that / see that it will De
advantageous for them TO get. But do
not ask them to buy to please me. The
clothes they buy they must wear, and they
can use their own judgment. If they have
set their hearts upon something that 1 con-
slider foolish, very well; l have nothing to
say There is no way in which they viii
learn so well as by experience.
MY girls have pretty clothes. they are
always well dressed, and they have for an
allowance-no one would ever guess how
Enuch-$15O a week. They have had 49,
but this is time of financial depression.
The dressmaker's bills I pay when they
are obliged to have a dressmaker. but we
lave found that. as rule we can do bet
ter by buying street gowns ready made
and having them altered to fit. Under
clothes are also bought ready made. 1t is
less expensive, and the girls do not have
TO waste valuable time in working on
them It is possible to buy at a very rea-
sonable price untrimmed garments to
which can be added at home a little trim
ming.
They look around for some time before
they buy suits to get something that is
pretty and stylish and reasonable an price.
Frequently these are bought at the best
shops. But you should see some of the
hats that have come from Grand street,
and, best of all, hear how much they cost.
Just now one of my girls is to have a
pretty summer gown made. She decided
that she could get the most service from
a taffeta silk She has bought one Of a
rather dark shade and a subdued pattern
for SO cents a yard That was not at ore
of the bargain counters. Standard patterns
like this gown of hers is not to be found
on bargain counters She Will have a soft
little front of liberty silk that cost not
much more a yard, and she win have a
pretty gown. There win be a dressmaler
10 give it a good STYLE but she viii be as
sisted in making il.
Sometimes when there is a suit to be
bought or something that needs consider
able ready money the girls viii borrow Of
me, perhaps So but they always pay it
n MT Il f1,.axr do, ID,
large allowance made up by many gifts.
Occasionally there may be a little present
5 OF money, but il as always for some very
good reason, as when, perhaps, a girl has
been graduated from school with high
bonors, and then it is not a large sum.
THE girls have taken courses in sew
ing and they can sew beautifully. OF
course, when they are in school there is
time for it,
But the general effect find is excellent
1t gives the girls self-relance, they under
stand the value of money, and they learn
10 take care of their clothes. If. when the
servant is out, they are going to the kitch-
en- co wash dishes they do not wear their
best gowns. And 1t is a great relief to me
I am quite free from care.
People say that this is not possible. but
we have proved that il is. All my daugh-
ters' friends are anxious to be put on an
eIowance as they are, but the mothers
object They say that it would not be pos
sible TO dress on such a small sum My
girls do il and are prettily gowned They
are able 20 make presents TO their friends,
TOO out Of their allowances. But they do
not waste their money.
Ii We are in the cars together I pay
the expenses and pay the car fare If they
go on errands for me. For themselves.
they usually prefer to walk when It is pos
Fible.
Did they ever make any foolish blum
ders in buying? Oh they have bought
things that would fade sometime but
they learn by such an experience and DO
not make that mistake another time"
In buying veil the other day. saws the
milwaukee Wisconsin, the salesglrl gave
bit or Information very useful She took
the veil, stretched il out fun length and
ted knot in each end, and then one
IN the center of one side to fit over the
hat brim. The knots In the end keep the
veil In place, and so make the veil last
longer and look better Besides Il Is very
much easier to arrange a ven 1t is strange
Tow many well dressed women are careless
of their wells. Ii is not an unusual sight
to see the edge frayed or little breaks
or tears Sometimes you see il has given
away on the very end of the nose Now
II looks just as bad-oh, yes much worse
than it would to see an unsjghtlv scar
on the face. The scar cannot be helped.
but for careless sloVenliness there is not
a shred of an excuse.
My lady's slipper sees a very radical
change this summer. 1t Is no more plain
and unadorned, no longer does a simple
little bow or unobetrusive rosette orna-
ment it, Instead, the slipper is now a
very gorgeous affair 1t giistens, both
by sunlight and the CLEAN of gas or cleo
trieity for it is a jeweled slipper. and.
o1tener than otherwise, deliberately jewel
ed
The style is to have these slipper Jewels
match the pin or necklace you are wear
tng both in the gems themselves and in
the settings. When fantastic and curious
designs are worn, in oddly finished sold.
the effect is exceedingly picturesque and
attractive. Rhinestones are to be favor
lite slipper ornaments of the summer. dia-
monds being, of course, too valuable to
be allowed to twinkle carelessly on ones
feet
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