The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-13
Written for the Sunday STANDARD.

Written for the Sunday Standard
Women still in the cities. or near
enough to run in from out of town
vacation places, are just at present
victims of the half-yearly sale fever.
When these sales commence the femi-
nine public is divisible into three
classes: there is the woman who an
nounces to her family assembled round
the matutinal board that she is just
going to stroll round, but certainly is
not going to buy anything, and re-
turns at dewy eve laden with miscel-
laneous articles for which she has no
use whatever. The second class con-
sists of those who ere going ia buy
this, that and the other, but who re-
turns footsore, having seen much,
wasted their time, sharpened the weary
shop girls tempers, turned over every
thing and come empty-handed away.
The third division are they who have
definite want. know what they re-
quire and set forth with the purpose
TO get that and that only. These are
the wise virgins. Among other things
they remember that the stores are Of
fering what they see little further use
for, yet they know that there are still
many weeks in which to wear the re-
duced fine shirt waists and the almost
given away trimmed hats. Yes and
the muslin gowns also. What woman
time of the year when those that We're
so attractive two months ago have
gone the way of all muslin and become
limp and forlorn. The wise ones re-
member also not to be led into trying
any very marked fashion, nothing that
has been the dernier cri of the season,
for it is sure to be feetng and dates
itself as clearly as if the hour it were
bought were branded on the face of it,
1t is TO be hoped that no trusting maid
or matron has been induced to invest
in handsome tailor made, sold at less
than half price, in the fond hope that
she has provided herself with a suit for
next year. If so she has made mis-
take. for information from the most
relia BILE sources assures us that the
habit back skirt will be thing of the
past, utterly dead and done with, in the
year 1900. We may have full skirt or
we may have scanty skirts and pan
iers, We may have some cut not yet
imagined, but the habit back, with it's
absolute plainnesS, we are sure not to
have.
These midsummer sales include
gloves, and if judgment is used, it is
well worth to buy now. Here is a
valuable hint: Mauve is being worn
much this summer. as you know, and
fresh gloves are always needed: don't
get white or cream to wear with these
mauve gowns; get gray--it is the only
permissible color keep the said white
or cream to wear with your new blue,
or your pale blue costumes; they form
contrast. / have seen many other
wise faultlessly dressed women re-
verse this combination and the result
was simply distressing. But enough of
advice.
/ want to tell you that | have Just
seen a number of the silk tailor mades
I predicted several months ago They
are very smart. Faille, or any dull
soft silk is the correct kind to use the
skirt either plain or cut up in scallops
over band on the lower edge, and a
short basqued coat or bolero. open to
show a lace front. One of these coats
was held on at the waist by a couple
of gold and crystal links. This brings
me to some new jewelry l have been