The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-07-14

1t is one of the most difficult gar
ments to make in the category, and
the dressmaker who can achieve a per-
feet fit and construct cuffs of equal
width is like Mr. Riley" since they
speak of her highly. The simplicity OF
the shirt waist does not prevent it from
being the one article OF wearing ap-
parel claimed by woman which takes
longer to don than any other. If it is
put on correctly it necessitates several
minutes of careful devotion TO the sub
| ject. 1t must be most vigorously fast
ened down in the back and most care
| fully adjusted in front. The adjust
| ment of the collar Is more important
| and consumes more time than to fit a
| plank in the Democratic platform.
| Then the belt question, which this sea-
| son is pathetically serious is the great
| est trouble of all. Women have sud-
| denly endeavored to initiate men in the
| hazy notion as to the waist line. 1t
| once was that a certain location for
the belt was as fixed as the laws of
the Medes and Persians, but the
method now in vogue of making the
| waist short in the back and abnormally
| long in front is q source of deep anX-
| iety to the average woman, and the
methods employed only just all short
| of attaching substantial hooks to the
| spinal column by means of rivets.
| There are ways and ways of wearing
| shirt waists. 1t is possible to look a
| little more SlovenlY in one than in
| anything else under the sun. 1t Is also
within the range of reason to be stylish
to the last degree. Giosons most stun
ming girls are shirt-waist girls, but
| niggardly nature never designed the
| very stout lady, nor the very lean one,
TO illustrate fashion plates intended to
convey ideas of the stylish features of
the shirt waist. Bless it, all the same,
and let style nor nothing else deter
womankind from wearing it when the
weather is hot.
Why on earth men can't develop the
moral courage TO wear shirt waists
| and abandon coats these hot days,
passes comprehension. They certainly
could have a system of buttons that
would enable them to dispense with
suspenders, and they could also have
some method of fastening a belt along
the imaginary line where they con-
slider the belt should be.
There is such a diversity of STYLES
this season that surely they could be
suited. They do wear beautiful shirts,
which they industriously endeavor to
conceal with thick coats and vests.
Some of these shirts, in lovely patterns
Of pink or blue stripes, drive women
wild to inquire where the material
came from, because they would like
shirt waists off the same piece.
There is a prominent city official,
rotund in figure and tasteful in dress,
who could wear a striped shirt waist
made with long lines of tucks in clus-
ters. A certain suburban resident, tall
and slight and fastidious in attire,
would look so handsome in a pink and
white shirt waist, with the stripes run
ming on the bias, while a well-known
lawyer, who affects flowing ties of
cerulean hue, would be dazzling in a
blue polka dotted shirt waist, made
with box pleats-but, dear me! such
multitude of possibilities Of beauty and
comfort fit before the Imagination
that this dissertation may just as well
be ended right now. Saucy Bess.