The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-01
ECONOMY in DRESS.
The Secret of Making q Good AT-
penrnnce on Small Elk
peEditure.

One OF the great problems of every
day life is how to dress tastefully and
with due regard for the prevailing
style and yet with reasonable economy.
But few women have solved this prob
lem satisfactorily, and only after years
of painstaking and patient study.
The secret of success lies to a great
extent in the choice of materials.
Fancy fabrics in new designs and novel
arrangements Of color attract the ma
jority of young and dressy women, and
fiimsy stuffs with dressy possibilities
are irresistible temptations to them.
They buy these fabrics, and pay good
prices for having them made up, for
only an artist can handle them success"
fully. The dresses are worn a few times
when they become faded, or draw ir.
the seams, or a few rain-drops maks
ugly spots, and they become worthless
for best dresses. Then there is an i'm
perative demand for something new.
and the same ground is gone over again.
with the same results.
OF course, this sort of thing is ex
cellent for trade, and pleasing to dress
makers, and all right for wealthy WON"
en- who can afford to wear such goods
and have them replaced every new
moon, but the woman who would be
economical must put all these tempta"
tiops away from her, for economy in
dress means the purchase of only eXo
cellent fabrics, mostly in plain colors.
and these must be made in styles az
simple and plain as possible.
Some women are always in eXaggera'
ton of the fashion. When trains arc
worn theirs are at least half a yard
longer than those of other people:
when high sleeves are in vogue theirs
cover their faces. The woman who
would be we'll dressed must remember
that there is no greater error than ex,
aggeration in dress, and to push fash.
ion TO the extreme is to suggest tho
grotesque. We often blame fashion fos
ridiculous excuses, when it is the ex,
ponents of fashion who by their eXag,
geration bring certain styles into dis
repute. Any fashion in excess degen.
crates into vulgarity, and the wearer
of such eXaggerations is deficient in
refinement and good taste.
A high-gFade silk-warp cleth in black
made up stylishly, but in plain fash.
ion, and finished with little elegant
garniture, is one of the most useful
and becoming of garments. 1t is also
inconspicuous, and may be worn 20.
peatedly without exciting comment
A handsome black dress may be WORN
again without exciting unpleasant com.
ment, or it may be changed in appear
ance by the use of few trifing vara.
tons in the way of neck dressing trim
mings or by the introduction of a bit
of color.
Another useful costume would be n
black china crepe trimmed with lace
or ruflles of the same material. Pro-
vide several sets of ribbons, one set OF
black and the others of whatever tints
or tones are the most becoming and
appropriate. In buying ribbons avoid
high colors or fancy patterns, and above
all get a good quality. Cheap ribbons
do not belong in the wardrobe of the
economical woman, neither do cheap
fabrics of any sort. Everything she
buys must be first-class, and all gar
ments must be well made to be profit
able.
In outside garments-wraps, cloaks
and the like-the economical woman
must be to all appearances eXtrava-
CANT. That means that she must buy
the best and richest material, goods
that do not depend upon show, but in
trinsic worth, for their effects. Novel
ties, or what are usually called stylish
patterns, are not her wisest selections.
Richness and elegance, not snowy styles
and materials, must be the economical
woman's dependence if she would
achieve satisfactory results-Farm and
Firesidp