Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-10-10
THE USEFUL LITTLE PIN.
Become a Source of Never
Ending Trouble.

WNnout IL WOmAn's apparel WOule
Become Source of Never
Ending Trouble.
"A good deal of scorn is heaped up.
on the woman who, as the saying
goes, is PINNED together" She is put
down a. untidy and lazy and general.
ly shiftless. The scornful critics do
not stop to consider that the most
artistic French dresses and hats are
seldom 'well made;" that graceful
and lovely as they are, the mere
stitchery is very light and unreliable
apt to give at any moment. French
hooks and eyes, frills and bows are
all apt to come off after one wearing.
Mere sewing is not the artistic thing
for which one pays exorbitant prices.
Any little convent girl can sew we'll
The great couturiere charges for deft
touches, inspired adjustment, grace
full drapery, beauty of outline. Many
of these effects depend on the pin.
Clothes should be put on with art az
we'll as made with skill. There i.
more affinity in the cunning fold
placed with the aid of pin than
there is in rows Of mere stitchery
Personality cannot be expressed in q
frock that any other woman could
duplicate. 1t must have special
touches of it's own, and it cannot
have these if the woman who wears
it despises the use of the pin, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Many women spend large sums on
their clothes and never seem on good
terms with them. Their frocks are
very we'll made-too well made to
have any subtlety or illusion. Every
fold is in place. Every frill is secured
by strong thread. Everything is SO
firmly sewed that no mystery can
Turk in fold, and no EXPIRE ssion lie
in the curves or lines of skirt,
When you have once seen toilette,
there it ends; the second time you
are deadly tired of 1t, and fina.ly it
gets on your nerves. How you long
to see little difference in the bodice.
curve in the sleeve that you had not
noticed before! But all this would
mean Imagination or pins. Conse.
quently the notion of pin is abhor.
rent; it is untidy, the dressmaker has
not done her work properly, she has
been paid for something for which
she has not given full value.
AS to the milliner-1ook at the
French hats. The Paris milliners
"blow'' them together, and there is nc
doubt that the stitching will not en-.
dure or last long. Consequently, for
eign dressing can only be appreciated
by the exclusive few-just those dear
fascinating women who understand
not only the art of dressing, but the
art of putting on their clothes, where
in the great mystery lies. They will
have supreme cut, but the folds and
the hundred and one little mysteries
of lace, chiffon, etc, will be left to
their poetic genius, assisted by pins OF
various shape, size and design. With
the use of the pin we get variety,
while in the solidity of thread and
needle it is hardly ever to be found.
Women should recollect that in the
sordid actuality of dress there is
neither art nor beauty. Style is in
finitely more difficult to procure than
fashion-one is triumph of the
mind, the other is always procurable
with gold. No other attribute is so
necessary, to those who wish to be
we'll dressed rs good style, but it is
generally inherent and only to be
found in the woman who possesses
Imagination, and can therefore rise
above mediocrity. You can call it
chic if you like, but neither style nor
chic can be obtained in present-day
dressing without the aid of the de-
spised pin.
The woman who says she never
uses a pin is hopeless; she might as
we'll say she does not wear corsets.
When you have looked long and crit
ically at such a woman you will real
ize that nothing matters; her clothes
cover her, and that is all one can say.
Her dressmaker may be more or less
OLA genius, and will stitch the
draperies so that they suit her fairly
we'll; the stuff may be pretty and the
style Observation-Disclosures there is
of it; it only lies with the dressmak-
or. and she has had to firmly stitch
her best aspirations. Consequently
there is a certain suggestiveness OF
heavy baked pudding throughout,