Evening star., 1902-03-15
T|P-TOP DRESSERS
Milliners Seem to Have the
Palm Among Their Sex.
M AXE BEST SHOW
LITERARY WOMEN CARE LITTLE
FOR FASHION.
Saleswomen and Hat Trimmers Can Do
Wonders for Themselves on
Small Outlay.
AXE BEST SHOW
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star
have you ever noticed" said clever
woman. that very salient differences In
dress and general appearance you may OBJ
serve In the women In different lines OF
business?"
What has your eagle eye fallen upon
now." said her auditor.
well. the actresses OF course, are a class
by themselves. 1t is a part Of their busi-
ness to present a stunning appearance ana
they set the pace. But in the ordinary oc-
cupations in which women are employed
you Will always find that milliners lead IN
style and generally attractive get-up Their
training teaches them neatness, and the ar
ustic blending of colors. and no other wo-
man can achieve their style on the same
salary"
What about the dressmakers9'
oh' the very same remarks apply large
ly TO her, of course, for milliners and
dressmakers hunt In couples. Saleswomen
In the big stores. especially in the better
lines or goods, come under this head as DO
those In hair stores. manicuring establish
ments. and all sorts OF grooming places.
NOW when you get among the teachers.
you will find an entirely different atmos-
phere. Truth to tell. teachers, as a class,
are apt to be little frumpy. Some way or
another. clothesology doesn't seem to COM
don't run away with the idea that this
necessarily condemns the teacher, even IN
masculine eyes. Look at that sp!nster
teacher who captured that big. big gun in
Washington the other day. / suppose ne
could have had almost any society woman
that he threw his handkerchief to- but YOU
see he wasn't looking for fashion plate.
Some men are built that way"
Worse Than the Teachers.
Then there are the women doctors and
lawyers" continued this Solon. meditative-
ly. Il believe they're worse than the teach
ers. as whole. really successful doctor
doesn't know what she has on. She doesn't
have to. Her success depends entirely
on her competence that her appearance cuts
no figure Her mind is on her patients, not
her clothes. / know a woman doctor over
on the east side who is making $4,000 a
year. and she looks like bag tied In the
middle There are scarcely enough woman
lawyers to judge of them
Women artists ought to be the most ar
tistically clad of their SIX" remarked the
listener.
We'll. that depends. When they apply
their genius to their own dress. artists,
designers Illustrators all that sort. are
the most delightfully."- gowned women in tho
world. Not In fashion plate style. you un-
derstand: but graceful. artistic. poetic.
esthetic kinds of things, with just enough
adaptation of the latest style to save them
from oddity. That kind of woman always
adapts, creates and the result Is a picture.
But half the time the woman who can do
these things pays no manner OF attention
to her own appearance. If she recolects
to comb her hair she does we'll tell you,
dress is an art and to achieve distinction
in 1t you have got to put your mind on
1t. same as you would anything else
about where in the line do the news
paper women come in?" asked the inter-
locutor, casually.
No Uniformity.
"It is absolutely according to the indi-
vidual with When we have desk work
entirely. we dress like the rest Of the Of
fee women round about township waist
and tailor-made skirt. usually walking
length. When We are reporting our garh
varies according to the occasion. We would
like to dress we'll. for business brings
up In contact with a great many strang-
ers often important people, and a nice ap-
pearance Is great help to us. but our
work Is hard on clothes, very hard
looking ruefuly at a somewhat suspicious
elbow-"and 1t takes a lot of money to
keep them even decent. But my conclu-
sion, after acute and prolonged inveStiga-
ton, Is that good clothes always hep;
that the woman who is successful without
them would be more successful with them;
and that there is way in which she can
to better advantage than in building the
smartest kind of a costume for herself
that she possibly can. But 1t takes time
and thought, time and thought. and Il
these have got to go elsewhere, why they
that's all "