The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-12

wBITTEN FOR THE sUNDAY REPUBLIC
You know, first Of all. that madame re-
Quires something new. II must be. beyond
all things, very becoming. The richer the
better for the price. The woman OF style
IL the woman OF taste; the woman OF taste
IS the woman Of idea: the woman OF idea
Is the woman OF culture. She shows her
native capacity to develop into an artist by
displaying her good taste IN dress. she
cannct build houses OF design magnificent
engineering feats-Rn these capacities be
ing latent in femininity-so she IL confined
as to the taste OF her garments, the archi-
lecture OF her dresses and cloaks and the
color scheme OF the materials that go into
such goods which she displays 10 her
friends and TO the world at large.
The construction Of all woman's gar
ments, or the first idea OF such things. Is.
after all. largely in the hands OF women.
Not 30 much In America as In that place
OF all places" where the great good things
CONS frbm-the Rue de la Paix in Paris.
The Rue de Ia PAX Is the Women's street
II Is made by women. and for women. The
designs. the constructions. the selection or
materials, the attendance upon customers.
the management Of workrooms, the selling
OF the gowns, IN fact. everything. except the
delivering Of the goods. billing and collect
ing for same, Is conducted by w~Omankind.
OUTER GARMENTS WHICH
PROCLAIM THE WOMAN.
There are men directors. and TO them a
great deal CO credit Is given for that which
they do not perform.
The designing Of the majority Of COS
tunes. even when EXECUTED by men. Is IN
splred by their wives.
We are going into the CLOAK and the
woman" very NUN ike the old poet did in
10 the questions OF the Arms and tho
man" But. after all. IL Is her outer gar
ments that are the woman's best arma-
ment; her weapons Of onense in which she
-GEes most successfully her wars upon her
Feelings. The likes. the dislikes and The
admiration Of her own sex as wei as M.
opposite one are principally embodied in
the various articles OF attire. The coat. OF
course. IL the outer sheH. Il Is that fasct-
mating shell in which the butterfly looks
at her 5es; az tins. The association that the
proper outer hahiiiment carries with IL Is
4 great factor in the effect which i. prb-
duces upon the observer. Consequently. We
have in coats to-day the highest erusiic
sense in dress
h the proper coat should be puf on
the proper woman goes without saying
VIII she buy the right thing? VIII m
salesman or saleswoman select the right
garment for the right woman Oh. thai
there were artists to guide and guard
against some Of the shocking and afro.
cious results OF bad selectlon-a "a,
woman in a short coat. the ends with
its capacious tails Just above knee length
that make her look a mile wide; or The
great. tall. short-waisted woman whc
chooses a little bit OF a Jacket, which
emphasizes the shortness Of her uppel
anatomy and puts the enormous skirt ca
pacity In evidence.
KIMoNA JACKET IS NOW
THE CORRECT THING.
The latest new fad Is the klmona Jacket.
We have not as yet seen this in the market
10 the extent that we shall in the future
The Chinese form for the outer wrap n
far as the cut OF the back Is concerned. VII
be thu most emphatic thing later OF Il
Paris.