The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-03-15
USE OF THE PIN.
The Important Part IL should Play
In Woman's Dress.

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A good deal OF scorn is heaped upon
the woman who, as the saying goes, Is
pinned together" She is put down as
untidy and lazy and generally shift
less. The scornful critics do not stop
to consider that the most artistic
French dresses and hats are seldom
as they are the mere stitchery IL very
light and unreliable, apt TO give at any
moment Mere sewing Is not the arts
tic thing for which one pays exorbi-
tant prices. The great couturiere
charges for deft touches, inspired adj
Justments, graceful drapery, beauty OF
outline. Many OF these effects depend
on the pin. Clothes should be put on
with art as well as made with skill.
There is more affinity In the cunning
fold placed with the aid OF pin than
there is in rows OF mere strong stitch
cry. Personality cannot be expressed
I'm frock that any other woman could
duplicate. II must have special touch
es OF its own, and it cannot have these
IL the woman who wears 1t despises
the use Of pin.
Many women spend large sums on
their clothes and never seem on good
terms with them. Their frocks are
very well mnde-too well made 90 have
any subtlcty or Illusion. Every fold is
I'm place. Every frill is secured 10y
strong thread. Everything Is so firmly
sewcd that no mystery can Turk in n
fold and no expression lie in the curves
or lines OF skirt When YOU have
once seen a toilet, there 1t ends, The
second time YOU are deadly tired OF It,
and finally II gets OH your nerves.
How you long 20 see a little difference
In the bodice a curve IN the sleeve that
you had not noticed before! But all
this would mean imagination or pins.
Consequently the notion OF a pin is alb
horrent. II 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 millinery. look at the French
hats. The Paris milliners elbow" them
together. and there Is no doubt that the
stitching will not endure or last long.
Consequently foreign 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. wherein the great mystery Hes.
They Will have n supreme cut, but the
folds and the hundred aud one little
mysteries Of lace chiffon. etc. will he
left TO their poetic genius, assisted by
pins OF various shape. size and design.
With the use Of the pin we get variety,
while I'm the solIdity Of thread and nee
die Il Is hardly ever 90 be found We.
men should rccollcct that IN the sordld
actuallty OF dress there Is neither art
nor beauty style Is Infinitely more dif-
iicult 90 procure than fashion one is
triumph Of the mind. the other rs IN.
ways procuruble with gold 40 other
attribute Is So necessary 20 those who
wish 20 Boswell dressed MS good style,
but It d gonorally Inherent aud ONLY
20 be found IA The woman who pos.
scsscs Imagination and can therefore
rise nboee medioerity You can call III
chic Il You Ike, but neither style nor
chic can be obtained in present day
dressing without the aid Of the de.
spised pin.-St. Louis Star