The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-03-14
USE OF THE PIN.
The Important Part 1t Should Play
In q Woman's Dress.

In q Woman's Dress.
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
well made;" that, graceful and lovely
as they are, the mere stitchery is very
light and unreliable, apt to give at any
moment. Mere sewing Is not the artis-
tic thing for which one pays exorbi-
tant prices. The great couturiere
charges for deft touches, inspired ad-
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 a pin than
there is in rows of mere strong stitch
cry. Personality cannot be expressed
in frock that any other woman could
duplicate. 1t must have special touch
es of its own, and it cannot have these
if the woman who wears it 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 we'll made-too we'll made to have
any subtlety or illusion. Every fold is
in place. Every frill is secured by n
strong thread. Everything is so firmly
sewed that no mystery can Turk in
fold and no expression lie i'll the curves
or fines of a skirt. When you have
once seen Il toilet. there it ends The
second time you are deadly tired of it,
and finally it gets on your nerves.
How you long to see little difference
in the bodice. Il curve in the sleeve that
you had not noticed before! But all
this would mean imagination or pins.
Consequently the notion of pin is alb
hOrrent. 1t 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 lies
They will have Il 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 nee
die it is hardly ever TO be found. Wo-
men should recollcct that in the sordid
actually OF dress there is neither art
nor beauty. Style is infinitely more diff
ficult to procure than fashion. One is Il
triumph of the mind; the other is al
ways procurable with gold. No other
attribute is so necessary to those who
wish to he well dressed as good STYLE
but it is generally inherent and only
to be found in the woman who pos
sesses Imagination and can therefore
rise above medocrity. 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.-St Louis Star