The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-27

| ing matchmaking mamma: Yes. her
figure is very bad. She walks afro
ciously. Wretchedly round shoulder
ed, but depend upon it, madam, trust
| me. In my gowns your daughter will
rival the most stunning women at the
/ play. Trust to me-
Frocks and frills! Laces and furbe-
/ lows. These are magic words that
beat a tune of gladness on the dainty
| eardrums of all the fair daughters OF
| Eve. All women love pretty gowns.
| They say-people who ought to be
| ashamed of themselves-that a con-
| seriousness of being well dressed i'm
parts peacefulness to the human
heart that religion is powerless 20
give. Now, women know that these
| cynical people are correct in this view.
A well known woman, who has been
out long enough to know a little
| about heartaches and blue devils, said
the other day: when 1 want cheer
ing up l gown myself in my best Gre
atoms. If 1 have been annoyed in any
maner, if an old admirer suddenly
! announces his engagement or If rival
debutante suggests that facial mas
sage is good for wrinkles, why, 1 just
put on stunning new gown, and I
assure you the effect is magical"
Ever since Eve made such a fuss
collecting beautiful fig leaves women
have had a weakness for beautiful
clothes. Once in a while one finds
sweet young debutante surrounded by
a crowd of admirers, and from the
midst an impecunious one is heard to
sigh:
Il can support a simple little maid
who is content with such simple little
gowns"
Know, Gay Lochinvar- ut-of-the-
West. that simple little gown" on
that simple little maid cost" a larger
figure than your whole months sal
airy. These simple little muslin eff
fects are often the GROWING glory of
the gown makers art. The same girl
in a dress of cheap material would
make a very doubtful appearance.
Clothes makes a woman, in so far as
they have a great effect on her feel
ings and department. Many woman
who is obliged to wear a seedy, worn
out, winter gown, while waiting for
her new spring love" will sulk
along, with her head hanging down
and quite lose the air of SAVIOR faire,
which is her special charm. But take
the same girl in her dressmaker
best effect, and she will sweep through
the main thoroughfare of the Waldorf
Astoria with the air of princess.
Clothes alter a woman's very nature.
A girl can not help being dashy and
perky with a gorgeous new white
plume or a train that sweeps the
ground, but in an old, sloppy skirt,
the same girl would look like chore
maid, who wants to slump behind the
first lamp-post on the street. You
can find sterling merit, honest worth,
deep affection, motherly virtues. and
all that sort of thing under i'll hitting
clothes, but for real satisfaction, to
bring out the best points in woman
and to put the happy look
on her face, that even her nrst
successful love affair does not bring,
she needs the rustic of silk, the rich
ness of velvet and plumes, and the sat-
isfaction of a good cut
Miss Marie Allen who was one OF
the best gowned women of the Floro-
dora Company, and posed for these pic
lures, says: "a girl is positively two
persons in two different gowns. A low
ing and observant husband would not
know his wife if he found her wearing
the chore maids clothes"
Would you recognize in this stunning
ball gown the same girl who stands OPP
posite in the sloppy looking shirt
waist? Who would fancy that this well
poised woman, perfectly gowned for
calling, is the same woman as her Wis
avis in the ill fitting street clothes?
Where is gone the straight and shapely
back? Hidden by a bad fitting gar
ment. Where is gone the lithesome eff
feet of the slender figure? Hidden by
impossible folds.
Does the gown make the woman of
fashion? Or does the woman of fash
ion make the gown? 1t is as the old
yachtsman said: "All in the cut of the
jib." Do you fancy that Ninon d En-
clos captured that bushel of hearts she
is credited in a dowdy gown? Do you
imagine that Helen of Troy won Paris
heart with a cheap looking hat? By the
way, did the fair Helen wear hats? Did
they have them in those days? If they
didn't she lost one of woman's chief
delights.
A story told by we'll known society
woman illustrates the point. 1t seems
she wished to launch, on the turbulent
wave of society, with a great big cap
ital S, a young woman. She is most
cultured" put in her friend, most in
tellectual; she talks so well, and un-
derstands all the "isms" of the day;
loves Wagner, and all that" The So
ciety woman listened listlessly, and
then interrupted iInpatiently: Yes, let
that all go, my dear, but tell me, does
she gown herself well?" And so, you
see, dress nowadays, to a great extent,
makes the woman. This particular
story reminds me of one told by an
English writer. There was a very good
little boy once, and he wanted to go
to sea. The captain asked him what he
could do He said he could do the null
tiplication table backwards, and he
could paste sea weeds in a book, and
he knew how many times the word
'Begat' occurred in the Old Testament
and he could recite The boy stood on
the burning deck" and he almost knew
by heart 1--WE are seven.'
Very good, very good, indeed"
said the captain, but ken yer karry
coal?"
1t is just the same when a woman
wishes to appear her best. Great abil-
lty, great brains are not required SO
much as ken yer karry coal?" or DO
you gown yourself well?" And SO tn
great lady in her sweeping ball cos
tune, and the great lady in her wash
erwoman's Sunday best look like two
different women, although under both
gowns the same blue blooded heart is
beating.