The evening world., 1902-09-11
1t Doesn't Cost a Fortune
for a Woman to Clothe
Herself Stylishly. but 1t Is
Not the Clothes All the
Time It's the Woman
Within the Clothes.

w llIlIlI lttA Wv
vou are lust a dressmaker. | think YOU
are a great stump speaker in disguise.
Miss White Laughing and showing two
rows OF very white teeth)-Oh, no; I'm
nothing but a dressmaker. I've been a
dressmaker all my life. l began to make
nv own dresses when l was twelve
wears old / just love It. l love to see
the pretty things grow under my hands
l love 10 take a woman. no matter how
old she Is, and dress her-make her over
tin she's as pretty as a peach.
Mrs Ayer-Yes, but all women don't
turn out pretty as peaches, do they?
Miss white-Certainly they do. Bring
me the pIaInest woman you know. Never
mind how old she is. Just let me have a
chance to do my best with her and I'll
,urn her out as / promise. as pretty as
a peach.
One Horrible Example.
Mrs. Ayer-what an offer! l take you
at YOUR word. Consider that l now
present YOU with a subject. and you will
admit from my description she is a
pretty tough proposition; for she Is
forty two wears old, but she might he
sixty. She has a large and rrcpressible
stomach. She caveth in at the chest
and her back Is curved forward. She
has good features, which she can take no
credit for, and she wears the most
hideous garments thai the mind of NOR
tai woman e'er conceived. These gar
ments drop where they should keep
straight, are long where they should be
short and draw where they should be
loose. Moreover. she has lost her In
terest in life. She droops at the mouth
and constantly wears IN expression
which says she is looking for the worst.
| She is that most exasperating OF
females. a prematurely old woman. who
is determined never to give up being
miserable.
Miss Observation-Disclosures She is just
the woman for me TO make over. First
of all. she has got TO have the right
corset.
Mrs. Ayer-What sort Of a corset IL
that? One made TO At her-made to or
der. | suppose.
Miss wi!te-No. I will take n corset
Of the right shape and fit It to n
'HNNASf az aASNh'
and make her n lovely shape.
Mrs. Ayer-But my supposItitnus
woman's stomach protrudes.
Miss White-It won't after l put a
proper corset on her.
COrsets Worn Correctly.
Mrs. Ayer-A straight front?
Miss white-Of course. but the right
sort OF a straight front. Some Of the
straight fronts are terrible. | will be-
gin with the woman's corsets. I'll show
her how to put her corset on. ] found
out twelve years ago the way to put
a corset on SO as not to ave a stomach
by raising up. picking up the abdomen
with the hands after the corset is Oh.
Mrs. Ayer-Yes. l know, But my
woman caves in at the chest. She's a
terror!
Miss White--No, she isn't. She's just
a nice sweet woman. She must be made
to walk on the balls OF her feet. Then
SHE'S got to hold herself correctly, Don't
yorA worry. As soon as she hnds out
how she's improving she'll get Interested
and help the good work along.
Mrs. Aver But suppose l agree that
YOU can abolish her too conspicuous
stomach and stop her walking on her
heels, what ever will you do with her
unregenerate taste for black alpaca
trimmed with Jet beads-her determine
ton. as she is short and stout, to go
through life with skirts that escape the
ground and are trimmed round and
Can't he Frightened.
Miss whlte-You are making out n
desperate case, but y0I can't frighten
me. oar lady has on a straight-front
corset. She is walking OF the balls OF
her feet. You can't take these points
from me. Now l shall tell her she is In
the very prime OF life and that she
must wear skirts with long lines TO
make her look taller and sliGhter,
Mrs. Ayer-What is the prime OF life.
Miss White?
Miss White-From fifteen to one hun
dred and ten a woman should be in her
prime. It's a woman's spirit l try 10
get at. That is never old.
Mrs. Ayer-Why, YOU are a philoso-
pher. And are you also as practical as
n business woman should be to imam
cially succeed?
I know his business from the begin
ming. | can cut. ut, design, Oh, yes,
am practical.