The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-03
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
WESTERN WOMEN CHARGED WITH
OvERDREssING AT ATLANTIC CITY.
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It is TO be earnestly hoped, says a CORE
spondent of an Eastern paper, that At
lantic City will not get. so "dressy' a place
that the girl on a small income cannot be
happy and comfortable down here. There
is a great deal Of talk about this question
Just now among those who have money and
those who nave not.
Newport, Saratoga. Bar Harbor ere all
fashionable places. There the multi-mil-
lionaires may go and expect fine dressing.
But this place has held the custom of ex-
IRENE simplicity until recently. The first
break is shown this season.
There is not enough change yet for the
girl of simple means TO feel 1t. Atlantic
City has been a happy hunting ground for
her because nothing was expected OF her
beyind freshness. good taste and simplicity.
Twelte-cent muslin, if made up WELL
looked stylish enough for the board walk.
Linens were considered the correct thlng
for all hours. Girls who couldn't even con-
slider the resorts where people dress elao-
orately, could come to Atlantic City with
an inexpensive outfit and feel that Mrs;
George Gould wasn't any better dressed
than she was.
1t is for this reason that the great mass
of women down here look so well. Iney
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there is not a price tag showing anywhere.
At a luncheon a day or two ago the
women were talking of this conditlon ana
wondering II this seasons dressing meant
any change in the state OF AFFAIRS. Ihey
would deplore the least change In the mus
lin edict, for while some OF these women
were rich they wanted to be away from the
necessity of making several toilets a DAY
for the two months Of hot weather.
One girl who was there and who has a
very small income, said that ii would be a
very unhaDDV ChanRe for women ike her
self, who, while they tried TO look well and
keep to the fashions OF the day as far as
cut and design are concerned, couldnt pos
sibly keep up with the styles in variety and
quality Of goods and all the expensive &C
cessories.
That there was a change this season all
admitted. They did not lay the blame to
the Philadelphia or Baltimore colony, but
to the Westerners and Southerners.
So long as Atlantic City appealed to the
people near it, the dressing remained sim
pie; now IL is getting so cosmopolitan that
women who come here from a great dis
lance insist upon making 1t a fashlonable
resort where good clothes are to be dis
played. These women realize that there Is
no better place in America for showing of
fine gowns than on the board walk and its
piers.
So far these strangers have been the
ones to make a display of gowns. The
Philadelphia and Baltimore colonies have
there are a great many women from these
towns who are glad of a chance to break
loose from the traditional simplicity.
There is one comfort about 1t" said
the girl who hadn't money. IF the dis
play of dressing is due TO the cosmopolitan
condition of the place IL will rapidly get
so large that ii won't make any difference
how you dress, because you will be lost in
the crowd. You will then feel as inconspic-
uous as you do in a great city, where you
can wear what you please and no one will
notice it,"
The most noticeable break in the sim
plicity here is the way women are wearing
the most gorgeous jewels; some of them
unfortunately for their own taste, making
this display in the morning.
1t cannot be argued that the women who
do dress well and simply down here Away
spend little money on their clothes, for the
simple muslin is often an expensive affair
But it remains a muslin and does not stare
out of cou%ntenance the other frock of a cir
on a simple income.
l saw a woman the other morning dressed
in a white and blue muslin, the under.
clothes run with blue satin ribbon, the cir
die, the urnov collar, the veil also Of
blue, and the front of the blouse fastened
with blue stones mounted on pins. The ha'
was of white, with a faint touch of blue
about the trimming. The shoes were Of
white and the stockings pale blue. TIL,
gloves were white and she tilted a blue tat
feta parasol with a white handle. tied with