The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-04
WOMEN DRESS WELL
WEAR MORE ELABORATE COS
TUNES THAN FORMERLY
The Old Style of Separate Waists Has
Gone Out Entirely-Dressmakers Are
All Busy Clothing the Sex to Meet
Fashions New Decree.

These are the days of elaborate
dressing, and the woman who formerly
made one costume do for many occa-
sions find it impossible now. A few
years ago a woman would have suit
of coat and skirt and several fancy
waists to go with it of varying degrees
of elaborateness and feel that she was
ready to go to any daytime function;
but fashion has changed all that, and
in place of that one costume she must
have several. Waists of different ma
terial from the skirt have wholly gone
out except for morning wear. The
woman who goes out much must nave
several dress toiletteS of nuns yelling
trimmed with lace or handwork. and
these must have long skirts, Whlch
means a train. They are worn now FOR
luncheons. teas, concerts and dinners,
unless the latter is an elaborate affalr,
and then one should wear evening dress.
The woman who goes out good deal
should have a plain cloth suit with SILK
and flannel waists for morning wear
and shopping; an elaborate cloth gown
much trimmed and the skirt long, for
calling and for teas, several house
gowns in the fashion of shirt waist
suits and one or two dressy costumes
as mentioned above. 1t is difficult for
her to get on with much less than
these. Besides she must have one of
the new long coats of light cloth much
trimmed and lined with brocade. This
coat is necessity if she is going out.
With it she should have one or two
large hats of black or white to wear to
concerts, weddings, etc. The make
shift days of dressing seem to have
passed, and the woman with a light
purse is hard put to make a good ap-
pearance these days.
Either there is a lack of dressmakers
in st. Paul or this is an unusual sea-
son but the fact remains that it is diff
cult to get anything made in this city
at present. OF course it is particu-
larly busy season and every one is
rushed, but if one is not mistaken there
is good opening for a ladies' tailor
here as we'll as for dressmakers. How
ever, it is possible to buy such very
beautiful costumes read-made that
many women prefer this manner of ac-
Quiring a wardrobe to any other. Not
very long ago, when speaking Of this
very matter, ST. Paul woman said she
had concluded for ethical reasons, to
purchase her things ready-made when
ever possible. She said the hours one
spent in dressmaking shop, not only
being fitted, but waiting, was waste
OF good time that she considered NOR
ally reprehensible.
One charming thing about having
money enough to dress as one wants, is
to pay some modiste a salary to dress
one properly all the time. The wear
and tear, the jealousy, rivalry and all
manner of ill-feeling sometimes engen-
dered by the questions of dress, is
painful and demoralizing. There is, of
course, not as much of this sort of
thing as some persons believe but new
women who hate to be troubled with
dress and sincerely wish that all wom-
en- could adopt uniform and thus get
out of all the bother of clothes and the
accompanying labor required to dress
even moderately we'll