The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-01
CLOTHES THE MAIN THING.
Women 1t sunmer Hotels Are Closer,
InsDectea aad Judged ~ q
4 Their Dress.

occupied in arranging the rooms, un-
packing the trunks and getting ready
for the campaign. BY that time the
guests know that the new arrivals have
had plenty of opportunity to get them
selves into condition to look their best.
SO there Is no reason why they should
not look ali right by the second day,
says the New York Sun.
They know that the inspection will
begin seriously when they 60 down to
breakfast that morning, and will con-
tinue at intervals during the day. After
awhile they will be accustomed to It.
Mice. looking people, remarked one
woman on the piazza as mother and
two daughters appeared They had ar
rived the night before.
~ haven't had q chance to look at their
faces said the other woman, who was
staring hard at them, ''but like their
clothes.
The three advanced with an effort to
appear at ease They were followed down
the piazza by the eyes Of the women gath
cred here In groups. Mid-August had
brought new arrivals to the mountain
hotel, and there were many unfamiliar
gowns to be inspected and classified.
"Well-cut duck skirts the girls have
on" said one attentive observer Of the
new party, which seemed as a whole to.
have made q good impression. VI
Yes, assented another, who was able
to get q closer view as the two sat down
next to her. Their clothes are all right.
But isn't 1t curious that they have no
personal ornaments on. Not one Of
them has even a stickpin." "a
The piazza buzzed with discussion Of
the new arrivals, Their progress had
started 1t. AS onegroup after another
was passed. the talk began before the
women were out Of hearing. Their plain
dresses bore the unmistakable ear marks
Of good style. It was decided that such
q beginning was promising. But it was
necessary to wait until evening before
It was possible to decide whether they
were well dressed. Nd. e
That night they came through the or
deal with triumph. They wore rich gowns
smartly, they were not overdressed. and
their simple jewels put to confusion the
woman who had commented on their
lack Of 'personal ornaments" =
The three were sitting on the piazza
again that night when, some tired trav-
elers landed from the little steamer In
front q the hotel and passed up the
steps into the ofice. i
Ii Aren't you glad. mother, = !, saii one
Of the two girls. that other women
have arrived tonight. They'll have to
be looked over in the morning."
Nothing 20 much inhames the ordinary
feminine interest in dress as hotel life.
In the summer It Is the most engrossinR
topic. and 81 the winter hotels 1t comes;
next to Mid9A In her home woman sees
dress ana change Of 1t much less fre-.
quently. III hotels there are twice as
many women as she sees ordinarily
about her, changing their clothes twice.
as many times. Il takes strong-mind-e
ed woman not to have her thoughts di-
rected altogether to the subject OF co.,
tums.a 81 ].
Hotel life as permanency has been
considered, disadvantageous from the.
point OF manners before this. One Of
its least admirable influences must be.
the importance that young girls are
led 10 laysop dress Ifs the amount Of,
discussion they heard made them taste
,fll and careful In dress, .tts harm might,
be mitigated, but as q rule. there is
merely the tendency to overdress that.
survives +
Many Of the persons who live perma-s
nently in New York's hotels find their
only opportunity to wear elaborate dress
while they sit in the corridors or the
asssspalIn rooms. thst were presumably ins
Nantfd Tor the purpose Of allowing thu
guests the opportunity to wear their
gowns before an audience. The same
restricted oppoltunity ~ EXHIBIT, their:
dresses is all that is available to manys
,9t the most richly dressed yemen at
the summer hotels. f Z