The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1903-10-22
NO MORE oLp woMEN.
Drcnsmakers DO Not Now Advertise
Fashionable Apparel for
Elderly Patrons.


There are no old women to-day in
the wide world Of fashion, says faah-
ion authority.
Not many years ago dressmakers de-
sikned special dresses for women who
had passed the sunny side Of life. There
were caps for old women and wraps and
bonnets and shoes for them. Every
body called them grandma" and their
greatest pleasure was in sitting By the
flreside aud telling Of the good old days.
Now all this has changed. II to-day
you should seek TO draw distinction
between the dresses Of your grandmoth-
er and your mother YOU would hnd 1t
an exceedingly difficult matter, for In
the fashionable dressmaking establish
ments Of the city no rules of age pre-
vail.
In the swellest Of the dressmakers'
shops the other day three women we're
selecting and ordering their dresses
for the fall and winter The eldest
Of the trio was probably SIS. the second
g and the youngest 20. The choice OF
eoods they made was practically the
same, with the possible exception that
The eldest woman selected oolors
lriae more suhdued than the other two.
But this difference was so slight as
scarcely to be marked. The women
were grandmother. mother and daugh-
ter, but one fashion plate answered for
all.
''No smart maker OF women's cloth
Ing would think for a minute Of estab-
fishing a style Tor elderly women. said
the head OF the establishment 10 a re-
porter. 1--WE do not recognize the fact
that there are old women. but we seek
20 regulate the colors Of dresses ac.
cording 70 the appropriateness az age.
Il would not do to tell an elderly woman
that certain color was too bright for
her, but We have ways Of quietly maxi
ing suggestions.
Except In the colorincs there is prac-
tically no difference between the dress
Of woman Of 10 and one OF So or 40.
The street dresses Of the old women
arc cut with the same sleeve and the
same flow of skirts &c the dresses OF
their daughters The same may be
said Of ballroom costumes with. per-
haps, the exception that the dresses OF
the older ladies are not cut quite so
dcoollete"
The same thing applies IN other arfi-
cles Of apparel for women. The fash
ionable shoemakers FOR women say the
old women order the same kind OF shoes
as the younger.
"The hiRh heels 70 women's shoes viii
prevail this season - said a shoemaker
THAT seems TO be popular fad tha.
will not be relinqulshed soon. The old
women OF fashion arc as anxious to wear
them as their daughters. Women of 70
come IN here and order the one and
three-ouarter inch heel. and some 20
even farther than this. Age males no
difference I'm the shoes Of women"
But there is one place where the lire
Is slightly drawn. THAT Is IN the mill
linery store. A women Of 70 can scarce
iy wear picture hat two feet in diam
eter. She will not. however. wear
bonnet That seems too old-womanish.
So she does the next hest thlng-she
wears a toque. OF course. that really
Is a bonnet. but II doesn't sound HE
one. and then. besides. Il Is also worn
by young women. So. after all. even in
wearing the toque the grnndmammas
10 not differ from their daughters.