The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-10-02
CLOTHES THE MAIN THING.
Women at Summer Hotels Are Closely
Inspected and Judged by
Their Dress.

The new arrival at the summer hotel
always finds the second day more diff
cult than any other. The first is usually
occupied in arranging the rooms, I'M
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 all right by the second day,
says the New York Sun.
They know that the inspection will
begin seriously when they go 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.
81 haven't had 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 tc
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 whole to
have made good impression.
EYES," assented another, who was able
to get closer view as the two sat down
next to her. Their clothes are all right
But isn't it curious that they have 70
personal ornaments on. Not one OF
them has even a stickpin.'
The piazza buZZed with discussion of
the new arrivals. Their progress had
started it. AS one group 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. 1t was decided that such
beginning was promising. But it was
necessary to wait until evening before
it was possible to decide whether they
were well dressed.
That night they came through the or
deal with triumph. They wore rich gowns
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 of the hotel and passed up the
steps into the Office.
aren't you glad, mother" said one
of the two girls, that other women
have arrived tonight. They'll have to
be looked over in the morning"
Nothing so much infiames the ordinary
feminine interest in dress as hotel life
In the summer it is the most engrossirs
topic, and in the winter hotels it comes
next to bridge In her home woman sees
dress and change of it much less fire.
quently. In hotels there are twice as
many women as she sees ordinarily
about her, changing their clothes twice
as many times. 1t takes strong-miDd
ed woman not to have her thoughts d.
rected altogether to the subject Of cos
tune.
Hotel life as permanency has been
considered disadvantageous from the
pOluI u IuduucES DclOIc LuiS- OuS Oi
it's least admirable influences must be
the importance that young girls are
led to lay on dress. II the amount of
discussion they heard made them taste
full and careful in dress, its harm might
be mitigated, but, as rule. there is
merely the tendency to overdress that
survives.
Many of the persons who live perma-
nently in New York's hotels find their
only opportunity To wear elaborate dress
while they sit in the corridors or the
palm rooms" that were presumably in
vented for the. purpose of allowing the
guests the opportunity to wear their
gowns before an audience. The same
restricted opportunity to exhibit their
dresses is all that is available to MANY
of the most richly dressed women af
the summer hotels.