Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-10
.HERC0RRECT COMING
The Business Woman Must
Hold Her Own.
SHOULD DISPLAY ART
NATURE OF WORK MAKES THE
DIFFERENCE.
Modiste Wears Daintiest of Clothes,
but Other Occupations Demand
Severe Lines.
SHOULD DISPLAY ART
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
Since fashionable women beth in this
country and in England have taken to
trade, the correct gowning of the business
woman has become a matter of moment
with the modiste, the tailor and the manu-
facturer of readyto-wear garments. To
the business woman herself it has risen to
the dignity of problem.
The woman who seeks position in New
York, or any other large city, gives as much
consideration to her wardrobe as to her
credentials. She sternly turns her back
upon furbelows and evening frocks and
thinks first of the gown in which she will
present herself before her future employ
ers.
The smart woman who goes into business
for herself regards her frocks as advertis-
ing and stamping her establishment. She,
therefore, passes upon them with the same
care that she exercises in selecting her
stock or decorating her parlors and offices.
whether the business woman wears a pc
deStrian skirt, or one that trains, depends
entirely upon the line Of work she enters.
The same condition regulates the. matter
of material and colors.
Mrs. Osborn, who builds gowns for
number of smart New Workers, appears be-
fore her patrons clad in pure white, broad
cloth, clinging silk or sheer lawn, according
to the season. Her gowns train at some
length and she has fetching way of hold
ing her skirts to display dainty lingerie,
white silk stocking and white suede Slip
pers. AS she caters to the set that wears
frills. she dresses accordingly
Mrs. Harry B. Smith and Mrs. A. F.
Townsend, who established a womans
lunch club in the heart of New York's
fashionable shopping district, cater at noon
to the women at whose tables they dine in
the evening. Their business frocks are
built invariably on the simplest but most
correct lines. and they harmonic admira-
bly, with the dull green and Flemish oak
setting of the lunch room. They wear
trained skirts in smooth black cloth, and
tailored shirt waists with smart stocks.
Miss Norma Munroe, who is interested in
a publishing business, is another devotee to
the dark trained skirt and shirt waist
Mrs. Harriet Hubbard Aver, one of the
most successful business women in New
York, Is a firm believer in the pedestrian
skirt for the office. In winter she wears
chic tailored suits in rough mixed Goth,
with severe shirt waists. In summer she
invariably wears white pique, but the skirt
escapes the gound by several inches.
Built on Mannish Lines.
Miss Jeanette Glider, the well-known
publisher, is another believer in the pedes-
| trian skirt, and her suits are built on man
| nish lines. An inveterate theatergoer and
a confirmed first nighter, her severe, dark
suits and tailored hats form a striking con-
| trast to the butterfly fashions which pre-
vail all around her at the playhouses.
| 1t is not to be thought, however, that the
| business woman Of today yields one jot OF
her feminnity. She has but mastered the
art Of softenng the tailored suit to meet
her needs. She is stylish, because she is
| appropriately dressed; smart, because she
| fits perfectly into the picture of the BUSH
| ness world. Nothing will bring out the
n a tho a. yxTo1l
| made tailor suit, and the business woman
who is wise will never economiZe on the
suit that she expects to wear every day.
One of the most successful life insurance
women in the metropolis insists that every
| business woman should have two smart
| suits, one in rough. mixed goods for hard
usage, and one of smooth cloth, correctly
tailored and relieved by a suggestion of
trimming, to wear when she has an APP
pointment of exceptional Importance, or
when she desires to secure a hearing with
| those in high places. While clothes do not
make the woman any more than they do
the man, they sometimes exert a desirable