The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
Practical Raimenf for
Practical Women
Downing of the Business Woman Has Dame
Fashions Calculations
BY KATHERINE ANDERSON.

mercerized cotton or madras, which
show beautiful heckings of color on
white and cream backgrounds. The
new soft tea green appears in many
of these waistings, also porcelain blue,
and brown flecks or dots are shown
on deep cream ground. A beauti-
full new cloth for waists looks like
washes admirably, and is comfortable
and warm. 1t appears in stripes,
checks and small figures, but is most
effective in the Roman stripingS.
Velveteen and broadtail velour are
both in vogue again for blouses, but
they must be selected with infinite
care. In certain shades of gray tan
and green they wear satisfactorily
but in the odd new shades they are
conspicuous, soon become hateful to
the owner, and are left hanging in the
clothes press. The smartest velve-
teen waists are made very simply
with stitched pleats from the Shout
ders, and no trimming except the fat
test of self-tone braid.
A Rainy Day OUTFIT.
The business woman who IS much
on the street should own a complete
rainy-day outfit and keep it for that
purpose. This because for rainy
weather she should have a skirt and
ground Many a long coat of water
proof cloth does more harm than
good to its owner because she has
it cut too long.
The best tailors say that the rainy
day skirt and coat should clear the
ground by four inches. If the water
proof coat is long, the material OF
the skirt beneath is not all important,
and here the business woman may
men who can afford such a luxury, are
having rainy-day suits made-short
skirts and Norfolk Jackets of water
proof cloth-but these cost as much
as a well-built business suit.
Much thought should be given by
the business woman to the question
of furs. If she decides to swathe her
throat with boa or tippet when going
to and from business, she will become
a slave to the habit. The first time
she lays aside the fur. she is likely to
take cold. If she wears furS every
day, they must be of the best quality,
as nothing shows wear more quickly
than a cheap fur.
The Little Things of Dress.
Small neck scarfs of good MOLE
skin is an excellent investment this
season, but a muff is an abomination
for daily use. The new kid gloves for
business wear come lined with bright
paids in silk and wool, and afford an
excellent substitute for mutt.
Always have a perfectly plain hat
such as a crush or Alpine shape for
wear on stormy days. 1t will save
your good tailored hat--likewise your
purse.
Some girls get a good quality of
rain coat and wear it every day to
business. in which case they have an
ga lit lel fTsOrN ho
same material. Shirt-waist suits in
lightweight cheviot, serge and novelty
cloth may be worn under such coat,
but the coat must be the very best of
material and coloring to Withstand
daily wear. Oxford gray and the new
olive-green are perhaps the best col
orings, and care must be taken that
the coat is not ver-trimmed. The
general tendency of rainy day raiment
this season. as in all garments femi-
nine, is toward over-trimming.
a semi-TaiIOred Costume Essential.
Have one semi-taiiored costume
(which will serve for church
kwear, and with the addition of
E4ldainty blouse, for the theater. Do
b'pot have 1t made with a train unless
kgyou expect to ride much in carriages.
tIThe really Well-dressed woman this
/ year has no train on her street gown.
OF the many fabrics onered Tor
such suit, broadcloth, which never
had such a satiny sheen as this year,
and broadtall velour are probably the
most desirable. Broadcloth, in the
end. will give the best wear, and lend
itself to making over, but the broad
tail velour Is selling enormously for
just such costumes as you will need.
The skirt should not be over
trimmed, but the jacket should be
made In rather ornate fashion with a
vest and braided reveres. Wear with
this for church a shirt waist of plain
or changeable silk, made with embroi-
dered bands and French knots, with
perhaps touch of velvet in self-tone
or a harmonious color.
The Theater Blouse.
For the theater blouse, crepe de
chine is a most dependable fabric, and
it is combined this year with lace in
sets surrounded by French knots, tiny