The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-06-10


His duties so manifold great;
But our lover, the night, lures us on with his
We're 50 glad it is getting late.
CHAT WITH GIRLS ABOUT THIS, THAT AND
THE OTHER.
MY Dear Girls "A new opening
is being tried-have you heard
Of it? 1t has already met with great
encouragement and success. A Bach
elor's Mending Bureau where his
garments are carefully looked after
and attended to. What man is there
who wouldn't willingly pay reason
able sum to be assured that his clothes
were always. in perfect order? One
bachelor has decided to open the gates
of the Matrimonial Paradise already
by becoming engaged to one Of the
natty maids in this bureau, and thus
securing her to himself in the near
future. Her busy fingers, with its
shining needle, took a few stitches
in his heart, it seems, and may-hap
this is only the preliminary step and
incentive for others.
The idea got into sensible wo.
mans head that such an establish
ment was needed, and presto No
sooner was it opened than dozens of
others wondered why they had never
thought of it before. It is eminently
successful-pays all its debts prompt
ly-has a cosy habitation, and mon
ey in its treasury. 1t has made a
green spot in many bachelors dreary
upstairs, three-pair back attic life;
and with his hose we'll darned and all
buttons in their places, he can sit
down and smile, and being we'll
groomed, feel himself a man |! We
all like to be we'll groomed, don't
we? and well growed, too. 1t is
forceful truth that dress has an Unfit
ence. "Well accept people on their
looks and dismiss them on their
merits" says well-known writer,
and in the maxims lately given SO
freely by successful men to youthful
aspirants, great stress has been laid
on appearance. mo matter how
small your capital" is the general ad-
vice, stake sufficient of it to get a
good suit of clothes, for a favorable
impression is half the battle"
So, we ought to give our clothes
due share of our attention, but not be
absorbed in them, to the exclusion or
neglect OF our other duties. Really,
clothes are an indication of character
almost as much as speech and man.
ners. A well-dressed woman is ab-
solutely dainty, and no matter how
small her income, she can cultivate
the quality. Her skirt bindings are
never frayed, her gloves are carefully
mended, and her collars and neckties
are immaculate. Self-respect COM
pels neatness and tidiness, and there
is the charm that cannot be overesti-
mated. Fashions can be followed
without being extreme, or conspicu-
Gus, by selecting bizarre effects either
in colors or styles.
The shirt waist and blouse seems
to be as popular as ever, and many
are seen in the light shades of taffeta
embroidered or adorned with inserted
laces or appliques.
The dressy bolero still holds its
own, many bodices having them
attached. One pretty one fastened in
front with four large, artistic buttons
open at the neck, and is trimmed with
a white satin revers collar, covered
with white lace, which falls over
larger collar of black satin. The chem
isette and stock are of white chiffon
and the girdle of back satin. Sleeves
are of various styles, and form the
almost main adjunct to costume. And
I must tell you just here an interest
ing incident. At a delightful birth
day ''starch-up" celebration, not
long since some of the ladies' sleeves
of voluminuous pufings and rulings
pressed upon their neighbors, good
natured smiles ran from face to face
of the gentleman, and they bantered
the fair sex about the capacious arm
coverings and the small head gear,
many of the revived polo caps being
worn by those who last season wore
the largest hats. When the toasts
went round, a quick-witted man very
aptly proposed "The ladies May
their virtues exceed the magnitude
of their sleeves, and their faults be
less than their hats" The hearty
applause following showed that all
responded to the sentiment, which,
you'll agree with me, was a good
one.
This is an age of progress for al
most everything under the sun-an
age when woman is asserting herself
in every imaginable manner and al
though she may say she "doesn't
care button" for this or that it is
evident that she has special fancy
for the button, for that ornament has
been gradually arising in its might,
and is. conspicuous as dress trim
ming wherever it can find resting
place. The very latest craze in but
tons is to make them of old coins.
Does not this seem like sacrilege !
One can imagine the agony of coin
collector on meeting with one of these
curiously-bedecked females, and find
ing on close inspection, that she has
deliberately effaced the date on the
priceless coins. Mighty little the
average woman will care for that |!
All she thinks of is how to obtain
them. Many of them cannot get the
real and so they serenely wear the
imitation and declare they would just
as soon have them as the others.
We all know that buttons were
the pride and delight of the coquette
of the eighteenth century, and the an