The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-06-29

No n Is as insistently confronted
by the problem of how to dress vel
upon next to nothing a year as is the
, woman who goes out t. business
Whether she be old or young, it be
comes necessary for her to dress be.
coming, suitably and inexpensively. She
has no time to sew and Turkish ur
things for herself-save such time as
she may steal from needed hours OF
rest and relaxation.
In the case of IN elderly woman the
matter is simpliied. She may dress in
conSpicuously in black and seldom get
q. new own and little notice will be
paid to her If hergoWn is we'll made and
neat. The young woman however, mus
dress we'll or she will be ak about
disparagingly by other girls and, per-
to please by her dress. She wants to
enjoy the pleasures of social life and
she likes to look We'll and feels unhappy
if she cannot do so. She hasn't time
to search from shop to shop for those
things which her limited income may
buy, yet she must nave them.
One of the most sensible dresses that
is & dark blue lawn or muslin of some
kind. They appear with various sizes
of dots and figures and vary in price
from . tents to IL tents a yard. They
are cool, inconspicueus, do not get
soiIed nj are invariably neat and be-
coming. A girl who paid 20 tents for
such Il dress was admired wherever she
went. Men and women thought her
gown must nave cost a good deal be-
cause it was so dainty and becoming.
She trimmed the yoke With a little mar
row lace inserting. sewed rows of it
around the bottom of her sleeve, alter
mating with groups of small tucks, and
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more rows of inserting, put on in a
wavy pattern above two narrow frills
of the material, one of which edged the
dress.
The lace was bought in a bunch, the
punches selling from 25 to So cents each,
and just enough was used to tighten
the dress without making it appear
conspicuous. A little lace around the
! top of the collar, and a white and dark
blue hat, completed q costume which
was always smart looking, because we'll
made and becoming.
Dark blue lawn, selected with dis
erection, always looks much more ex-
pensive thar it really is. This makes
a good business suit for hot days, and
the waist may be made a mere frame
work Worn owe a thin white SHIT
waist, if one wants to look more
dressed up
For cooler days and bad weather the
business woman will find a suit of
brilliantine, sicillienne, mohair, or al
different Enthusiastically useful. AL
paca usually has a smoother surface
and it sheds dust and waite with equal
impartiality. 1t is a cheap, yet nice
looking fabric, n makes up into
charming plated skirts as we'll as
on the outside a little way in from the
edges. Circular skirts should be
avoided by the business women They
always sag n require the constant
attention of a dressmaker to keep them
even around the bottom.
Alpaca ; I'd it's kindred fabrics do not
make up we'll into all sorts of blouses.
The smart, cool summer waist should
be just a low bottom of a waist, reach
ing as far as the bust and cut in an
irregular shape at the top in the way
most becoming to the wearer. 1t should
be trimmed around the top and have
side pieces, like wide and daintily
the top of the dress, and with bits of
trimmed pieces for sleeves hanging
from the shoulder. This, attached to
a trimmed belt. makes a cool and
dainty waist to wear over a white
s~hirtwaist. With this dress should be
a coat reaching to the waist and with
coat sleeves reaching to the wrist.
Both coat and bodice might be trimmed
with stitched bias folds of the material
and buttons to match it in color. The
coat should button high up the front.
Such coats can be smartly made and
serve admirably in wet wealher as a
protection against rain as we'll as be-
ing just the thing for cool summer
days.
1t the cost of laundering shirtwaists
Is a consideration, a bodice of the dress
material may be made partly fitting,
with short sleeves n a square or
round neck. 1t might be finished off
with piped panels Of the material in
front, and trimmed with buttons there
and OF the sleeves. This would only
require a bit of lace in tie neck and
bare a1ms.or lace sleeveless. These may
be washed at home and patted out with
the hands if one does not care to iron
them. A dress like this will be serv-
iceable from early spring till late in
the autumn and would do for a winter
house dress as well.
Black is the best color for such a,
gown, since 1t may then be worn with
various coats n waists, but next to
black dark blues, green's, grays and
browns are pretty In these materials.
Gray is not as good as the other colors
named.
A belt of leather. or Of the dress ma
terial or Of silk, may be worn with a
single frame buckle OF brass or silver.
These two costumes would serve a girl
through all the warm months Of the
ear for business, but she will need a
dress to YEA to the theater and to at
tend dances and dinners in, since recre-
alton is an absolute necessity to the
woman who works.
Foulard makes a most admirable
theater and going out gown. 1t is
more dressy han pohgee; never
brushes; is suitable for many occasions
and wears admirably. 1t can be worn
summer and winter and happens, just
now, to be in high favor. Very pretty
satin foulards can be had for SO cents
a yard and there are cheaper varieties.
The material is wide and stands clean
ing and even washing.
Have the skirt made simply, so that
change Of style will not affect its smart
appearance, and have the bodice made
quite prettily, with lace in the neck and
cuffs and perhaps a bit upon the
bodice, although that is by no means
necessary. It may have the neck and
sleeve bottoms so constructed hat they
may be taken out, Inc a simple edging
of lace upon a shor sleeve II Slightly
open neck will make the dress suitable
for an informal dinner or evenings in
a hotel at some resort