The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-28

NO one Is as illSiHlcilJ
! by the problem of how to dress wen
upon next TO nothing a year as IS tlie
woman who goes out to business
| Whether she be old or young, II pc
comes necessary for her to dress be
coming, suitably and ln~eXpenSlvely' oiie
| has no time to sew 2nd furDlSA UP
! things for hcrself-save such time rs
she may steal from needed hours ol
rest and relaxation. -.
In the case of an elderly woman tne
matter is simpli1led. She may dress m
conspicuOusly in black and seldom go
a. new gown and little notice Will ne
paid to her if hcrSO%n is We'll mace anu
neat. The young woman, however, Hlu7I
dress we'll or she will be talked ABOUT
disparagingly by other girls ana, pei
haps, by yOung men whom SHe Seeho
! to please by her dress. She wants 10
eni0y the pleasures of social life ana
she likes to look we'll and feels unhappy
if she cannot Go so. She hasn't time
to search from shop to shop tor lhose
things which her limited income may
buy, yet she must have them.
One OF the most sensible dresses mat
q, business woman can get in summer
is D dark blue lawn or muslin OF some
kind. They appear with various sizes
OF dots and figures and vary IN Price
from 5 cents to Il cents Il yard. IheE
are cool, inconspiCuous, do not get
soiled and are invariably neat ana pc
coming. \ girl who paid 10 cents Tor
such Il dress was admired wherever she
went. Men and ome thought her
gown must have cost a good deal pc
cause it was so dainty Il becoming.
She trimmed the yoke with a little mar
row lace inserting, seWed rows OF II
around the bottom Of her sleeve, alter
mating with groups of small tucks, n
trimmed the bottom of her Sklrt WIN
more rows of Inserting, put on IN d
Wavy pattern above tWO narrow lrlliS
of the material, one OF which edged the
dress.
The lace was bought in a bunch, the
punches selling from % to So cents each,
and lust 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-
pensivc than it really is. This makes
a good business suit for hot days, and
the waist may be made mere frame
work worn over q thin white sf~st-
waist, if one wants to look more
dressed up"
For cooler days and bad weather the
business woman will find g suit of
brilliantine, siCillienne, mohair, or al
paca-aIl about the same thing under
different Enthusiastically useful. AL
paca usually has q smoother surface
and it sheds dust and water with equal
impartiality. 1t is a cheap, yet nice
looking fabric, and makes up into
charming plated skirts as well as
the gored skirts with seams stitched
on the outside a little way in from the
edges. Circular skirts should be
avoided by the business women. They
always sag and require the constant
attention Of a dressmaker to keep them
even around the bottom.
Alpaca I ID its kindred fabrics do not
make up we'll into all sorts of blouses.
The smart, cool ulnmer waist should
be just q low bottom of q waist, reach
ing as far as the bus and cut in an
Irregular shape al 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
shaped ~Suspenders, trimmed to match
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
q 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 weather as a
protection against rain as we'll as be-
ing just the thing for cool summer
days.
II the cost of laundering shirtwaists
IS a consideration, a bodice of the dress
material may be made partly fitting,
with short sleeves and a suuare or
round neck. It might be finished off
with piped panels of the material in
front, and trimmed with buttons there
ana on the sleeves. This would only
require a bit Of lace in tie neck and
pare arms or lace sleeveless. These NAV
pc washed at home and patted out with
the hands II one does not care to iron
them. A dress like this will be serv-
lceable 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 q
gown, since it may then be Worn with
various coats and waists, but next 10
olacA dark blues, green's, grays and
- LIS pICllS III these materials
Gray is not as good as the other colors
named.
A belt Of leather, OR of the dress mo-
terlal or of silk, may be worn with :,
slngl frame buckle of brass or silver.
Ihese Two costumes would serve a girl
through all the warm months of The
year for business, but she will need =
dress to wear to the theater and to At
tend dances and dinners in, since recre-
alton is an absolute necessity to tba
woma VINO works. LILY
Foulard makes a most admiral lilo
theater and going out gown. n 10
more dressy than pongee: nez-ar
brushes; is suitable for MANY occasim,s
and wears admirably. 1t can be ror,,
summer and winter and hapnens iI,st
now, to be in high favor. Very prcttw
satin foulards can be had for so cents
a yard and there are cheaper varieties
Inc material is wide and stands ciean-
ing and even washing.
Have the skirt made simply. so that
cifa1ige or style VIII not affect its smar
appearance, and have the bodice made
quite pfcttily, with lace in the necL, and
cuffs and perhaps a bit upcn tha
podlce, although that is by no rneans
necessary. It may have the NECK and
sleeve bottoms SO constructed thar thau
may pc taken out, and a simple edsine
or lace upon a short sleeve and siie1tisS,
open neck VIII make the dress suiia bIo