Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-06

New York, Oct. 6.-It very often
bannens that the woman whose
dress Is absolutely up to date in it
self is yet lacking in style, and II
one investigates it in nine cases out
ten the fact is due to her indiffer-
lence to the odds and ends, the ac-
cessories. the thumbs and threads
that must be left to the after-buying
yet of necessity must be in perfect
harmony 1t is the misfortune or
ignorance of some women to always
miss this harmony not only in color,
but in their propensity for combin-
ing the old and the new to the dis
advantage of both and their use of
thing inappropriate. They will put
together a new dress of the latest
style and a hat two years old. they
will wear with a new suit frayed
cut shirt-waist or an old collar or a
cleaned pair of gloves and very
likely pair of shoes that are run
down at the heels. 1t is just such
| things as these that the French
woman has made her reputation on
| for nice dressing. One to be well
dressed must study the tout ensem-
Bile.
1t costs money? OF course it does.
But the woman who is working for
the artistic effect of the whole ap-
pearance will take a little less ex-
pensive suit or dress that she may
have these small belongings that
mean so much to her air of smart
ness which compels our admiration
at every meeting even though she
may appear in the same costumes
each time we meet her
One of the faults of many a wom-
an is the buying of things promis-
cuous." She goes into a shop, she
sees a purple hat and buys without
even rejecting that she has not an
other article OF dress that she can
wear with it, and there are but two
roads open to her then, to buy a
whole suit to fit her hat or be an
eye-sore to her friends for whole
season. Both courses may cost her
many pang before she gets
through the winter.
The suit of dress must, of course, |
have the first consideration; and If |
you have fifty dollars for your dress
allowance deduct from this amount |
what your new silk underskirt, |
shoes, gloves, shirt waist, belt, col |
lar and tie, and hat are going to
cost, which will probably be about |
twenty of twenty-five dollars. Per-
haps you have one or more of these |
articles in good condition and If so !
that extra amount may be put on a |
second waist or the suit itself. |
With such planning you will not be
so apt to come TO that day as most |
of us have in the past, when among
numberless odds and ends of cloth |
ing We could hardly make a decent |
for ourselves. We do |
not need such quantities of things
as We need things appropriate and !
TO each other and the
occasion.
II any woman has any trouble in |
getting suit this fall ii is from
the many materials and styles she |
has to choose from rather than any,
thing else. The grey suit is still |
popular and II not too light is espe-
cially serviceable for winter wealth
er. Many of these suitings are lined
or checked with an unobtrusive coll !
or line in green. red, black or even
a darker or lighter shade of grey.
When the contrasting shade is pres
ent II supplies the foundation for a
nice color combination; while II the
material is an all grey a plaid silk
waist will give the necessary note
Df brightness, which may or may not
be carried out in the hat Another
material that promises to be very
popular this season is chiffon-broad-
10th and grey tinge showing blue
shades viii be a favorite. II gives
'ne OF those neutral tints with
which different hats and waists of
brighter color look so well, Chew
OTIS and serges in Hunters green
ire having a special showing this
autumn and, indeed, all the greens
eem to be growing more and more
'opular as the season advances: and
dark green in broadcloth Of the
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