Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-06-29

comes necessary for her to dress pc
coming, suitably and in~expensive!y. she
has no time to sew and furblsh up
things for herself-save such time as
she may steal from needed hours ol
| rest and relaxation.
In the case of an elderly woman the
matter is simplified. She may dress IN
conspicuously in black and seldom get
a. new gown and little notice Will De
paid to her If hergown iswell MADE ana
neat. The young woman, however, must
dress we'll or she will be talked about
di~sparagingly by other girls and, per-
haps, by young men whom she seeks
to please by her dress. She wants TO
enjoy the pleasures of social life ana
she likes 70 look we'll and feels nhapp
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 AVE them.
one of the most sensible dresses that
a business woman al get in summer
is y dark blue lawn or muslin of some
kind. They appear with various sizes
of dots and figures ~ vary in price
from 5 cents to II cents a YARD. Ihey
are cool inconspicuous, do no get
soiled and are invariably a n pc
coming. A girl who paid 20 cents Tor
such a dress was admired Wherever she
went. Men and women thought her
gown HluSi have Iool +" SSoN
cause it was so dainty and becoming.
She trimmed the yoke with a little mar
row lace inserting, sewed rows or IL
around the bottom of her sleeve, alter
mating with groups of small tuckS, ana
trimmed the bottom of her skirt with
more rows of inserting, put on IN d
waYy pattern above two narrow frlllS
Of the material, one of which edSed the
dress.
The lace was bought in a bunch. the
punches selling from 25 TO 35 cents each.
and lust enough was used to Ignite
the dress without making 1t appear
conspicuous. A little lace around the
ton of the collar, and q white and dark
blue hat, completed a costume which
was always smart looking, because well
made and becoming.
Dark blue lawn, selected with dis
erection, always looks much more eX-
pensive than It really is. This makes
a good business suit for hot days, and
the waist may be made a mere frame
work worn over a thin white sh>t-
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
paca-all about the same thing under
different nameS-extremely useful. AL
paca usually has q smoother surface
and it sheds dust and water with equal
impartiality. X is a cheap, yet nice
looking fabric, and makes up into
charming plated skirts as we'll 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 ID 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 d waist, reach
ing as far as the Just 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
shaped ~suspenders, trimmed to match
the top Of the dress, and with bits of
from the shoulder. This, attached to
a trimmed belt, makes a cool and
dainty waist to wear yer a white
shirtwaist. 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 weather as a
protection against rain as well as be-
ing just the thing for cool summer
days.
If the cost of laundering shirtwaists
Is q consideration, a bodice Of the dress
material may be made partly fitting
with short sleeves n a square OF
round neck. 1t might be finished off
with piped panels of the material in
front, and trimmed with buttons there
and on the sleeves. This would only
require a bit of lace in the neck and
bare arms 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 Their be worn with
various coats and waists, but next tC
black dark blues, greens, grays anG
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 q
single frame buckle Of brass or silver
These two costumes would serve a cir
through all the warm months of thu
year for business, but she will need 6
dress to wear to the theater and to at
tend dances and dinners in, since recre.
alton is an absolute necessity to thu
woman who works.
Foulard makes a most Admirable
theater and going out gown. 1t II
more dressy than pongee; never
crushes; is suitable for many occasion:
and wears admirably. 1t can be worr
summer and winter and happens, jus
now, to be In high favor. Very prett,
satin foulards can be had for so cent
a yard and there are cheaper varieties
The material is wide and stands clean.
, ing and even washing.
Have the skirt made simply, so tina
change of style will not affect it's smar
| appearance, and have the bodice mad,
quite prettily, with lace in the neck an,
cuffs and perhaps a bit upon tn
bodice, although that is by no means
necessary. 1t may have the neck an
, sleeve bottoms so constructed that the,
may be taken out, and a simple edgin,
: Of lace upon a short sleeve and sligntl.
. open neck will make the dress suitable
for an informal dinner or evenings il
a hotel at some resort.
: A foulard gov will cost about S
for the material and there are plent,
Of good dressmakers who sew for s
a day and can make up such a gown II
two days. Some can almost make |
, IN one day and leave the finishing
. touches to the business woman to pu
in at night.
Veilings n nets are popular 70
$50 = kLf- ws-1 49,