Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-17
Money Problems of
The Girl In Business

No one is insistently confronted by
the problem of how to dress well upon
next to nothing a year as is the woman
who goes out to business. Whether she
be old or young. 1t becomes necessary
for her to dress becomingly. suitably and
inexpensiyely. She has no time to sew
and furbish up things for herself-saye
such time as she may steal from needed
hours of rest and relaxation.
In the case of an elderly woman the
matter is simplified. She may dress in
conspicuously in black and seldom get
new gown and little notice will be paid
to her II her gown is well made and neat.
The young woman, however, must dress
well or she will pc talked about disparag-
ingly by other girls and. perhaps. by young
men whom she seeks to please by her dress
She wants to enjoy the pleasures OF sociai
life and she likes to look well 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 have them.
One of the most sensible dresses that
business woman can get In summer Is
dark blue lawn or muslin of some kind
| They appear with various sizes OF dots ana
| figures and vary in price from . cents 70
IL cents yard They are cool, incon-
spicuous do not get soiled and are In
yarlably neat and becoming. A girl who
paid 10 cents for such dress was admired
| wherever she went. Men ana women
| thought her gown must have cost good
| deal because 1t was so dainty and becom-
| ing. She trimmed the yoke with little
narrow lace inserting, sewed rows OF 1t
around the bottom of her sleeve, aternat-
| ing with groups OF small tucks, and trim
med the bottom of her skirt with more
rows of inserting. put on in wayy pat
| tern above two narrow frills of the ma
| terial, one of which edged the dress
The lace was bought In a bunch, the
l frr.r RI N N.
and lust enough was used to Hghten the
| dress without making 1t appear conspic-
| uous. little lace around the top or the
| collar, and white and dark Diue nat, COM
| pieted a costume which was always smart
| looking because well made and becoming.
| Dark blue lawn, selected with discretion,
always looks much more expensive imam u
really Is. This makes good business SUIT
| for hot days, and the waist may be made a
mere framework worn over a thin WHITE
| shartwaist II one wants to look more
| dressed up.
| For cooler days and bad weather the
| business woman will find suit OF bril-
| liantine, sicilienne. mohair or alpaca-ail
| about the same thing under different names
| Extremely useful. Alpaca usually has
smoother s1rface and 1t sheds dust and
water with equal irnpartialty. 1t Is a
/ cheap yet nice looking fabric, and makes
/ up into charming pleated skirts as well as
| the gored skirts with seams stitched on
4 the outside little way In from the edges.
! Circular skirts should be avoided by tie
| business women. They always sag and re-
| auire the constant attention of dress
| maker to keep them even around the bot
| tom.
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Alpaca and It's kindred fabrics do not
| make up well into all sorts Of biouses Tie
| smart, cool summer waist should be just a
| low bottom of waist. reaching as far as
the bust and cut in an irregular shape at
| the top In the way most becoming to the
wearer It should be trimmed around the
| top and have side pieces like wide and
daintily shaped suspenders. trimmed 10
match the, top of the dress. and with bits
| OF trimmed pieces for sleeves hanging from
the shoulder. This. attached to u trimmed
belt, makes a cool and dainty waist te
! wear over a white shirtwaist With this
/ dress should be coat reaching to the
/ waist and with coat sleeves reaching to the
| wrist. Both coat and bodice might be TRIM
med with stitched bias folds of tbs mate
rial and buttons to match II IN color. The
coat should button high up the front. Such