The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-10-14
TEMPER OF CLOTHES.
About Gown. That Was Naeolne,
 Nerve-Raeklng Atroclty.
From the Queen.

| From the Queen.
 1T wish that woman would pu. on t
 sood-tempered gown this hroil.ng wealth
 err was the burden of a masculine growl
 What on earth does sha wan. to wea,
 a soratch-cat, spitfiie, devil in-a-bush l frock forf And We were so nice and cool
 and peaceful under the cedar tl.l she eafas | toiling up the hot drive in that ,hati'
 Poor lady One has to remember tha'
 the first two epithets may be Il piled to
 any electrically behaven titten. and that I "devil-in-a-bush' Is only another nam l for that exquisite Old World flower lovs-
 in-a-mist, And her gown was ret half as pretty as a kitten or a flowerl It was a l cross gown; a nagging, u .iamiahl nerve- racking atrooity, though she thought 1t so 1 smart, poor lady, and presented us all. 1 unasked, with the address of her dress
 maker Name of criminal conspicuous III l corner" was the sotto voce quotation i from Mark Twain which greeted this l handsome offer.
 1 No, in the real summer we have enjoyed our full share of this season, such foul. | ards should be taboo. The acid geranium I pink of the groundwork, the thunder-and- l lightning zigzags of the white pattern, the 1 piercing mustard yellow of the lace (that l tried-to-be Paris shade" and ought to I have been string eolor) the army of in- l ferior little modern paste brooches. set i with colored stones rivaling Rosamund' 8 purple jar and all the other jars (and | being equally jarrlng to the artistic sensi- l bilities) the staring chalk white gloves, l the erudely dyed "ostrich feather boa | that never grew on an ostrich, the loudly patterned veil, the monstrous shaded {, roses of the tippedup hat-how irresista- ] bly, they produced a sensation of irritaDii- , fly in the minds of the orlookers. A tir- l ing tout ensemble, and ono, alas! of typl- cally English middle dressing, which 1t is l impossible to escape for long.
 l It is astonishing how tying some peo i. 1 ple's clothes manage to bel No matter l what they wear, no matter what thr I color, the style, the fashion, me season, l there is a feeling of annoyance, of dis 1 comfort, engendered without fai by each | article Of attire 1t appears. It is by no means the monopoly of the color blind, this vice, nor of the dow ly-m need Tho i color-blind are often simply funny; the | dowdy- y-mlnded escape notice. and so 1 "cause no ill-feelipg." It is generally the woman who shops in detail vhc cannot l think in continents -sartorlally-w :, gown is of one hue, whose gloves and skoes neither match the gown nor each
 other, whose hat and parasol swear at
 eaen other, and only corbne to swear 1 further at petticoat and belt! The kaleid- l oseope, signifying beauty, presented no more painful result than this waking rag bag, this Joseph's coat type of attire. ! But it is not only irritation of temper l that clothes betray Some garments are hopeless eowntrodden la"hrymose. on tn 2 ] lookout for neglect. (This is even more
 annoying by the way) Som, people 5 , skirts and sleeves are dragged when they
 should be gracefully lmp the.r ruffles and vels are woebegone; their petticoats | dab against their heels; ihelr tull bows l have been caught in a thunderstorm; tho very waves and curls of 1heir hair "come | out" Such people look if they would 1 be all the better for a share In the fate of the little white dog, who Nas given to the