Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-28

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by the problem of how to dress we'll
upon next to nothing a year as is the
woman who goes out to business.
Whether she be old or young. 1t be-
comes necessary for her to dress be-
coming, suitably n inexpensively. She
has no time to sew n Turkish up
things for herself-save such time as
she may steal from needed hours OF
rest and relaxation.
In the case of an elderly woman the
matter is simplined. She may dress in
conspicuously in black and seldom get
!. new gown and little notice will be
paid to her II her gown is we'll made n
neat. The young woman. however. must
dress well or she will be talked about
d~isparagingly 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 and
she likes to look we'll and feels unhappy
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
q business woman can get In summer
Is a dark blu 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 a yard. They
are cool, inconspicuous. do not get
soiled and are Invariably neat and be-
coming. A girl who paid 10 cents for
such a dress was admired wherever she
went. Men and women thought her
gown must ave cost a good deal be-
cause it was so dainty and becoming.
She trimmed the yoke with a little mar
row lace inserting. sewed rows of 1t
AROUND the bottom of her sleeve, alter
mating with groups of small tucks, and
trimmed the bottom of her skirt with
more rows of inserting. put on in a
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Of the material, one of which edged the
dress.
The lace was bought in a bunch. the
punches selling from % to 35 cents each.
and just enough was used to tighten
the dress without making 1t appear
top of the collar. and a white and dark
blue hat. completed a costume which
was always smart looking, a we'll
made and becoming.
Dark blue lawn, selected with dis
erection. always looks much more eX-
pensive han it really is. This makes
n good business suit for hot days, and
the waist may be made a mere frame
work worn over a thin white shat
waist. II 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 ENTHUSIASTICALLY useful. AL
pace usually has a smoother surface
md 1t sheds dust and water with equal
im~partiality. 1t 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 ~ 6racS1nokor tn Eann fhnll
even around the bottom.
Alpaca and its 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 a waist, reach
ing as far as the bust 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 nave
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
a trimmed belt, makes a cool and
dainty waist to wear over a white
shirtwaist. With this dress should b.
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 we'll as be-
ing just the thing for cool summer
days.
If the cost of laundering shirtwaists'
is a consideration, a bodice of the dress
material may be mad partly fitting,
with short sleeves and a square or
ound neck. 1t might be finished off
with piped panels of the material in
front nnd frin,n,a1 v-it1, -, 49,.
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 IL n Ices 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 we'll.
Black Is the best color for such a
gown, since 1t may then be worn with
various coats and waists, but next to
black dark blues. green's. grays and
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 a
single frame buckle OF brass or silver.
These two costumes would serve a girl
through all the warm months Of the
yea for business, but she will need a
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tend dances and dinners in. since recre-
alton is an absolute necessity to the
woman who works.
Foulard makes a most admirable
theater and going out gown. 1t is
more dressy than pongee: never
brushes: Is suitable for many occasions
n wears admirably. 1t can be worn
summer and winter inc happens, Just
now. to be in high favor. Very pretty
satin foulards can be had for so cents
a yard and there are cheaper varieties.
The material is wide and stands clean-
Ing and even washing.
Have the skirt made simply, so that
change of style will not affect its smart
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