The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-29
CHARACTER TOLD
IN CLOTHES.
Economy Means Misery
How to Spend; Where
to Buy.
EXPENSIVE MATERIALS
Daintiness, Neatness and
Method of Importance
to Woman of Taste.
Elk PENSIVE MATERIAL;

matter OF character. The determln-
ed, face set to the front individual will
succeed under circumstances and con-
ditions where the invertebrate, not
quite sure of himself or anything else
person will go to the wall.
Now it is quite remarkable how char
acter shows in clothes, writes NJ. Stan
ley Clarkin the London Chronicle, and
this applies most particularly TO the
weaker sex. A man, provided he en-
ploys good tailor and possesses a
trousers press, can hardly fell to be
well turncd out. There are certain well
defined lines from which nothing will !
permit him to stray But The null /
tiplicity and manifolding Of feminine I
attire affords much larger field for
a woman to make mistakes. Detail !
nowadays rides dominant ana writes
dowdy or chic acros a woman vita all
the fatal decision, and destiny of the
moving finger
We all Know tive all meet daily
instances of it. Two sisters perhaps,
who With identically tho same money
ana opportunities are one vel, the oth-
O. poorly turned cut A woman is al
ways judged by appearances, 50 the
Badly and unsuitab,y dressed alrl
st1@t> Heavily hal,ttaspel il ~
race Of life. NJ met II what st1ke
she is entering for, tnare are long
odds against her passing the Whining
post before Nor s'nartei STR
This bong SO, and WHO VIII deny II
1T seens 4 pity TIE III drcd #ar-
ali should not reaize her r''gst ,et
her pride in her ro3Ect apd de;srnlne
to mend her ways, 1t isat Gialut
nowadays to be well dressol --i15o%d
the amount Of in9enu!tE s9re peaTlc
display in securing taa epops'te reslil
Is q T2ttor for sur Use. It IS airo.
impossible ID buy an ug'y iAartlgtlt
article In coed saons, ard mllinsrs aHc
dressmakrr5 alike arc fri Of t1sta ana
study face ana flFuFa t1F more ttah
they tasd 10, For tao rieA manl,n
who IS GORGEOUS Of asw Tvs eh9qs n tfc
wrony thing l say, put yourself Ii
the hands Of some claycr lnalana,
wear what sic tens ycu 81 Tho opaa
sions prescribed bN H., ami YOU W
have cause 70 re'oioe.
But fer the modtrate mcaps woman
such wholesale shifting Of thn hp r1
is IMPOSSIBLE she eaaa5t order at
will but has to turn ard tWist within
the lir1ts Of a small Dress allowance
making ore pound cover tic nee Is 6t
two. And here ii Is that the n'est IA
tai mistake of a faisa economy is mad.
t'6tr glazing instances IN wh'cn
economy always sPclls m's2r+ spr,a3
to my mind. Tha first two, as every
enc w;ll gttess, are gloves ana scots
and Shoes. 1t Is hard tc say whether
d cheap glove or a cheap shoe Is the
most hateful and, mark you, in the
long run the most extravaganza Eut
i'll cut, III fitting gloves cann5t hurt
and harm d hand as d shoe can a foot
Happy, comfortable feet have a lot to
say to Health, and they are quite at
tainable without having resort to
broad toes and no heels. Another false
economy Is cheap corsets. Let some
experienced cofretiere study your fig
ure and carefulyl nt you--don't pin
your faith on what fits other people.
/ And the fourth false economy is
your tailor made gowns. Don't get the
little dfesmaker who made your chf-
fon blouse SO prettily to eontrive you
/ tailor made golfing suit out of that
length Of tweed YOU picked up at a
sale. If you can't go to a good man
then buy your coat and skirt ready
made at some reliable house where you
will be sure of good cut and good
material and where the necessary al |
! terations will be carried out by one Of |
their own tailors.
These are four Of the most glarlng |
false economies. Now for the reverse |
and less pleasant side of the shield
where to cut down.
First of ALL start with d clear idea /
and realization Of what you have to /
spend on your dress annually. Appof-
ton it quarterly and as each quarter I
comes around decide what you will
need and what you must do without
during the next three months.
| An important economy is not to get
too many clothes. Get what you want
and wear it out at once, especially in
these days when fashion is so fekle.
Again, on the other hand, don't expect
one garment to cover as many needs
as charity is supposed to cover sins.
Sometimes ones dress can fulfil two
purposes-supply two needs. But not /
very often. If it meets one crying
want really adequately It's all you can
expect of it. How often women say,
Yes, 1 seem to have heaps of clothes,
but nothing that is really right" This |
purgatorial state of existence is the |
outcome of not knowing what you real
" want and will really have need of,
and of trying to make one frock fill /
two functions, with the result that it is
not really right for either.
An important economy and not such
a small one either, is not to buy too |
expensive materials. l do not for |
moment counsel patronizing shoddy |
stuffs, but we don't wear out our
gowns as our grandmothers did, The
polite salesman's plea that it will last
forever" does not apply to our needs
as it did to 'theirs. We don't want |
things to last forever In fact, it is |
rather a drawback The knowledge |
that the material of an out of date
garment is "as good as new is apt to
tempt one down the downward path OF
nitchino aud Matching