The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
GOWNS REALDREAES
Artists, Not SOrdid Dress
makers, Discuss Garments.
ANY CHILD CAN SEW SEAMS
so Says Miss white. bus II Takes
More Than Mechanic to Develop
Those Delightful Creations that
Paris Sends Out-My. what IA ReVeI
of IdenS She Presents!

New York, Sept 13-To-day's session
of the sixty-drst annual convention Of
the Dressmakers' Protective Association
was one OF dnlusioHment. Every one was
allowed to see how the Wheels went
round
The peerless creations of Paquin,
Worth Doucet and u dozen other Paris
ian modistes. that the day before We're
regarded with awe and touched with rev
ercnt.Jl fingers. were ruthlcsaly turned
inside out pulled and tugged i'm every
direction. and oftcntimcs tossed in pa
Jheuc heaps on the floor. In the process,
strange aud unexpected things were re-
yeaIel.
We'll low. who would have thought
that swell establishment like that
would leave belt unlined and seams
with raw edges, and hem that as sure
as your life viii rayel out in two weeks
wearing exclaimed Miss Minnie Simp-
kius. who sets the STYLES for the residents
Of Spriugtowu. THE inside of every gar
meut that leaves my drossmakiug cm-
porium looks just as good as the outside,
and my clientele wouldn't put up with
anything else. OF course, though. I only
work for the most particular people, tAe
elite of tho town
Miss white Pities Her.
Miss White regarded her with an ex-
preston of angelic pity.
My dear" she said. you au't within
a thousand miles Of the right idea. You
amt no artist You're mechanic. A
t,n-year-old child can sew seams and
run hems and line belts, with a dra-
matte sweep of the right arm-that is, as
much Of a sweep as the latest variation
Of the kimono sleeve permits.
III takes individuality. originality. im-
aEin3tou, genius. 90 create lines Iik.
these, chic like this. movement like that
Artists aim for effect and they get
IT, 100. There aiut Uo need for them ta
bother their hands about details like raw
edges and rawlings
spirit is the thinE-sprit and move
ueuJ How many Of YOU have it2"
No one answered, and the orator pro-
ceeded:
College Ladies Needed.
That's why you need tle college Lac
dies to explain TO you about line and
color. and form and deslEn-mosJ OF ALL
movement All cs you know how 10 sew.
It's your brains l want 10 hello That's
why / go 20 Paris twice year, and spend
thousands of dollars ou beautiful skirts
and coats and little dresses To bring home
20 you. I bring you the real ,hiug JUS,
as the smart Partisan wears it. and fl
rlat doesn't inspire YOU, what wIG
You can't get no thrill from o. paper
pattern. no one can. BUT anybody
thas can look at things ike what I am
showing now without an extra heartbeat.
had better give up the drcssm1kiuE busi-
ness IN double-qUiCk time and have her
horoscope cast as soon as possible %
see what she IS better fitted for
There's one thing you mustn't forget
Belts this winter won't lay- Uu slope
downward They win just go straight
around and there won't be ro such thing
as "a blouse. And just ONE thius more l
want To- say. I haven't been expressing
no opinion on morals. That aiut uv
business. Ny business rs 90 go to Paris
and get the most fast.di1us styles and
bring 'pm home 10 y1u and ] guess uo
one cane say that 7 dou't attend 10 &c.
nor that 7 try 90 meddl. I'm what concerns
people that aiut got anything better t5
do tEau look after The ueiEaHoT.z Guiugs "