The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-01-27

said "Thcy dress well in spots PROT.
ably that is the most fatal way TO
dress. for it shows that YOU can look
we'll if YOU take the time and thought
To do 90 ana that you don't look we'll
six days out of the week because YOU
are careless iu detail
Whenever You talk tiii way to a
cirlcssly dressed woman she is apt TO
take "a yirtuous stand about life being
too serious. too filled with storncr du-
ties. to give $50 much time to the
ar, Of dressing This rs me ely an -
cusc not a reason: an apology not an
explanation.
Il Is far more Wrtuous-lf that
word can be- used to look your best
before your own family aud among
your intimate friends than To- save
you self for mass of acuuliutaucos
The woman VINO gets In the habit o..
taking time and thought TO every gar
mout SHE buys will soon find that She
hlbiually dresses we'll She does
not have mbcc1mIng waist ana col
lars and u.s I'm her wardrobe ana
consequently whatever she puts on
looks we'll and Is becoming
The American cities have an atmos-
phcrc of SCOT that makes the clean
ing Of any white fabric so persistent
and strenuous that no muslin or lin.
en- can live against It.
After the Peter Pan was establish
ed the mannish waist lcupt into favor
and here We stand at the New Year
dndicating ourselves 10 the wearing
of the white shi twusts once more
The real shirtwa.st with it's lack Of
lace It's absence Of embroidery.
This year We are all to lc $50 much
better dressed during the working
hou.s. This is true not only of thoHe
who receive salary, but those who
attend G., their duties. We are % ma
tion of wurkng women.
To begin at the beginning the fab.
rich chosen Tor these working shirt
waists are sometimes linen, hut II
should be without dressing. We
Thoroughly learned our lessen amout
the way real linen disturbs or Iicrc
of mind when used as in everyday
garments One woman has said that
with every linen shi,twniat sold there
should go a nut-iron It needs press
ing every time It is worn.
SO real linen weayoid and in its
place use Persian lawn, cross barred
muslin, dibity with lit.le cord and
with wide stripe, cotton batistc for
the very god ones and all kinds Of
god lawns.
There is pust one really fashionable
way to make there shirtwaists. II is
a compromise between tie blouse ana
th' perfectly plain waist Of other
dnvs n Is put m fine tucks at
shoulders in groups Of five or eight
with tiny box plait. mstit'hcd, be.
tween the uchs. This trimming runs
to the belt back ltl front The seams
a.c put together with tiny beading.
Down the front there is a box pnit
edged with a plating or runlc.
There is great deal of difference In
the looks Of the waist when this box
pla.t Is too wide ortoo narrow. The
small ones are very much p,ctticr
than the wide ones One inch Is sui.
hcicut % is better to give the width
in the runle or plating
Through this plat small pearl but
tons are put or. if one prefers. col
urcd or gold studs may be used The
latter is am effective touch
There are Two ways of nm-hius
the central pl1it, some use a halrmch
fine lutlc plating of the material finn
ishcd with % tiny hem; others prefer
an inch wide mnlc tucked ana edged
with Turchuu lace