Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-30
DRESS ADVANTAGES.
To Be Well Dressed Costs Time, Not
Money!,

To be well dressed does not require
money, but careful attention. A girl
wearing a cheap cotton frock may be
much better put up as tailors say,
than one who has most expensive dress
turned out by a fashionable miliner. 1t
IS the difference in the way the two are
put on and worn.
A young friend of mine falls heiress to
the old dresses of a wealthy cousin.
And it always makes me cross the
rich girl said. for they look a million
times better on my cousin when they are
old than they do on me when they are
new"
Which is the truth -
The explanation is simply that the poo-
relation dresses carefully. knowing that
her clothes are old and will not carry he-
she carries them. Too often girls who
spend a heap Of money on their outfits
fall wholly to be well dressed because
they are careless. AS the frocks them
selves are the newest and well.made the
girls think that is enough: that the way
they are put On is mere detail. So 1t is
out a most important one. --s.,
Trigness will do more than money to
make girl look smart. If the jacket
is snugly fastened. the dress band Sc
curely pinned under the belt with no
chance of coming down; if the collar Is
we'll joined to the waist. and there are no
ends or trays about the bottom of the
skirt it is safe to say that the girl so
put together is we'll dressed. even though
the material OF her gown costs but j.
cents IL yard.
To have smartness in appearance, neat
mess is essential .
There may be cleanliness without neat
ness, for the latter is something more.
1t means careful thought for all details
of dress. having the hair nicely done. the
nails not only clean. but we'll trimmed.
and the heels of the shoes straight. not
run down at one side.
The advantage that well dressed. that
is to say. d neat and trig looking girl. has
over d sloppy one is tremendous. The
| former is good to lock at; she has an
air of distinction which no money can
give She looks clean cut and if she
| is Il business girl the appearance aids her
there An employer is rightly of the
| opinion that Il girl who is neat and par
ticular about. herself will be so about her
work. In any event he is far more apt to
give her a trial than he is one who comes
|. to him badly or. cirelessly costumed. Such
i young Woman'S general aspect makes
him critical as to the kind of work she
may do, and as result she is frequently
| turned away without having chance to
I'LL the position.
A girl of leisure who is well dressed is
| frequently spoken of as being pretty or
attractive even if her face is neither be-
cause she makes such a good ERECT. and
she accomplishes this with no extra eX-
penditure of money.
But she must be particular. She must
regard time spent in dressing and the
use of mirror as necessary, not silly.
She must mend and not pin, remove spots
if there are any and take care that her
petticoat is not hanging below the dress
skirt A broom brush to take away lint
cannot be thought nonsense. but essential,
and when she is finished she should look
as well groomed as thoroughbred horse.
That is being well dressed, and it costs
time, not money.