The Washington times., 1908-03-08

best and most tastefully
dressed women in Paris
have ingulred what that
reputation costs me In money each
year.
'slVin $4,000 do it?" one asks. rather
anxicusly.
-ImpOssiblei" ] reply.
us $4,000 enoughT"
'sS6ais non-no. lneeedt
'-Then S25.OOO2"
/ shake my head
No. I do not think that a woman
can be really elegant every day IN me
year, from the top OF her head 10 lhe
sole OF her feet. including lingerie,
footwear, furs, the care of toilette ana
hosiery. for less than $4,000 per an
mum. and even then she would nave
to be careful
Why, single gown that am now
,vasrine ar the Theater Francois cost
SEQ / have only Vorn IL fifteen times,
90 an bour three times a week. and
It Is already beginning 10 get faded
Another will soon be necessary
For me. 7 must confess that Ss0Voo
ner wear for the toilette would leave
me sadly pinched. Ny average Is al
least s5o.0o0
Money should not be considered Il
vvou7an is 10 be really refined ana
elegant in dress Money Is mercy
the means, the instrument USED 10
attain the desired object. ia woman
has 10 think OF money she cannot DC
really perfect in appearance.
think that on the whole French
women are those who best understand
The art OF dressing, but even in France
the number of genuinely elegant
women is not. very great. Real eie-
eance in France is confined TO the
few. and is scarcely TO be met with
outside Paris. for ladies ia the prov
inces do not understand the art OF
dressing beautifully and yet with SIN
plicity -.
In England. I think that a certain
degree OF elegance in this respect Is
Tar more general than IN France
especiaIly ia society. But. then' IN
England women have such an al
vantage There are so many occa-
s,ons when they can appear IN decor
cite and there is nothing so becoming
TO a pretty woman
Here the society woman, or the
woman with any pretensions 10 So
cietv. has comparatively few OF these
- ~-.,ortunttfes n London, at the
carlton and other fashionable hotels
have seen the best English society
women dining in the hotel fesIau-
rants. +be
In paris. on the contrary inc
..sarornes du monde or society
vvonen. never go out to dine III inc
,reu-lFnoUn restaurants or hotels II
a. not considered the correct tnlIs'
evcspt Derhaps very oecasloIiat'S
vhen invited b. foreign friends VS.
iting Paris. have
In course of time. as we nave
.5o,+ed SO many English customs 'iie
habit Of going out 70 dine IN res''A
-a.+s nav become fashionable. anu
49, we will need more clothes imam
before. fashion
a1+s thirty expensive gowns 10 'ns
tbraa that her grandmother "ou'u
,,-a ordered. SO, also, with mats
T-.r,,er1,, SIS would buy Oecoiil'"e
vt consisting of piece OF tune anu
go, Aovyers. This last season SUM
- hats we're also made with a &c"
a.--ere generally roses, which coSe
e. s-laoe AS an elegant nat HeFe'
= lAes than twelve or fourteen
80 we have SO for flowers alone
Tben there was a wlsP OF soou -
,-ica $50. and when roses anu
80 had been added 10 very me
..,sll,, shaded straw, and mace up
- nimble-fngered French hiiiililo
the cost OF the sntiiiiei
ran into Sl25 OF $3.50
ran &C. hat from the irsJ-ciass
Ahe -. s.,-av still In this case
800 NJ fur Is needed. and must
SO he chosen from me SKIN
-r,.a of the fur will probably DC
~ "a very expensive aigreut'
-.,,- about $50, with something more NOR.
e.. ne nodiste's trouble. and you VII
- ~ wonder that hats costins a.
-, a $3.50 and more are being SOLO
A. paris at the present uine
- Course q woman can have some
.,,f,g very elegant for less money
eLe can select a shape of satih' u
vvl,ieb are adjusted pair OF "iLlss
a. breast and head Of some daff
rIrnoagea bird and the hat oomplet'
-, he bought I'm the Rue de Ia Fan
for from $50 TO SIS.
So It is with every other item OF
fashionable woman's attire A eoTse
Tor instance. Of a light. firm make
guk not very durable, averages IRON
500 10 $50 and a smart woman use
about a dozen a year.
7,wentv-fve dollars was considers
formerly a very high price for sil
retticoat. but the wonderful erea
tons OF today. trimmed. fiounced an
embroidered. cost as much as goo
tallor-made gown.
AZ for women's hosiery. $ a pair
quite an ordinary price and If IA
exceeded by the ultra fashionable PaI
lsienne. who with deep purse, insist
upon Chantnly lace and hand-painte
work
Last. but not least. there is the cues
ton Of fcrs Our grandmothers cor
siGered their trousscau luxurious whe
il contained a ssalskin jacket value
from S50Q 10 sl,0Se bat the moder
fashionable bride wouid think herse
YER, hardly used II her rousseau al
not contain nve OF six sets Of skins.
Yes ID Is true that have launehs
the uicture hat. or. as it wotslS s19 mol
erect DgrhaUg to describe H. n