The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1909-06-25

position. This statement Is presented
substantially AZ Mrs, Gould herself
prepared II.
Starting out with her numerous
gowns, Mrs. Gould said good form"
required that she have no less than
dozen different kinds of dresses, to
say nothing of the requirements and
changes of each kind. There must be
added hats to match every gown or
suit, and to fit all possible occasions,
with corresponding wells, slippers for
every change, and stockings to match,
to say nothing of the great array OF
gloves, shoes, lingerie, and underwear
Of all descriptions.
II often used three different pairs
of gloves day." said Mrs. Gould. land
would buy them four dozen at a time,
ranging in price from SO to So pair.
This item alone, hardly thought of by
one not accustomed to the require
ments of good form in society, meant
a heavy outlay, for after a pair of
gloves had been washed or cleaned 1t
had no value for me.
She Couldn't Wear Them "Every Day"
About a dozen morning gowns d
year would be my usual needs, costing
anywhere from $50 to 500 each and
can recall ordering twenty-five din
ner gowns in one year, though fifteen
or twenty would be my usual number.
To- oil a m a
would cost from $3.50 to as high as
$500 EACH and 1t must be remembered
that Mrs. Howard Gould could not af-
ford to be seen wearing the same din
ner gown two or three nights in sue
cession.
Fifteen to eighteen reception
gowns, costing from $3.50 to $3.50 each,
and sometimes more, were the usual
requirements of season. Garden
parties, afternoon teas, and such recep-
lions generally call for the finest and
most expensive gowns lady can wear
without vulgar display. The season
over, they are also useless.
GAS for street gowns, at least twen-
ty-four of these would be necessary to
carry one through the year. Such
gowns cost from 500 to 5000 each.
One cannot wear the same one In the
evening or afternoon that one had
worn in the morning.
Half a dozen house gowns, always
expensive and as high as $3.50 each, in
fact, would hardly be enough to last
one through a season, nor would the
same number of negligee gowns, worth
all the way from $50 to SITS each, &C.
cording as they are lace covered or
plain, be really enough for the sea-
sons wear.
81 have always had six or seven diff
ferent tailored suits every season, cost
ing from 500 to $50 each, while about
four riding habits would see me
through the year at an outlay of $500
for four. Yachting suits come high
because the individual embroidery on
them of names, club flags, and so on,
and as they are readily soiled or spot
ted when at sea at least twenty would
be my usual complement on the Mag
ara, Mr.. Gould's palatial yacht.
"FurS! IL is Impossible 10 place
figure. A black caracul muff boa cost
me 1925, black caracul skirt $500, and
black otter boa $125. used all OF
these for automobiling, besides $500
fur coat, couple of fur suits, and reg.
ulation cloth or serge suits.
"These furs get shabby quickly and
one can't change them over, except
the expensive furs, such as sables or
ermine. I had garments of every i'm
aginable fur, coats of chinchilla, sable,
caracul, baby lamb, sealskin, squirrel
and Norwegian martin, with neck
pieces of sable, white fox and black
fox, and hats to match them all.
"Then for every evening, or dinner
gown, one should have a wrap to
match, never less than six of these,
and costing from $3.50 to $500 EACH"