The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-06-12

and therefore as sterile as boiling and
hot irons can make it, No ruifles,
lace or embroidery bedeck it. The
cloth Is strong, yet thin enough for
summer wear. Its lines are straight,
simple and becoming. The dress
could be of unbleached cotton and
serve the purpose just as we'll. 1t
might be of flaming red, have stripes
three inches wide or spots as big as
saucers. Instead it is neither sombre
nor too light. 1t makes everyone,
whether tall or short, black-haired or
soldi-locked, look her best and
shocks the sensibilities Of neither the
sick nor the well.
From the dress Of the nurse to that
o. the housewife is but short step.
The germ in the kitchen is scarcely
less important than that of the sick
room. It is not only the cause OF
most Of our sickness but also is the
cause Of the spelling of our foods.
Therefore, where once we wore our
cast-off skirts and old waists now we
wash them, make them over for the
children. and have our garments for
the kitchen simple. easily laundred,
without frills and buttoned together
a. the waist.
"A Duty to Dress BecOmingly.
I do not think there is anyone SO
old, so young. so pretty. so homely.
so thin, fat, disfigured or comely
that she can afford to cease striving
for the beautiful. Every one of US
makes the world little brighter to
someone by looking our best and
even If there be no one at all to see
us, We have the pleasure Of giving
satisfaction to that most important
being in the world-ourself
Fortunately there is in us a love
for the beautiful. 1t is that instinct
which makes the little girl pull down
her mothers head and tuck a flower
In the thinning locks or that causes
her to bedeck herself with daisies or
clover blossoms.
Expense and beauty do not neces-
sarily go hand in hand. A 12-cent
lawn comes in as pretty colors as do
more costly materials.
Every woman longs for a really
Q0O6 hA
porous neighbor with a silken gown
and longs for the time when she may
have one also. 1t matters not that It
Is not appropriate, that the children
VIII soil and rumple it and that the
dust of the roads will make it dingy.
Reason tells her that it is not the
thing for her and still she wants il,
and she should have it, too, If her
husband can afford it. Her reason
for wanting it is beyond the compre-
hension of mans mind, just as his
reason for spending enough on tobac-
co to buy five gowns is beyond the in
tricacies of her mind. In buying her
| that dress he purchases for her, not
so many yards Of material, but peace,
| satisfaction and q sense Of self.re-
spect the cause of which can be found
only i'm our primal natures.
The Clothes Every Woman Needs.
| If 1t is possible every woman
should have a few simple housedress-
es (not wrappers), few shirt waists
a skirt to wear with them, q pretty
summer dress, a good suit for stree
wear and nice waist to wear with
It, raincoat is an economical addi-
ton. OF course, many women do get
along with less, but we women know
that we would rather stay at HON.
than go anywhere and not be dressed
as we'll as the rest. 1t is all right t,
| talk about rising above clothes. The
woman who does it is usually appre
ciated neither by herself nor by hel
friends. masculine or feminine. We
can. however, be well yet simpl,
gowned. The trouble conc rvhen w.
try to rival or out-do OF .rs
Buying the Good isrt-.
Nowadays dress MAXI. H. a., m.
ratively simple affair with nat
ms for everything flOuI FL i.lv':
b.. > To the most elaborat GOWN i
nply a question Of ub..u n,
lrkings. The choosir la
rial, color and style j. a.r D.,II af
ir.
In deciding on a suit Cd, ar es
I'D choose. Serge catche ft.. .uro otl
pths-like broadclotD SHOW tll'
suots, cashmere and heuYetta ~ toe