Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-09

- r the MANY differences between
,,en and women there are two that
stand out as particularly proml
nent. When man goes out to
, enjoy himself he wonders what !,
will cost; but when woman STARTS OF
the same purpose she wonders what she
will wear.
Dress has Fl wonderful hold on the
feminine mind. and 1t is mans way to
1eer Ways during the days when Rome
was in her glory delighted In handing
out a few burning remarks concerning
women's fashions. and the years have
not changed them In this particular.
Many a medieval Jester. as he tossed his
beIled cap, cracked nut on tho topic OF
what women wore, and the comic Sec
lions Of today conduct series on the
latest "hobbe skirt" Professional hui
morIsts of today are enabled to draw big
salaries by discoursing upon what women
wear. and many an old-time fun-maker
saved his head by sudden thrust at an
eight-ply rufhe.
It never occurs to the average man to
pity the woman for the vast amount OF
perplexity that her dress fashions cause
her. Women deserve pity instead Of
blame for their fashions. There 10 con-
tinual swinging to and fro Of women's
ing. For instance, hats are now large
and sleeves were very, very scanty. In 4
few months the hats may b Of micro
scopic variety and the sleeves vast bal
loon-like affairs.
Ono month It Is the fashion to wear
wide skirts. and the next few weeks they
change In such a manner that the wsarer
has a hard time in stepping up = curb
stone The fashions for men change very
slowiy-in fact, they never really change.
A frock coat Of three years back can b
worn and no one will ever notice It. But
II 4 woman ventures out IN Z last years
dress she is tho cause Of suilss and un-
dertones. She would DO an unrecoSnised
heroine.
There arc very few women who can
AFFORD to ignore tho dictates Of thu fash
ion makers. There u no rest for those
who do. And 80 tho woman. already
burdened with the household and the
care of the children, must In addition
keep her mind concentrated on the fash
ions Of the day. There 10 not q great
deal Of pleasure in looking to see what
other women are wearing every day.
Then, again. fashions change 10 rapidly
and radically that a woman almost grows
permanently old in puzzling how to spend
her dress allowance to- t4e best advan'
tage.
She is forced to buy dress that is in
fashion, and yet the fabric must not be
too good, lest the dress is but half worn
when fashion DEGREES that It be relocated
to the rag carpet. Then. on the other
hand, there is tho possibility that the
fashion may hang on bit longer than
usual, and then a cheap fabric II worn
before the fashion has changed. The re.
suit IL that the woman either has to get
a new frock of the current modo-know-
ing that It will scarcely have been worn
before the fashion chanses-or else she
has to be somewhat Of q guesser and
take a chance ON . coming modA This
latter Is not the least satisfactory IN
most cases.
A man can buy Z new suit when his
old one wears out. He hnds no change
in the styles, and one suit 10 almost a.
good as another. But Z woman has. to
buy q new dress for the simple reason
that other women are buying new dresses.