The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-05-06

Dress her certain place in lif
which no one gainsay. Withou
0 doubt one should dress as prett,
as becomingly AID stylish as one.
( Itime and money will afford. Bu
danger signals need to be set fly
ling or the American woman vii
make too great Importance tc
dress. 1t is already claiming toe
much of her time and energy, toe
much of her money Worse OF
all, it is being given too much de-
ference. 1t is gaining power
that is unwho esome 1t may
come to the point, if it has not
ALREADY in SON cases where the
dress counts for more than the
wearer.
A certain great duchess abroad
cf a family old and honorable,
has appeared for years at social
functions in one We vet dress. 1t
is a handsome and be ,uCiful 90 vn
appropriate in every way for the
most ceremonious affairs. And
50 she W ars it. Nothing i
thought of il She is respected
for her position. her character
and her lie Ia comparison, her
dress is of no nom mt.
But imagine the social leader
in any of our large cities wearing
the same dress to social afr irS
even fer two seasons WHAT
would happen. Ter leadership
would quickly wa e. Ths bubble
of her social aspirations world
quickly burst Indeed, to main
tain her leadership. she must
wear a new gown to almost eve V
function and this gown mu be
a most expensive and elaborate
creation preferably from Paris
Social leadership here in which
the question of clothes did not
enter would be wellnigh impossi-
BILE.
Gwen sufficiently rich clothes.
luxurious furs jewels. a woman
can impose upon tradespeople to
an almost unlimited extent. The
history of swindlers Of this des-
criDti IN are almost gi)n. peoplt
who have lived at the finest no.
tells p lrchased goods i IN left and
yet not paid cent for months.
Hotel keepers and merchants
have Fow-toe ID to the cloths.
Many an actress plays to we'll
filled houses on the strength of
her wardrobe The plav is poor.
the acting worse but night after
night every seats is filled because
she has two dozen Fren n gowns
and a fortune CD in jewels
AT any fashionable hotels the
woman who attracts the most at
not discriminating atten-
ton, note but the greatest amount
Of attention is the woman with
The costiiest ald the greatest
of gowns.
The women who dIesse fashion,
ably and richly is put at the head
u committees when often some ,
quietly and plainly dressed wo-
nan has far better executive abil.
ty- But dress has such power it
,verawes One is afraid to turn
lown stylish Mrs. Blank for plain
hrs. Smith
1t is an unhealthy symptom of
he times. 1t is bad to get such |
n attitude of mind toward some /
hing that has no worth in itse'f
t is worse yet to set up such an
dol and bow to it For it means
ceasless struggle to get within
he charmed circle on the part of
hose not able to keep up the race.
t means endless heart burnings.
my unworthy devices to secure
money to nay the price, a cease
ess grind on the part of some
ne. sill TO- something that is not
7orth while. For after all the
rlstocracy of clothes is but a
Furious trand. There is no real
oblllty in IL. In only exacts AL
through a false power
'e have ourselves given it. In
tead Of Increasing its power as
ne American woman seems bent
n doing sh should begin a war
are at once to break it. IL there
lust be an aristocracy set up in
MS democratic country, let it be /,
J arlstocracy of character and Z
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