The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-04-09
MATTERS OF DRESS
gUsi WHAT TO WEAR AND WHAT
NOT 70 WEAR.
Suitable Clothing by No Means Con,
sjsta of Highly Expensive Adorn-
nsnt-RaiTent Should Ee
Adapted for the Occasion.

to place the very important one Of
dress.
What to wear and what not to wear,
are questions to-day of far more con,
/ sequencc to the average woman than
Is the possibility of suffrage Suitable
and well-bred clothing is the most
/ dominant eTaction Of society, and the
same qualities are demanded in the
/ upto-date business getup. Nobody Is
big enough to despise the subject, for
! society and business are always big.
i ger than you. You nave got to dress
/ just so for each and avery occasion,
but If you happen to show bad taste in
1 the selection of your colors and cuts
that is sin of another sort, for the
world cannot occupy itself with train
/ Ing your aesthetic sense. You are
only asked to keep your various cos
tunes for the occasions for which
/ they are intended-not to wear any
thing at the wrong time or in the
wrong place.
In all this, one should remember.
there IS no embargo laid upon the lit
! tie economies so often necessary to
! the majority of women, 50 If the man
nors that so with the simple home
made costume are perfect, the modest
gentiity of the ladys attire will be an
added grace.
"She has done her best" the censor
on dress viii say, and if the censor
happens to be a true sort of man or
woman he or she will add: "A very
dear and ladylike sort of best" For,
after all, dress is not everything, You
must wear your near" satins and
silks and done your-best home sewing
with a duchess air. Then you are
the peer of any purple and fine linen,
but not before.
TIE day wardrobe of a woman of
any smart pretention whatever holds
ut least one street morning dress and
one afternoon gown. The morning
dress expresses a note of the utmost
simplicity, for it is a plain dark coat
suit of cloth or rough wool and is
worn with trim round hat and dark
furs 1t has a skirt of comfortable
walking length and altogether ex-
/ presses a trim, tidy, easy-to.g etabout-
In look
Such a dress the business woman
wears to her office, accompanying it
with mannish gloves and tailored
waists of flannel or linen, and keeping
he suit always as well brushed and
pressed as would be mans Made in
A richer material, with handsomer furs
and the skirt all but touching the
woman in easier circumstances would
wear its twin sister to church, for,
while handsome. church costumes are
very restrained and the dark colors
selected for walking are most worn.
The same suit, or a plaiuish black
one in the wardrobe, with the possible
nxiness of the hat covered with a
black chiffon veil, would be worn to a
funeral for here dress cannot be too
inconspicuous and modest.
Afternoon dress. while admitting Of
much splendoT, yet also depends upon
the occasion for which It IS worn. For
formal calls. receptions, concerts, etc
gowns that drop upon the floor even
actually long, are permissible, and
with the pale, elegant colors of these
gowns matching in handsomeness the
fine materials and light furs, and fine
boots and light gloves, there may be
picturesque hats of various sorts,
made stunning with long feathers or
gold or silver roses The whole es-
sence of such dresses must be one of
extreme daintiness, so a soiled rcCep-
tiou dress, worn with moulting reath-
ers and dingy gloves, would be worse
than no dress, for then at least one
can stay at home and not awaken ad-
verse comment with unneatness.
Naturally. an afternoon get.up for a
smart occasion is preferable in fine
materials, for the prevailing sentiment
of smart costuming is splendor. But
If colors are light and the costume
tasteiully made and suited to the
wearor. and the gloves are light and
fresh and the hat and shoes of suit.
ably dressy sort, quite modest textures
may be used for the gown. In fact,
except for the requirement Of recon-
I
ability and perfect freshness of the
accessories which create the best Of.
feet.
The smart woman's night Costuminc
involves one getup which may be de.
scribed as full dress, that Is a docol.
lote gown in a pale silk or gauze.
which would be worn for a ball. the
opera, q large dinner party and so on
With this would 90 her finest Jewels,
her most elaborate hair ARRANGEMENT,
and a long cloak Of silk cloth or fur
to cover her magnifcence when She IA
passing to and troro her carriage
But as to the material OF this fra
gown there are no absolutely hard and
fast rules II white err palely tinted n
may be fashioned Of any Of the dainty
evening materials that wa8ld 20 vf,h
low cut and general egesing a~s,.