Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-16


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Two color schemes at most should cover
the summer wardrobe, and this should
make pleasant variety that will avoid
the depressing monotony of a wardrobe
all in one color. For instance, If the
tailored suit be gray or black, one may
have a little foulard frock and several
pretty cotton frocks in greens and grays
using a smart black hat and a green
parasol with the lot, or a lavender or
violet parasol may be chosen and frocks
on violet and lavender tones follow suit
1t is by these crafty schemes that the
ages to look always chic and correctly
garbed. She never spends a penny-or
rather, a franc-foolishly. and every pur-
chase is carefully thought over before her
money Is spent.
OF course. every business woman real
ICES the need of one correctly made tai
lored suit for day-in-and- day-out wear
and this suit should be the substantial
Item of expenditure in the half-year's al
lotment; for the amount to be spent in
dress should be religiously apportioned
and laid aside and never allowed to en-
croach upon the amount set aside for
saving or for pleasures. The business girl
who puts up with poor food and an I'M
comfortable room in order to have more
finery to put on her back will rue the day.
for the reckoning in broken health or
rasped nerves Is sure to overtake her, and
happiness, contentment and good health
are far more satisfactory things to look
back upon at the end of a year than a
wardrobe full of himsy and outworn fin
cry.
Some things should be bought always in
the summer months, and others supplied
during the winter. In this way the neces-
sity for a pair of shoes or an umbrella or
a new handbag will not descend crushing
ly just as the pennies have been saved up
toward a pretty theater hat or a pair of
dancing slippers. Dainty underwear may
be supplied at little price during the semi
annual white sales in the shops, and one
staple necessity Of the wardrobe, like an
umbrella, a smart and refined handbag, a
becoming veil or the like be added each
month. These minor belongings should be
of the best quality, so that they will stand
the hard usage of travelling back and
forth every day through forty weeks of
the year without constant renewals.
When the smart tailored suit is picked
up at marked-down price late in the sea-
son, thoroughly good model--a real bar
gain, in fact-should be selected .,tten-
ton should be paid to the material, the
grade of lining used and to the stitching
of the seams many So-called bargains in
tailored wear being stitched with cheap
cotton, which soon loses it's color and
makes the garment look dingy and hope
less.
The best all-around summer suit for the
business woman is one OF mohair, which
is cool, sheds the dust easily and does
not require frequent DRESSINGS, like linen.
A serge or cheviot suit, light in weight,
is also good selection If there is enough
money in the dress allowance to add sew
eral cool little cotton frocks for intolera-
bly, hot days When laundering Is not
too serious consideration the business
woman will get much comfort out of a
little frock or two of bingham. made
simply and all in one piece or in a dimity
or dotted lawn frock in some dark color
like blue spotted with white or the like.
1t goes without SAY wing that the tailored
suit, be 1t of serge, Of mohair or of linen.
should be rather of the mannish type
than in any dressy or exaggerated style
which will soon go out of fashion. Much
braided effects should be avoided and
also trimmings of satin or silk as these
are apt to fade" a different color from
the suit material with disheartening eff
feet when the second season comes
around and the suit must be made to do
duty The attractive little suit illustrat-
ed is a ready-made model In dark gray
serge, with a touch OF black bralding and
black satin collar and cuffs. frightened by
a bit of Persian trimming. second
year incarnation of this suit might see
the Persian trimming removed and fresh
satin cuffs and collar added. The tailored
suit should always be kept fresh and in
good order. even If one has to do the
pressing on the carpet with flatiron
heated over a gas stove; for on the bust
ness woman's trig and attractive appear
ance depends much of her success. Slow
enliness and carelessness in dress are in
dicative of failure and hard luck, and by
her brisk, breezy and correct appearance
does the business woman represent sue
cess and well being-always invaluable
assets in her way up the ladder of am
bition.
Foulard silks are not at all expensive.
and these silks, while delightfully."- cool
for summer wear, also suggest a bit
more of elegance and "dressing-up' than
the. tailored skirt and shirt waist-the
business girls everyday standby. So sim
pie are the new peasant styles, with mar
row straight skirt and loose. unshaped
bodice finished with a pretty bit of neck
wear. that the clever business woman
if she does not have to work too hard
during the day-may easily make herself
a frock of this sort at home in a couple