The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-04-06
MATTERS OF DRESS
JUST WHAT TO WEAR AND WHAT
NOT TO WEAR.
suitable Clothing by No Means Con
s'sts OF Highly Expensive Adorn.
n1ent-Raiment Should Be
Adapted for the Occasion,

AuaPted Tor the Occasion.
In the sphere of matters governing
polite conduct 1t would be absurd not
to place the very important one of
dress.
What to wear and what not to wear,
are questions to-day of far more con-
sequence to the average woman than
is the possibility of suffrage. Suitable
and well-bred clothing is the most
dominant exaction of society, and the
same qualities are demanded in the
up-to-date business get-up. Nobody is
big enough to despise the subject, for
society and business are always big
ger than you. You have got to dress
just SO for each and every occasion,
but II you happen to show bad taste in
the selection of your colors and cuts
that Is a 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, so If the man.
ners that go with the. simple home
made costume are perfect, the modest
gentility of the lady's attire will be an
added grace.
"She has done her BEST" the censor
on dress will say, and If the censor
happens to be 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.
The day wardrobe of a woman of
any smart pretention whatever holds
at least one street morning dress and
one afternoon gown. The morning
dress expresses 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 skirt of comfortable
walking length and altogether ex-
presses trim, tidy. easy-to-get-about
In look.
Such dress the business woman
wears to her office, accompanying it
with mannish gloves and tailored
waists of flannel or linen, and keeping
the suit always as we'll brushed and
pressed as would be mans. Made in
richer material, with handsomer furs
and the skirt all but touching, the
woman in easier circumstances would
wear it's 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 plainish black
one in the wardrobe, with the possible
FITNESS 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 splendor, 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 soiled recep.
ton dress, worn with moulting feath.
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
tastefully made and suited to the
wearer, and the gloves are light and
fresh and the hat and shoes of a suit
ably dressy sort, quite modest textures
may be used for the gown. In fact
except for the requirement of recep
ton colors-pale tints-it is the suit
ability and perfect freshness of the
accessories which create the best eff
| feet.
The smart woman's night costuming
involves one get-up which may be de
scribed as full dress, that is a decol
lete gown in pale silk or gauze
which would be worn for a ball, the
opera, a large dinner party and so on
With this would go her finest jewels
her most elaborate hair arrangement
and a long cloak of silk, cloth or full
to cover her magnificence when she II
passing to and from her carriage.
But as to the material of this fine
gown there are no absolutely hard and
fast rules. If white or palely tinted, il
| may be fashioned of any of the dainty
evening materials that would 90 with