Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05

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girl who started out in the morning with
a feathered or Powered hat that required
/ perfectly arranged couture to set it of,
| the sort of suit that is hopeless with
out fresh and dainty accessories, and an
elaborate jabot and lace stock which a
day at the office would be bound to re-
duce to fiimsy untidiness.
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| The best sort of tailored suit for the
! girl who must wear such suit day in
| and day out is a simple. rather man
! nish model of mixed fabric, the smooth
surfaced plain materials being less
serviceable than mixed effects for
steady wear Mixtures do not grow shiny
in spots and they show soil traces less
easily than broadcloths and serges do.
ionable and there are very smart eff
fects in hair stripes and in two-color
patterns. Such a suit should be made
In simple. unexaggerated style without
conspicuous trimming. and in this one
detail of her wardrobe the business girl
should be wee bit extravagant, putting
all the money she can spare into a really
good looking suit of staunch material,
for no other item of her wardrobe will
count so much in her appearance or in
the impression of prosperity she con-
veys. The attractive little suit illustrated
is made of a black and white striped
fabric with an effective and jaunty trim
ming of black velvet and white pearl
buttons. The cut of this suit is excel
lent, the coat being in the new finger
tip length and the skirt, while not far
ing at all. having sufficient width at the
foot for easy walking. With this prac-
tical little suit is worn charmingly be-
coming, yet ideally simple hat of black
velvet with youthful band and bow
trimming ribbon
shade of green.
With such suit the correctly dressed
business girl wears heavy kid gloves in
a serviceabe tan or reddish shade, gray
mocha gloves. or washable white
chamois doeskin gloves. Some canny
business women buy their one-button,
heavy kid gloves at the boys counter,
where these gloves may be purchased
in good quality at less cost than those
sold at the womans glove counter. The
boys gloves also are easily drawn on
and off and give smart. tailored !!n.sh
to the costume. The footwear should be
in keeping with the suit Just now
| buttoned boots are considered smarter
than the laced sort, which are reserved
! for country and outing use. and the
business girl may select dull calf but
toned boots with stitching and perforated
| trimming on the toe, tan calf boots of
| the same sort, or patent leather boots
/ with tops of dull kid. Velvet, suede or
white buckSkin boots the business wom
| an Of good taste will never wear in her.
office.
Another essential of the business
| woman's wardrobe will be the practical
utility or storm coat, which will cover her
from top to toe on snowy days, and
which may also be worn occasionally
over the little frocks which offer a
pleasing variety in the eternal shirt waist
and skirt monotony. This year the re-
versible cloth coats are the approx ed
thing in storm coat wear, and every
little business girl will want one of those
graceful and smart coats, with their big.
sloping collars slanting down to a low
side-fastering. and their cheerful COM
bination of colOrs. One of those good
looking coats is illustrated-a duofaced
cloth model, brown. fecked with cream
on the outer side, and warm mahogany
color on the reverse side. The buttons
| are made of the material-mahogany side
! outermost-and match the big collar and
the cuffs. The umbrella matches the
coat, cover and outer silk case being in
rich brown coloring. There seems no
reason why the business woman, in these
little details of dress, should not add a
cheerful bit of color to her otherwise in
conspicuously correct costume Haven't
you ever noticed that pretty girl with
becoming hat and red umbrella is the
most cheerful note in car full OF SOM
berly clad people on a gloomy morning?
No matter what other costumes the
business woman resorts to for relief
from monotony, she always comes back
to the shirt waist sooner or later as the
best solution of the dress problem. After
all, there is nothing So neat, So attractive
and so appropriate for office wear the
shirt waist of linen or other tub material
which may be renewed in freshness after
each wearing If necessary. Never have
tailored waists been more popular with
we'll dressed women than they are at
| this moment, and the smart. well cut
waist with turnover collar and four-in-
| hand tie is as appropriate on 9Th ave-
nue. as in business Office far down
| Broadway, and much smarter than a
sheer lawn blouse honeycombed with
lace.
| But there are shirt waists and shirt
waists, and the tailored waist, more than
any other kind, needs to be well cut and
we'll finished to be correct. The waist
illustrated is made of striped shifting,
+, and is perfectly plain in style, with man
nish cuffs and starched box pleat at the
| front, buttoned with pearl buttons. There
are lovely patterns in wash silks for
| these tailored waists-soft. dull French