Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-02
HOW SHE MANAGES.
Some Small Economies That Achieve
LARGE Reaults.

This Is a story of the small econ
oHies that enable a smart young wom-
an to be so. She il not happy in lons
gloves for evening year unless they are
kid and Of the best. But. then. she
r1ust reach her destination by means
OF some scent conveyance. For her
no moter toots its horn. OF course.
she may wear ordinary gloves and eff.
feet a lightning change as she nears
her goal. But sometimes this can not
be managed unobtrusively, and she has
observed smiles on the faces Of those
who ''vis-a-vised-ed" her when she
has been driven to the somewhat bad
form" expedient of changing her gloves
in the car The other day she trium-
phantly solved the problem.
Il buy pair Of cheap, tan cotton
gloves, of the desired length" she ex-
pounded. "and at least a size too large.
slip these over my kid gloves. and
pull them off when remove my wrap.
No one has time-or interest-to no.
tice the look Of the gloved hands that
are, as like as not, under my evening
cloak or coat. When take my place
at theater. concert or in reception
room. am not flushed and confused
with the effort to rapidly put on some
elbow length gloves. and they-the
gloves-keep clean for several more
wears than they possibly could ii
wore them on the cars"
Her elegant evening wraps were ex-
planned with equal felicity.
IAN evening wrap" she said. need
not be expensive to be elegant. A sew
ing woman at 81 can easily make one
in a day II the design chosen be simple.
This season selected dull green, and
for its lining was fortunate in finding
some silk Of the same shade on the
bargain counter. fell in love with a
cloak pattern of simple lines. with
aperture for arms. instead Of sleeves.
The intelligent sewing woman pointed
out that the edges could be 80 manip-
ulated that the cloak might be used
reversibly. For gay occasions and
when a friend provides conveyance the
silk has the upper hand. Ordinarily.
the cloth faces the light of day or
night. as the case may be. The silk 10
unframed, but the cloth braided In
simple pattern with a narrow. mex
pensive braid after the making was
completed.
YES. the question Of the evening
wrap is simple. but my dress problems
haven't been so easy to solve. One
winter. some introductions gave prom
Use Of gaper time than usual. but the
dress problem was serious. could
not be dubbed the girl in the green
gown!' How to combine variety with
the least conceivable outlay made me
sit up late one night when the house,
hold was all a bed. My midnight cleo
tricity bore the fruit in gown which
helped me wonderfully on my way. I
bought some iron frame grenadine in a
small, fine stripe and black. This I had
made into a princess robe. Thei, one
at time bought bargain counter
remnants Of silk which my sewing
woman made into princess slips. When
I had accumulated pale blue, pale
pink, yellow. a heliotrope and nile
green was able to ring great many
changes, for the slips were available
for use with other gowns ss we'll AZ
the black. Ribbon roses Of each shade,
or sash girdle, or an airy chou Of
chiffon provided q connecting link be-
tween upper and under garments. and
sometimes the combinations were ex-
tremely effective.
when the tunic gown came In I
found this idea capable Of endless de-
velopment, for the same tunic can be
worn over many foundations, on one
foundation robe can have several
tunics. It takes time to figure out the
combinations. but Il 10 fascinating
when you have taste for L"