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

girl who started out in the morning with
! feathered or Powered hat that required
( perfectly arranged couture to set it or.
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 flimsy untidiness.
| The best sort of tailored suit for the
! girl who mus. wear such a 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.
This year mixtures are particularly fash
| 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 a 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 I'm her appearance or in
| the impression of prosperity she con-
veys. The attractive little suit illustrated
| is made of 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-
teal little suit is worn a charmingly be-
coming, yet ideally simple hat of black
velvet with youthful band and bow
| trimming of the new rep ribbon in a soft
shade of green
With such suit the correctly dressed
business girl wears heavy kid gloves in
serviceabie tan or reddish shade, gray
mocha gloves. or washable white
chamois or doeskin gloves. Some canny
business women buy their one-button,
heavy kid gloves at the boys counter,
in good quality at less cost than those
sold at the woman's glove counter. The
boys gloves also are easily drawn on
and off and give smart, tailored i1n.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
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
pleasing variety in the eternal shirt waist
and skirt monotony. This year the re-
versible cloth coats are the approved
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, iecked 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
| a 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 a pretty girl with a
becoming hat and a red umbrella is the
most cheerful note in a car full Of SOM
berly clad people on a gloomy morning?
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 as 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, we'll 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
well finished to be correct. The waist
illustrated is made of striped shifting,
and is perfectly plain in style. with man
nish cuffs and a starched box pleat at the
front, buttoned with pearl buttons There
are lovely patterns in wash silks for
| these tailored waiStS-Soft. dull French