The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-23
THE WORKING GIRL HEARS SOME POINTERS
ON HOW TO DRESS ON NOTHING A YEAR

you have in your closet the Spinster rs
turned unsympathetically. Instead OF
spending your money getting new shoes
why don't you take few dollars OF the
twenty-five ana get some good shoe
maker to build new heels and put new
soles on those you have, and polish them
IN and you'd be surprised how well they d
look"
But in doing that you've spent all my
money but $5,1 the Girl said impatiently'
But look at your nice winter outht
that you've planned, with what i've
mentally helped you to spend, returned
the older woman. II love tailored sult
much better than any you could BUY
with the little money you had to spend
and 1t just goes on TO show how 1t Is al
ways better to buy a good suit, when
you possibly can, than shoddy one, TOT
yours is good and will bear remodelng
You have shoes enough for every oc-
casion, and you have neckwear that would
take away the reproach from your SUIT
IL you couldn't have 1t remodeled. Inen
you must get some Chamois gloves. They
last forever and day, and you-can Keep
them soft and white by washing them
yourself. Two pairs at 81 a pair, and
you still have 50 left for a hat"
Where In the name of Sam HILL the
Girl started, could you get hat for $s?''
for that amount said the Spinster. "Of
course you can't get willow plume or a
Bird of Paradise-certainly not, but 1
know when l say that for 50 and a little
judgment you can get Velour hat ana
veil good enough to wear anywhere
that l am not mirepresenting things. Ia
rather have a plain tailored Velour hat,
in good taste and unpretentious, than a
cheap, imitation of some f1ashy French
creation that would look ridiculous on a
woman who makes her own living
You don't know what 1t means to dress
on nothing q year." complained the Work
ing Girl
Eyes l do" returned the Spinster I've
done it. Nearly all the best dressed wom-
en- know have worked out their philos-
ophy of clothes when they had as little
to spend as you and I. I've used their ex-
perience and mine, too, and | buy very
little, but what l do buy Is always the
very best I can afford. An old dress
made from good material is far better than
new one made from poor material. If
you have any ingenuity you can always
find somebody to remodel your things at
small cost Shoes, dresses wraps, tailor
mades-in fact, almost anything that Is
good to begin with-will bear renoyating
and remodeling The remodeling of things.
In other words, solves the working girls
problem, and the thrifty, clever girl who
lays ASIDE a ilttle OIL neE inOioy edcH Weth
will come to find that what I've said
is practical and can be done"
Smith, Jr.. Mr.. Will Robertson, DR..
Brannon Hubbard of Montgomery, Mr..
Jesse Atkins and Mr.. Martin Lide
Miss Isabelle Cobbs will visit Miss
Kathleen Van Hoose while in Birming-
ham. Miss Van Hoose will return to
Montgomery with her and attend the
opening reception of the Beauvoir club.
DR.. Walter Scott expects to leave Tues
day for New York.
Mrs. Clyde Ennis and little son, Clyde
Starting, are with Mrs. G. r. Ennis, who
is i'll in Rome, Ga. Mr.. Ennis returned
yesterday.
|. Mrs A. B. Vandegrift has returned to
her home, 631 North Twenty-first street,
after a few weeks visit with Mrs. e. s.
Carruthers of st. Louis, who will be re-
membered as Miss Willie vandegrift, and
with Mrs. c. d. Smith of Memphis.
Miss Renfroe Embry of Ashville is