Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

their thin suits and are ready 1or ne"
ones and they are also exhausted a'
trying to wear the heavy winter SUITS
they bought in October. Both these con-
ditions were excessively bad for the
sbops and dressmakers. who have moaned
over the warm winter far more than the
coal man has, but now there may De an
early rush for new clothes which Will re-
lieve the season.
ANY woman may feel reasonably safe
N buying thin things for summer as she
is quite experienced in the heat OF TINS
climate If she is going abroad she may
be in doubt as TO what 10 get as the iaSt
TWO summers in Europe so discouraged
Americans about suitable clothes that
the vast army of ocean crossers have
right TO wonder what they must buy.
There was day when any suggestions
rc.ar,iin. the purchase of clothes Whlcn
included "A trip to Europe We're considered
eXtraVa.ant and aimed at the exclusive
,.Iassts but today Europe has become the
playground of all .ood and bad Amer
leans and while the rich woman may
make four trips year over there, the
wage Garner makes one trip for her va
cation.
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10 such a vast number of people that
Ike women on moderate incomes have
learned that they can so over and back
.vl u short time on the same amount
.h.t It would take to go to any pleasure
resort III America. and they would see
more and learn more. By this reason
ing the buying of summer clothes which
may serve on the ocean as we'll as in
America is not "a problem confined to the
.!1h
Buy this discussion is off the track of
The brisk buying that is expected in
sJring clothes. There is little chance that
ANY American summer will prove cold.
although it may have a few cool days i'll
vhich one can wear early spring suits.
The woman who is foolish is the one who
bays all her summer Clothes in early
spring on the principle that it may not
u hot and that she can wear serge coat
suits and lined frocks from April until
october.
This is a day of efficiency We are no
longer able to live by casual methods.
Even a woman who has a disorganized
mind is thoroughly ashamed of herself
if she does not make every effort to live
Up to the new method of managing ones
life. which is along the lines of the great
est result with the least work.
The day has gone when a woman felt
she was accomplishing her mission as a
housewife, a mother or wage Garner
by working ten hours day and feeling
confused and rushed at the end of it.
Mere work was once considered the full
hllment of life; now We know that eff
cheney is the fulfilment of labor.
System. organization, method, routine
are the words that one hears most to-
day. They have entered into every mind
and every home and We look upon the
woman who has leisure and who also
easily accomplishes things as our highest
example of this doctrine.
To do things well and do them quickly
is the motto of the day in order to leave
the soul and the mind time to grow. This
is the new doctrine and it is the best
that has ever spread to the classes and
the masses except Christianity.
This seems serious discussion to pro-
Ject into an article on clothes, but the
management of ones income in order
that one may be dressed we'll is a serious
matter. 1t takes prominent part in
the game of efficiency. The woman who