The evening world., 1913-02-10

CuoTo IL An uuWTlVtou INV w
served BY women OF the world
p Everywhere except In the Unitod
States that wherever they are
likely to come In contact with
women less wealthy, their clothes
must be simple ana free from %.
tsntation.
In France no well bred woman wears
any but simple dark clothes when sho
goes afoot. and in spain and l.aly IL
Is still the custom FOR women OF the
great world to wear black to churc1,
because they wish to appear as dearly
as possible on the financial level OF the
poorest worshippers. In the converts
abroad and mere. too. where the same
tradition OF simplicity Is preserved the
poorest and the weslthlest pupils dress
exactly alike In plain black regulation
which Is infinitely to be preferred to
the snobblsh and premature display OF
clothes at our private schools.
TOO MANY WOMEN STRIVE FOR
THE SENSATIONAL.
1t Is true. too. that many OF our
women study how to make sensation
rather than to be we'll dressed. And
the succeed SO well that too often the
charm OF their faces, the beauty Of
their hair, and the lines Of their figures
are destroyed In = confagration Of
cheap fnery.
One Of the prettiest things about
really pretty woman IL the shape
Of her head. 1ow many women
are there who dress thoir hair In
e. n AuAltAA ~ thu
hsads What traveller from Mars
vtswtnJ the coniosl, triangular or
rectangular ooanures produced BY
rats sAd false ouxls would have
any notion ct all that . woman's
head 10 practically formed IKE her
brothers or her husbands7 Incl
dsntally, what traveller from Mars
could fan TO conclude that half our
feminine population has only one
sys1
As for the willow plumes denounced
by the suburban critic. only the tall,
slender woman can wear them without
10 oking like AN ostrich standing on his
head. The worst consequence o: fads
for finery OF this kind Is that they sur
vive among the poor SO much longer
| thu In the circles wherein they orig
mated. A wealthy woman can easily
discard a feather for which she has
paid $50 after a few weeks, but O poor
Woman has to mention It in her will.
SIMPLICITY Is NEEDED IN
OTHER THINGS.
The habit of aping the fich Is not con-
fined to clothes. however. How many
persons dare invite their friends to shar,
their every day dinner? ! have beer
at dinner parties where I wished tina
half OF the money spent for place card,
AMI foolish fayors had been added t.
the price of the scanty food and to tn,
! wage. OF the prentice hand that pre-
pared 4. And have eaten meal.
cooked by the hostess herself that wer'
! far better than anything to be had a
an eight function. We need sim
plicity In food. In furniture. In pictures
In writing quite as much as We need
! In clothes. We need. as The Evening
| World reader says. to apply q system
alto process OF elimination to all on
requirements and to eliminate the chell
imitation. whether II 10 lace or furs
gold bags, manner borrowed from
popular actress or mental pose takel
from a woman's magazine. The opn
IONS OF Evening World readers follow
NEVER BUY ANYTHING VOL
DON'T NEED.
Dear Madam: Since how to live on
SIS or s25 per week has become such
grave problem to most married
women. want to tell you q few
things that l have learned from per-
s9nai experience. with q small salary