The evening world., 1913-02-10

and a keen sense Of observation. I
also found II difficuit when l first
married to make ends meet; for
had been reared In . rather extrava-
giant manner. having parents who
never said me nay-nor taught me
the value Of a dollar. So I went
about to make a study Of II. and Il 10
strange indeed how interesting II
becomes to live on what heretofore
l had seemed like pin morsy. First
OF all one must learn elimination-the
wedding out" OF the things we do.
not need; the getting to things that
count. The fundamental trouble with
the poor IL the apng Of the rich
the verlas,irg struggle to keep up
with Lizzie" and manufacturers
have certainly been responsible for
helping US along by dealing out mil.
lions OF cheap and tawdry limitations
to catch the poor mans dollar.
Women as a class think too much
about clothes, and think to no pur-
pose. They study only how they ian
make a sensational show: not how
they can be we'll dressed and how
much money they really waste.
Yesterday morning I started into
town. and my weak pocketbook
groaned with fatigue and seemed to
say: You will be tempted far beyond
alluring with their now spring Of
fer!ngs." hesitated to make the
trip but crushed the thought and
read myself BIT OF good. old New
England mot Creek philosophy and
started on my way, resolved to learn
another lesson. ] went directly to the
parlor OF one OF our largest depart
ment stores. where sat for some
time. waiting for a friend: and my
heart grew very glad as I watched
the restless crowd passing In and
out. for could truly claim with
Socrates. Il am glad to learn that
there are so many things In the
world that do not need" Now.
that was fairly representative
crowd that ] saw there that morn
ing, and am sure that ~ they
passed me one by one / could not
count one ssnsibly nor attrac;ively
dressed woman out OF any dozen.
A greater part might be called pa
thetic-dressed within an Inch OF
their lives out to make an impress
sion on the various friends they
were there to meet. Among the crowd
was one young girl who wore a plain,
we'll tailored blue suit. and one at
first glance was about to say: How
well she looks!v when you came to
the hat. There's the rub-a copy OF
Paris crea don. no doubt. something
to dazzle the sight and long to be
remembered, A bright purple with q
feather shad .ng from waite TO various
hues OF pink and lavender. Pretty
enough In Itself, but how tiresome u
see q great deal and how much
better results would have been o.
tained and more lasting by investing
the "a me amount In \ chic. becoming
AFFAIR to match her suit!
Then there was the poor. misguide>.
soul N the Iona brown velvet coat.
For this she had wasted a p!tiaoio
sum on a bad imitation OF sable fur
to decorate about a foot OF tle bottom
Of what would otherwise have been
q very decent looking garment. Then
there was the hat-a distressing al
fair, OF huge proportions for one OF
Ter small figure. rocking about on a
badly arranged colffure. And the
muff, Oh. let US not nesec; the
mum, luxurious creation, with a
huge foxta!l more conspicuous than
ornamental. dangling nearly TO the
floor.
OF course there was the woman
with the willow plumes. against
which feather too much cannot be