Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-14
SAYS WORKING GIRLS CAN
DRESS WELL ON $40 A WEEK

DENVER, July 11.-Any working
girl who is making $40 week can
dress well. That's what Chrystal
Herne, known as one of the best dress
ed women on the stage, says, and she
declares she knows whereof she speaks
for she has done it. Miss Herne be-
lieves that if girl studies the psy-
chology of dress she can do it. By
psychology of dress" she means the
art of dressing to suit ones individu-
allties of character and style. The
plainest looking girl, she believes, can
get herself up" attractively if she
but practices the psychology of dress.
Every woman has her own inai-
vidual characteristics and her own Pc
culiar personality said Miss Herne
today. eff she dresses to fit her char
acter and style she will attain the ideal
in correct clothes. She will not need
to spend a great deal to achieve this
object. 1t is hard to explain this, but
most girls will know what I mean,
have found only one dressmaker in
| New York who understands me--who
understands my personality and in
dividualities. Understanding them, she
can gown me attractively on compara-
| lively little outlay. She might not
be able to do the same for other wo-
men, and that proves my point
Dress is simply one way to add to
characterize set it off. The plain,
easily satisfied girl should never be
decked out in frills and fancies by an
inspiring seamstress. A woman like
Nora in Ibsen's Dolls House. light,
airy and rather shallow, should not at
tempt to wear elaborate gowns. Her
dresses should be rather of the fluffy,
simple order which fits her own per-
sonality.
Simplicity in all things is essen
tial to correct dress. Gaudy clothes,
many frills, and ridiculous fashions
are never seen on correctly gowned
women"
Miss Herne is extravagant. At least
that is what she says. She believes in
buying only the best. When playing
recently in New York she wore three
gowns which were made to her order.
The total cost of these three gowns
was $780,.
"But those dresses were not elabo-
rate or gaudy,' she said. New York
papers spoke of them as wonderful
creations but at the same time COM
mented on their extreme simplicity.
They were made as l felt they should
be for the part was playing-simple,
but rich. If l could afford only few
clothes, / would have them tasteful
and as near the best as my pocket
book would afford. l would prefer
one afternoon dress, one evening gown
and one tailored suit of good quality
to several of each of cheaper material.
"1f / were a working girl in a
store and earned $40 week | would
still have good clothes. / would watch
the papers carefully for sales, and
what few clothes did have would not
be cheap limitations. would rather
have shirt waist and skirt made SIM
ply and of good material than several
gaudy dresses and number of rib
bons which showed their cheapness
on the face of them. If girls would
but realize this, they would look far
better dressed and cause good deal
less comment, and be happier in the
long run. Elaborate dresses on rich
or poor girls cannot be of any great
credit to their training.
1.-THE same general scheme of dress
works for rich and poor girls alike.
Simplicity and quality, not gaudiness
and quantity, and careful study of
what is best suited to ones own par
ticular style are the true secrets of
proper and therefore attractive dress
ing"