New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-01

what Roberts saying.
OUT Of the silence rose Smiths voice clear strong
~ and confident. Il don't mind the changes so
much he said. Sin fact think we men are too much
Given 10 old customs in the matter Of dress. Every time
I Dut on one Of the newfangcd shirts open down the
front I wonder why some Of us didn't think Of that
twenty years ago.
yes complained Brown, ~and as soon as "e men
GOT 70 fastening our shirts in front, the women took 70
fastening their gowns IN the back ana no" We We s'
do double duty buttonng and unbuttoning
@Tbaf's lust where the advantage Of these frequent
ot,r,.s comes in continued Smith. "This way Of
fastening woman gown in the back may become oDso-
I IN week or So 10 matter how bad a style may be-
YOU know it ism going TO last long But 90 Complain
Of the lack Of Judgment women shO" IN attempting ~
follow every fool fashion that out. Say Tor IN
stance that last years styles becoming % woman
and this years styles are wholly unbecoming. Com
nonsense and good ought 70 lead her TO stick 70
las, years STYLES; but she won't DO It. She chucks the
Incoming clothes into the ragbag, puts on the unDe-
coming ones and hattcrs herself she's well dressed
81 can stand the hats and bonnes, SAID Brown; but
it's these styles Of hair dressing that worry me- these
no1Dadours and rats and false puffs and braids II
,,1a, Is GOOD looking 70 begin with, she hardly
no her beauty no matter what sort Of hat and gown
, wears so long as she is satisfied with her own hair
and arranges it 10 suit the contour Of her face That's
all ask Of woman Why, its got 50 man can't ENJOY
play or sermon for looking at the false HAIR and the
combs and pins and the rest Of the paraphernala they
pile on their heads nowadays.
HERE! I can't stand this any longer said Mrs
IL Brown, rising hastily. Lets 60 back and put
stop 10 this fooshness. must say, she remarked rs
she entered you gentlemen most discoureous We
Withdrew from the room and gave YOU permission 20
smoke. and YOU abuse our Kindness by saying mean
things about our clothes.
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nothing personal in our remarks We were only making
few observations on womens dress in general and the
present fashions in particular.
You couldn't have selected q subject about which
Won know less said Mrs Brown colby and The other
women indorscd the sentiment by smiles and looks
81 may not be a Worth, my dear said Brown with
studied courtesy: but at least know when q womans
dress is beautiful and becoming and have no hesitation
in saving that the present fashions neither one nor
the other.
The trouble, said Davidson sagely, is that the
motive Of woman's dress Is totally wrong. You know
everything must have the right motive or nothing about
II will be right. fla book has not the right motive, IS
failure no matter how beautifully II may be written and
how elegantly bound. So II is with womans dress rs
costly and up to date; but it has the wrong motive.
woman dresses TO please the miliner and the dress
maker: she ought 70 dress 70 please her husband.
81 dress from self respect and to keep from looking
ike fright-that's good enough motive for anybody
said Mrs Graham lottily.
Il see myself dressing TO please a man who thinks a
plain neat calico is the most becoming thing woman
can wear. said Mrs Smith, with icy look ar Ar.
Smith
Suppose You cline exactly hatkind otcothcs would
please your taste Andrew, suggested Mrs Davidson.
Davidson hcsitated. He knew, of course, exactly
what he wanted in the matter Of woman's dress. but
when he searched his vocabulary for words in which 70
express himself he experienced painful sense OF lack.
We'll, he said finally, 81 like something that tits
we'll and shows off the figure"
That's it," said Roberts encouragingly. "'The