Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-06

satisfaction, and this is the primal rea-
son why womenfulk, chiefly, are out of
breath.
The automobile and the telephone
have utterly shattered centuries of
calm and imposed upon us the neces-
sity of undertaking a hundred things
in the place of one thing, and dire con-
fusion has resulted. After while wom-
en- will be able to cope with the situa-
ton successfully, just as they have &C
customed themselves through their ears
to the roar of modern street transpor-
tation when. at first. they nearly Went
mad from sheer sound.
The first principle to imbibe in the
struggle for calm achievement is to
learn that all talking about how much
one has to do and the Interruptions one
has to suffer. is just burning up that
much vitality needed for the accom-
plishment of the rhings left undone.
To use homely phrase, one never gets
anywhere by running around llke a
chicken with it's head cut OFF. and 1t is
where" that is the secret OF the strife
and unsuccess of some Womens lives.
And all this is reflected in our daily
lives. 1t is the trouble with the aver
to it the time needed. The coat and
skirt will be we'll chosen, well made.
but the blouse will not be ordered un-
til some opportune moment. POSSIBLY
it is bought in a hurry, ready to wear.
does not fit, and there is not the time
to alter it. So it does duty on occasions
when one should be well dressed, and
it calls forth the criticism that one Is
dressed.
The same hurry caused by lack of
organization makes one wear hat
that does not coincide with the cos
tune, that is not especially becoming
or not intended for that hour or oeca-
sion. 1t is a makeshift until one has
time" to shop deliberately and purchase
the right thing. In the meantime the
coat suit is ruined in appearance by the
juxtapositiOn of two essential ana Ill
chosen additions to it. and possibly one
never finds time" to repair the injury.
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Another trick which often spoils
costume is economizing on a blouse
One puts as large a sum of money as
one can possibly afford into the
street suit, emitting to reckon with the
blouse, which is very much in evidence
more than half the time. Something
reduced is picked up; a white shirt
waist that has seen better days Is
used, a piece Of unused material in the
house Is built up into something near
stylish with the help of a seamstress.
possibly. and the result is not COM
Far better save several dollars on
the cost of the suit and balance the
total with a good. well chosen blouse
that is in the period of the suit. that
carries out it's intentions. that appears
to be of equal value with it. The hat
should come in for similar good treat
ment and, If necessary, be reserved for
that one costume and serve only by
chance with another gown or suit.
1t should not be irritating to even
the most fanatical American to point
to the perfection of the Frenchwoman's
method of dressing as something quite
worthy of study no more than it would
be to use her French accent as a guide
to ours.
She claims that we are the best
dressed women in the world next to
her: and, while hoping that the first
is true. we are quite willing to concede
the latter, and. in SO doing. step up