The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-11
The Question of Clothes

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grew up with such an abhorrance
of debt that I learned to get along
with very few clothes, and now that !
can afford more do not have as many
as most girls who are dependent on
overworked and hard-pushed fathers
for every cent they spend. / do not
think 1t good sense to spend money
foolishly, and 1t Is surely spent fool
ishly when sQuandered on garments
that are hung In the closets to feed the
moths.
A good plain suit, never in extreme
style, with q neat little hat, good
gloves, clean collar and waist, and
shoes we'll polished, are in far better
taste than the dress so far beyond
ones means that 1t must serve as
best dress one year, and with tawdry
and torn adornment appear as q street
dress the year following. With good
judgment one may buy suit of very
good material for fifteen dollars, in
which the wearer always looks well II
she keeps 1t well pressed and well
brushed. ...-.. .~... .....-
Girls with round, envious eyes tell
me what they would do II they drew
my pay check every Saturday night,
and l tell them. as tell you. that the
more one receives the more one has
to pay, 50 that the possibilities and
limitations remain proportionately the
same. / try to save. I have always
done that. With the larger income, and
the taste for Injuries that has grown
with 1t. want to save % large . share
of my salary as l saved when It was
less. ...... ......
A Matter Of Conscience.
This IL one reason I do not spend
much on clothes; another 10 that
have no respect for the woman who
hangs clothes on herself as II she
were nothing more than Christmas
tree. would rather give my money to
= Z better cause, and could never be hap.
py in q seventy-five dollar hat knowing
that some child, whom might relieve,
Is hungry. H. ri 4s5ss Ell
It is a sin to 80 in debt for clothing
which one can do without. From Ala
bama comes letter from girl who
thinks the gods will be kind to bride
who goes to her husband in pretty
clothes she has borrowed the money
to buy. She doesn't know that happi-
ness was never bought that way.
II know you receive letters every
day asking different questions and ia
vors, and know that you are tired Of
them, but hope you will see fit not to
refuse me. am to be married in a
short time and you know a girl loves
pretty clothes at such time. My par.
ents are poor and cannot give me
many Clothes. and I am wondering if
you will lend me the money to buy
some, or give me clothes you do not
need. have one pretty evening dress
: that cost $1,000. don't know how we
are to pay for my wedding dress. l
could be married in a suit that cost $25
II had it. Mother is making me a
sweet little lawn. dress with net
sleeves. the first have ever had and
my sister gave me a sweet little lace
waist Miss Pickford, please don't re.
fuse me. will pay all express char.
ges." go ~--
A pleasanter impression Is left on
the mind by the following letter from
a twelve-year-old girl in the hills of
Arkansas. After expressing her love
for me In frank, girlish way that de-
lights me because Of its disinterested.
edness and sincerity. she says:
Let me tell you something funny.
do not like to take money from Moth.
er and Papa to go to the picture shows