Evening star., 1916-10-22
BIZ ANNE R1rrENHousE.

a the end Of October the chores
A are done and the social season
IN is beginning.
- The women who object to this
Statement are those who have stayed In
Tie country until the last possible mo-
nent Of the autumn and are now super
Intending the cleaning up of the house
IN town. ~.
Job had been a woman he surely
would have put chapter in his Lamen-
u tations on the trials Of autumn. No
woman escapes 1t. Maid or matron,
mother Of six or mother Of none, poor
or rich. she has to face the exhausting
problems Of September and October
1t is very well that we have named the
= season fall 1t is the time when every
thing comes tumbling about our ears.
D We have never learned to adjust the
work Of the year so that its divisions
might fall as equal burdens upon our
shoulders. Through tradition misman-
-, agement or necessity. the women Of the
world have the entire Encouragement of
Il their segment Of it in the autumn.
With the usual American evidence of
high blood pressure, we rush thr, ugh the
manifold tasks with which we are con-
fronted in autumn with a speed that
brings hundreds to a sanatoriun n after
November. 1t is not possible to summar-
lie the duties that have beset womankind
since the first week Of September, but
getting children ready for school, paper
Ing. painting and cleaning the house, get
ting few new clothes, which includes
going to dressmakers and shops for sew
eral hours each week, and repairing dam
ages in the household, are some of the
tasks that are met and conquered.
1t Is well that the American cities push
back the beginning of social activities
nearer real winter year by year Rapid
transportation has persuaded the COM
mun1ty at large to remain in the open air
as long as the weather permits Each
year, the country keeps people in its al
<'1uring grip until Thanksgiving has been
said for our manifold mercies and the
dead leaves. wet ground and chilling air
.Fturn one to the crowded streets, heated
houses and the lights of the theater,
opera and dance and dinner parties.
The days when everybody rushed into
town according to the calendar and not
the climate. are wisely over. No one re-
y CARDS September as anything but a sum-
r mer month-one which is quite apt to be
more provocative of irritation than even
August or July. October is regarded as
the ideal month to spend under the trees
Therefore one at least has the satisfac-
tfon OIL leaving the CnOlCe Oh evening
Clothes until the domestic burdens Of
September and October have become
things of the past.
The average woman gets a new one
piece frock or a tailored suit around the
first Of October. and she lets that serve
her until such major things as children's
clothes and school. the house and the
servants are arranged. Whatever gay
eties she has been indulging in have been
sufficiently informal to allow of the
usage Of summer finery, for it is during
September and October that every wom-
an. rich or poor finds a chance to make
every garment in her wardrobe serve to
the utmost. Such daily service. often re-
gardless Of the occasion, gives her less
regret II she finds that these clothes
must be discarded.
The dressmakers complain that the ma
jorfty Of women make too much of this
custom. They seem quite willing to look
out Of fashion and not especially well
suasive fashions. The dressmakers want
women to get into their new clothes as
soon as the French models arrive, and the
shops want the same thing to happen AZ
soon as the American manufacturers
have turned out their output in mid
August.
The women themselves, however, do not
see the situation from this point Of view.
The dressmakers In New York complain
bitterly Of the lack Of attendance by the
ber openings. but this complaint does not
disturb the equanimity Of the woman
who wishes to be serene IN her mind
amid many burdens, even II she IL not
Any observant person giancfng over the