The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
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~ DOROTHY DIX.
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer


. Among NV .cou,,n,snc.. a. . car.
tain welI-to.do elderly woman who
In always dressed IN csrrents NJ ex-
pensiye material. hut they are about
three years behind the fashion.
When other women are wearing
tight skirts, her skirts are four yards
around the bottom. When other wom-
en- have on boufant sleeves, her
sleeves Mt her arm like a sausage
casing. When other women's hats
are untrimmed, hers are loaded down
with ostrich feathers, and altogether
she invariably looks like a back num-
Der, yet she spends as much money
on her wardrobe rs many a woman
does who presents q fashion-piate sp-
pearance.
ov IN. rs..on fri. lady resem-
h,s- soreth,ng that has been fished
out of the rag bag, instead of a daily
hint from Paris. is because when she
r r. new tress and hat she con-
s,ders them too good to wear when
th.v are fresh. except on some ex-
ceedingly respondent occasion. and
as respiendent occasions occur but
se,aou' in her Quiet life, she doesn't
wesr them AT ali. She carefully wraps
m In many coverings her fine new
srocE and hat. and puts them away
.. a.. clo.et while she wears her
vear-bcfore-last things. and by the
t,,,e she gets around to them they.
80 80 ont ~ date. SO she never
49, nm with the STYLES.
" a.. sar,. ,n,rIt she covers up her
-. ,.',,h liz. ~ ola Garnet. and
ny" ~ f,rn,tur. IN tides
slho. n.ns, !, "a cat. on Of knicked
=. p $500 china 10 avoid cracking
su 80 S,.hes 20 that her house is
a,,yoy. shabby. although II Is full Of
49, .h;ng- that their owner consid-
80 800 70 ,,.e-
RI voman never has the pleasure
vii dr..s.a or living IN the
~ ..,a.t =, ha.ntis,I ,urroundings. be-
= ~. n.yer learned 10 make
80, =, noy ana here. She puts
- ,,.,na and epiovIns pretty things
o -, ,,,t,,ra time and when the
..1 49,. th. Measure that she
1n,, hays mad 4. gone. Her frock
FRAT was once SO smart has become
lhas VIC" hsr rug, are .oiled, her
.cr.tched- her china an old
lu, No. "a .he.. never had any sat
pae. s.,a. a,,t =, them at all.
is Ig ". s,Iy enough this won-
we can ~ $3.50 Itself In a
an Ios, ~, A. not most of us
rnated, -, ,,nder the same con-
spiri'uy - ,.e that ~ we
-o,J out NJ our clothes
are 70 ses my 80 ,,rs, 40 40 in the
ana iurniture, -, ~ N. nut of
present, out 10 h ..S. 90 NE un.
ENJOYING INC - 80 the Gov we
I'll It is 700 ,orsver gone?
might ha' ,,,,s,sE. he,ns
we see en-. ,n the domestic rela.
maoe SO OWEN -on,an love
tohsnip. "a .,ncereIv A
each otner oeepsy ,,. t,,II every
woman apprecia, ~ bushand
nne ana nooie ,,s .r.t,t,de wber
she couia "eep 80 he tolls 10
she thinks ot ny a,a. ~ how deer
keep ner soit ~ ",ts,s NTH All OF
and aoioihs u n ~ the reneros-
ner niue ~ ~ 80 hIn,self ur
ity thae rha ,s.a - IN. family
as oaiy
altar. ,, =, ri, wife
Inc man never H.. - down on
WITHOUT iess ~ - . saint
n,s h,r, all that Is good,
she typlnes tor "a devoted ali
ana pue. on. a.. hnr,ani,y near
tne qushues .na th.ra isn't q day
e, 70 uie 80 $3.50. .o,,I he doe.n,,
wneh' " @ ha,,,os siven her to hin,
press GT1 luz
for a Wiz 49, naomi. l,ox.
uo.unso. 20 - r'orriaSe,
mat S 49, - 80 woman nav.
IN 49,. 80. - .on,e.
., 10y .se 49, e. sntov This nre.
. s 1890 h,,.s ,hat 4. a,
e .r Eup a.sSa. thsv are eo,nr
" e -, a. ~ hS dron tasting TO the
s.,,,n, a.. az. so,ns time tbev ar,
iuies' rs na -, -. n, ray.lin,
suns ,ea. ..n,reasshin
IN 80 t,st ~ The are To,
w ny e.ar, ,,,,,a.n, nth bus.
uusy IN ,., havseraan,n. w,,b nartIe,
mess IN. 80 . thoussna foolish in,
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