THE OVERDRESSED ENGLISHWOMAN-

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 398, 6 January 1909, Page 3

THE OVERDRESSED ENGLISHWOMAN-

and,/the V ylribstvdarigerbus' feature's of ithe /dress manja, . age ■ ;, : and"; class,;; says ■/. . ;l!.rider,Hhe'.lprescrit:;c6riditioris. the .debutante ( / /'Save .'perhaps In /the. 'inatter:-of./jewels/alone,, f .the . k rrioderUi.gilU's'■;^equi^emerits , ; are.quite : as ''ininieraus::arid;bbstly as .thoso. of: her .married ■ Mrs.-: Jones;- ;Brp^n,;arid; , .Rob- ', .: irisbri^.whose./husbarids 'earriihg." [ 'nbtnirig:more;:t .: ;iessi6naL'pittance'|;yie/in, thbifV.dress.displays ' i. >, j. asith'eyL/sup'ii'umptupusly: arid '/extravagantly .: ' at;the. .n'ewest^rest'o.urarit.if/'iThe; pityfis..that in'spite" 'of..'.tliVirpbdbrrivextravaga'ncejn.dress,/ ; : in;spitb''of.thef;Bcaridalbus/le'ngth'.pf;.'modern i ■ ;. dressmakers!./ billsj/'Englishwbmeri' never.-haye /succeed;in-fach'ievirig, a reputation /'for-./being ;'; other:/tharisbadlyXaressM. , -"riThey;,;seem/.to -. . ;-t»,d,etai^that''cbunts ; for.:sartbrial. : .p ; ■':■Thetchief ;poiivt/of-: failure/istthat/wo/farp/all , :'tbo. fond of Jm'aigihihg that 7 .fine: feathers/ make c ;nrie' : birds|;arid//we'.are' tobifond: of assuriiing •- .rth'at.-the/.mere; possession of-.a 1 - multiplicity-, of'costly;';blothing:iis gpirig^/tp>:trarisform..us:into: / /creatures:of;:eleg"arifte=ah'dibeauty.'? The;',ques-: ./'.tiorii'bf.Haste.; is; :tirrie : )beirig-.-thrust . :Xupbri'-'one' side'Sarid-'lost"sight;;of^: ; / English-, / ' newVclpth'bs-.to'.giye'feither 'Wrrie/or'fauentibn- ' .to'; 'ma'stenn'g- ; /t]iev'arf bf ;• learning lbw : . tdZ.put: . .;th'em> pnV,V>;ofie/:iia3 ionlyStpiwalk; jthr'ough; : ; it'isSihyariably/with ; hprdes : of f wpirien-fplt-' / be./ a'ware: ; /of/-/ the:vf ait; ■/ f; every;:: ten'-'are 1 / ba,dly'_di''essedj; -:'To;' thV/credit' ..of:our'moderri.^Tvomen- : :/^io)longer-;parade^:the-.Continehtpressed>as ' •' ;;guys/:^■One/:dpes/:,nbt';to : Tday;/meet.. J ■ ' /; they;:;'hay6/.acb^niplisl!ed ! :■! :'tbur'fwith",ri'o'vmbre.-lug'gage ,; -thatt; fa'-.naiidbag,-'. : ■a • : tfa'vellihg:,df.ess,sa: dressyflblbuse,:-/a"golf ; eapejyand"'a'cjncketiljg,; for ■our 'seristf '! - tosee: velvet'arid ■ satin .gowns',or: /handrpaiiitetl. chiffon:' toilettes ; / trailirig'-ih'-th'e'd'ust';'bf.,dirty : "strfete .; .':'witness'dainty^-cofifectioiis.'being'/.crushed arid ! : , tumbled "/id'.-'afo.overcrpwdedi,' bus; or ) tMm. : ' ;That'. ; ; p.ractical'/..iiisplay./of'''g6bdlta/st . /: ' otice/,'cbnsidei&a";.:to'.bef: the';;hali-markf;of-: c a ~ .".' f.lost '.sight of.'/'.^p'wad.a'ys'/ive,are.f.all';_so.eager, ;.to';beVsni'arli;-' i s6'//det6rmined':,to. r ' . ; being-j.Wwdry,!jKaudy,>pr':cprisp,icubu.s.-,r i ,|The. : .'.'crimp^pf^{.being.>'.'afte'rn : cflfli'sli.,',.,Tri' the/mprn- '.. i-iiig/iV-np, ; against;gopd^a^"e).that/.it:orice' : was.. \ :oyefd^ssirigYis'.'M:- ; > : present/,^day^th'at':.the..mdderri .woinarivof/fas-. /! /hiodliis.Japt'.jtp.: consider,/lierself. ; .dpwdy'. Unless'., : ' Itinob: 'lri/her;'ciuD, l .::/;rt."."iS:..'the r /.happy: mean that'; brie;;.slibuldt. strive ■■ to / hit;.-; / For,: i after"'' all, taste in k dress is the greatest, test of femihino character/Never before have women had "so golden an opportunity for displaying this particular .characteristic' that is so sadly lacking, and the loss of which leads to such disastrous.)arid ostravagant results.. For in these, days Q Madame la Mode rules with a light hand. No longer are we slaves of fashion—never before was there such a.wide range of'style or such catholicity of taste. Any fashion, so long as it is beautiful, pan be modified to meet modern notions and be adopted,'by the woman of fashion. ,