W women or ell
aces he“ been chided by cer-
tain would—be social reformers
for the smut at money they have
spent on their clothes. Gases and
prophets. prsechers end economists
here for centuries referred to the
Mainline dress budget es chieteet oi
worldly vanities. Amway women
otallaseehevebeenextrevuentin
this matter of dress. but each age
and each period hes had some spe-
cial item 0! extrevetenee. At one
period the amount of money spent
on men's hats and headdress is
the source 0! amusement and con-
yeterhetion: at another time their
jewelry bills seem appallinx. In one
period they ere bereted tor spendlnt
so much on shewls. at another they
ere censored tor the amount they
“Dev the turrlere Just et present
the whioneble women's shoe bill
end stocking bill ceases most con.
eternetiou.
So from time to time we have to
modify our. dross budget. It they to
that from yeer to year the sum tint
we luvs to spend on our clothes re~
mains the same, but the reletive
amounts spent on the difleront sorts
of things must change as fashions
change. When skirts are long and
trailing we can set aside e small
ernount for shoes end stocldngs.
When skirts ere of moderate lenrth
end shoes are hlzh we can at least
economies on stockings. But with
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most expensive shoes. newsdm are
ter from dureble. Once. you know.
the {seller end tact was thet if you
paid it high price for shoes. end had
them made to order by e iiret-eleas
bootmeker. you had somethihs ihet
would “wear forever." Nowedeye
this is not the case. Dress shoes
are very fragile and almost all shoes
ere “area" ohoee. We have changed
our ideas ebout whet constitutes e
suitebie street shoe.
smart street shoe could be kept in
trim condition by regular polish!”
and cleenins. Now the dainty foot
covering thet ,tashionable women
weer an the street oennot be cleaned
by the boothlack. and in tact our
not be cleaned successfully more
than e very ‘tew times. It it is
oeught in the rain it is “I! nearly
done tor. One wonders sometimes
how the well-dressed women we .00
names to keep their dainty shoes
looking so well despite the fact that
they never weer rubber-I. The secret
of the matter is. of course, that they
discard their shoes when they ere
marred by rain. .
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tor attention weer end spine sort of
‘evenine he": Def. One didn't like
bole: bothered w th too many base
--it meant he!!!" teem so ire-
quentiy tron: one be; to snether.
turnine chants end bills and other
miseries out ‘0! one be: into a’e-
other. But the tumor: new is to
have a he; tor every frock. end so
attractive ere many of the new bags
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includes e one: of brown velour do tome and e frock of. My. crass do
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‘etirts'as they are new no wonun
an etteinpt tolook well dressed who
does not devote a. large proportion of
' her drese'uioney to the Covering of
teeteild lea. .
Shoe. and Stockings Come ngh
Shoes end stockings ere e very big
item in the dress budxet of the fash-
‘ieeehle mute-n of todeY. in feet
whether you ego really fashionable
or not you have to spend much
more mushy and relatively for
shoes than you would heve done in
years tone by.
Fifty re of shoes is spoken of
as not gm tor e year's supply
tor e trench woman 0: fashion.
mon‘ given for t s appar-
wmo is thet even the
Herd so Danes mes-re
For the women who done. he
item of daneee slime is e very
line one. heoeuse present-day 0116'
in: were shoes out very int and
the presentvdey dancing sliver is
extremely trails. MW. inst at
present it seems to be them
thins to bus e dilerent hair of
movers tor every troelr. women so
to treat pains to heve their slippers
exactly much their event” MI.
and carry seruples ot material to
their shoe deelers to rneteh the
materials as nearly as possible eethe
shoes they buy. *
Hendhes-s. tee. here henna ea
important item in the dress meet.
Time was when most wanton outsid-
ered W wen supplied it the?
less are some of the little can
first give distinction to the wrdrobe
and stake deep inroads in the dress
allowance. Above is a slipper or
black ratio with gold heel. The
define which is worked on the my
with “new colored ribbons is re-
puted on the eede stockings and
the block edits tween which go
with the alien's. Below. at left, is
.. white you hot are: back with
here of the «ohm {on edged with red.
white atoohiea with red design at the‘
side and white anode shoe piped with
red. In center it shows e strap or
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Present-Day Fashions Call for
allowance should he so as-
pended?
Many women. espeeiI-liy these who
buy French trookl. seem to think
that there is reletively less now then
heretotore to spend on dress. Many
women and no other way to make
both ends out in. their. W IRW-
enoe than to buy very. very tow
frocloe and make them serve numer-
ous occasions. Unless they econoo
mile thus they heVe not enourh leit
tor shoes end atookinle. best. bets.
vsoerts end the innumereble-iittle ee..
ceseoriee which seexn so important to
a woman's heppinele nowadeys.
'i'hisindeedhastobethsmethod oi
vrooadure or the woman who buys
every frock at her werdrobe from the
shop of one of the world-renowned
French designers. for dresses thoulh
simple are still outreuously‘ er—
penIVe there '
.But tor the everen American
women there are we?- out of the
situation. It is alien possible to buy
et very small cost a. little tr‘ock
which. with proper accessories and
. less for stockings.
Reapportionmen
hsd‘twoorthree handle-es. There-to speed on‘trooks e-yeeri Or thetotelrsuoeetspentseryearwas
weaeieetherhecwhenstogowith rether whet pronoraonotyourtotsl over six hundred-ed thirty dollare
theetreetoostutoe.exoldsneshbe¢dress
‘ you spend for clothes every year.
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only‘dtty-eilhtv'dollers is allowed tor ‘
shoes: end thie includes rubbers.
soloehee end. room mm. row
weilrdressedl women would find this
amount ~ sud'ioient nor a fair propor-
tion with a; totel'dl'ees bu t at this
else. ' However this .hu t does
silowover fortygeght dollars e year
for stocking.”
No Two Alike
The trouble with making out gen-
eral dress bullets is something like
the trouble we encounter in rushing
out a diet thet con be recommended
to 'everyone‘ so much depends on
the individueimnd the habits oi the
individual. Reelly no one can de-
cide these questions for you. .Botue
women on a six or mnehuadredv
dolls: dress allowance coixld'not get
along with two new evening (rows
e year. It most of your social en-
mements were evening parties you-
would find this to be the case with
your Others would do easily with
the two evening frocks. but would
spend more for about. end perhaps
individual
It's all a matter of
needs and preferences.
So when you make out your dress
budget estimate the oversee emount
Then make u‘liso oi the thinn you
need. Then get down the ectuel
figures, dividing by two or three the
cast at such things as will serve for
two or three years.
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' ' Detachable, washable wider and
any sets are agoin coming into fash-
ion and must be included in the dress
budget. At the top ia‘a collar dud
globe: at pencil blue end white
gdorgette. At left, a nest of me-
mm pink crepe do chine to be more
with the seat my use two-piece
suit. At right, a comet and can“ i
of com net and lace with tiny urge
buttons. And wow this onset-e!
collar and outs mode or old rose
climate
FOULARD PAJAMAS
Foulard pajamas ereehosen tor
week-end and vacation trim by
some women—4m- several reasons.
To begin Withetouiu‘d lewd”
perfectly. lit is easy to weah and
iron and looks like new attes- a trip
Ida with glance to snatch often to the tub, '
viva lest the right tone or “W to It is e comfortable fibrin b wear.
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with steel soil- room.-
Foulsrd wrinkles less than enter
its steel. Below, silks. end a. set of loulerd _
oreee‘osloet ho: tremor! whpeoked intoebuinthenernin:
oping oetrioh plume of the em emerges smooth and ettruuve et
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