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4 TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 6, 1908. SIMPLE RULES GOVERN THE PROBLEM OF TRIM AND FASHIONABLE DRESS FOR' FEMININE WEAR GOOD TASTE IN SELECTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS THE SECRET OF SUCCESS ELASTIC HOSIERY BELTS AND BANDAGES ENGLISH MADE TO YOUR MEASURE In our Surgical Section and guaranteed to be first class in every way. WkM : '-.! life .1f ' wtgwS' " 'C ' ; I tA - W v. Mr; ' . ' Vv " J'u 4i ll' I All ' '' - V - , ' ,.!' A X - ' ' f - ! U f -mmrn iwri. h : MANT a maid, despairing over the problem of how to dress neatly, daintily, and In accordance with lh prevailing style, upon a very lim ited income. Is prone to conclude that ker girl friend, who is not only a model f tiimness and daintiness, but keeps p with the latest turn of fashion as Well, despite a slender pocketbook, was lndowed at birth with some myster ious gift which enables ner to work (he miracle. Undoubtedly, to a certain degree, the knack of daintiness and good taste is 1 natural gift, but on the other hand, there are certain simple rules, which. If habitually followed, will go far to wards solving the problem of trim, be coming fashionable dress for the maid who is not fortunae enough to have been so endowed by nature. A dainty little Portland matron, whose simple and inexpensive, yet al ways neat and extremely modish man ner of dressing Is the marvel of all her friends, posed for the accompanying pictures fqr The Sunday Oregonlan, and gave a few pointers on the- things that count for neatness and style, for the benefit of her less fortunate sisters. To begin with," said she. "always be very careful of your waist line. I don't mean that one should lace, or attempt to Improve upon nature in any such way; the thing is to see that your waist Una la firm and trim not uncer tain and wobbly, with rebellious shirt waist tails working out or skirt sag ging. A very simple expedient will do away with all these things. Just a good, strong, flat tape, adjusted as you sea It In picture No. . will hold the shirt-waist in firmly, with all the folds Id their proper places. "One should always dress the upper portion of the body first except, of course, the shoes and stockings and the flat tap tied or pinned over the waist and under lingerie, will not only secure every fold and gather where it belongs, but form a firm and trim foundation for one's skirt bands. The tape, too, gives one's waist line a fixed measurement instead of a variable one, ao that the skirt-bands can be made ex actly the right number of Inches around, fitting snuggly with hooks and eyes. These two things count more towards neatness In dressing than al most anything else. "Another point." she continued, "Is to keep careful guard over one's gloves and shoes a vigil that will count for economy as well as for neatness and dressiness. Well-kept and well-fitting gloves, with trim boots, will render a really shabby gown presentable, and if one only goes at it rlKht. one can easily keep one's gloves and shoes in order. In every girl's workbox there should be one of those little glove darners, which can be slipped into the finger of a ripped glove, and which renders the mending a very simple matter." Picture No. $ shows the little ma tron taking the "stitch in time" in oe of her gloves, using the little darning stick to which he refers. "About the shoes and boots." she said, "let every girl keep in mind the fact that the shoe-rpairer is her friend and as soon aa her boots begin to run down at the heels, or to get thin in the soles, she should take them to the re ' palrer. who can. if his services are se cured in time, make her old boots as .good as new. Another thing- the shoe. man can do for her, now that the Sum mer is wearing away, is to stain her tan shoes black. This can be done very inexpensively, and the scuffing that is so noticeable on bronze or worn white shoes or ties, seems to disappear in the process of being stained black. Metal heel pieces, if one Is inclined to run shoes down at the heels, are an excellent precaution, and it is well to have them put on new shoes before wearing them at alL "There Isn't any excuse in these modern days, either for the straggling 'scolding locks' that so spoil one's ap pearance at the back of the neck. For a few cents one can buy any one of the several effective styles of 'plnch-comb' or 'retainlng-pln' that will hold these straggling locks securely in with the rest of the coiffure. One of these combs is shown In No. 1. Change of the Styles. "As to keeping up with the chang ing styles. It is 'not so difficult, even with a small expenditure, to do this', if one only studies the matter a little. In the first place, one should avoid purchasing anything extreme in tend ency. The fashion can be observed without going to extremes, and if one keeps to the modified forms, one will not have to change so frequently, and more becoming results can be had. Some simple little concession to the prevailing novelty, such as a fluffy bit of ruching added at the neck of one's shirt-waist, will give the touch of up-to-dateness as well as the elaborate and fancy collars of ruching and ribbon so much in favor just now. "At . the present time, too, the veil and how to drape it, means much, and should not be forgotten. The wide va riety of veilings, however, gives, one plenty of latitude in the matter of se lecting a becoming mesh and color, and one can, with a little patience and practice before the mirror, always dis cover some way of draping the veil so as to have it becoming, and at the same time, in harmony with the prevailing style of drape. These . few points, IX kept rigidly in mind, will help one a great deal, and at the least possible expense, to keep well dressed and suf ficiently in touch with ' the mode to make the feminine heart happy." Picture No. 5 shows the effect of a simple bit of double Tuchlng, sewn In at the neck band of a shirtwaist quite as modish and much more becoming to certain types, than one of the rather clumsy new collars would be. Picture No. 1 shows an. Individual, yet modish manner of draping one of the new veils. STATE W. C. T. U. WILL OBSERVE ITS TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY Triumph of Organization Since Its Establishment in Oregon Will Be Fit tingly Celebrated by Host of Members and Distinguished Visitors. BT ADA WALLACE TJNBUH. AN unusual Interest attaches to the coming State convention of the Women's Christian Tem perance Union. October 6, aa the mem bers will then celebrate the twenty fifth anniversary of their organiza tion. In these strenuous days an or ganization, no matter how much sen timent may attach to It. ahould be able to give good evidence of Its use fulness to Justify its existence, and by this test the W. C. T. U. Is willing to stand or fall. When the history of the temperance battle is written, as it will be In the not far distant future, whatever will be said of other organizations, it will be set down to the credit of the W. C. T. V. that It was this organization which was instrumental in revolution izing temperance work. Hitherto tem perance effort had been almost wholly confined to strictly reform work. The drunkard furnished the field of en deavor, and the temperance pledge and moral suasion were the means upon which the temperance advocate de pended to do his work. To pick up the man from the gutter, to get his sig nature to the pledge, to surround him with such moral atmosphere as would keep him straight this was about the only thing thought of in the old days. But when there came into the field of action a new force, women who had spent their days of life prepara tion by the cradle side, and In watch ing the building of character, forma tory work took the plaoe of reforma tory, and building. Instead of rebuild ing, became the slogan of the new army. As a means to this end scien tific temperance instruction was wrought out with painstaking endea vor. There was no such thin a writ ten scientific temperance at that time, At the bidding of the women, the scat tered teaching of Isolated men was gathered, and after Infinite pains to cull fact from fancy and to set down only such principles as would bear demonstration, as would any other scientific truth, we at last had, not a new law, as some would have us be lieve, but God's prohibitory law, as written In the flesh of man. It was no small task to ecure from the various legislative bodies the laws making it compulsory upon the teach ers In the public schools to teach this science as they did other. In' some Instances It meant year of more or less patient presentation of petitions, meeting argument with argument, overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, until it really seemed' that the struggle presented the old prob lem as to what would occur when an Irresistible force should come In con tact with an Immovable body. These immovable bodies did move after, In some cases, many years of contact with the Irresistible force, and today we have sclentlflo temperance laws In every state in the land. It is true there are still places where the objec tion Is made that the teachers are overworked, which Is In many cases all too true. The White Ribboners, and, thank God, an Increasingly large num ber of mothers and fathers are an swering that whatever else falls In the teaching, the child must have this In struction to strengthen him against a temptation which is all too prevalent. When the Woman's Christian Temper ance Union came into its kingdom there were few states where a little girl's vir tue was protected from the aggression of mature villains to the same age as her property. That la to say, a little girl in most -states could give- away the priceless gilt of her virtue and the par- , ents could have no redress, when had she given away a calico apron or an old broken china doll the strong arm of the law could be Invoked to secure Its re turn. AH this has been changed in most states, although to the shame of our fair land be it said that there Is still work to be done, nil of which the Woman's GLOVES . AND LEATHERS Imported . Gloves, " Machine Stitched and Hand . Sewed In all shades, weights and. lengths. 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Experienced Lady and Gentlemen Fitters Always in Attendance FREE PHONES ON FOURTH floor::: YOOR CREDIT " IS GOOD Christian Temperance: Upton" is still in the -field to do. - - - Tha InirlM atnnri.rrt 'nf tlUritV Which iS coming to have a large place In the coae of most men, was iiv the ".beslnhlns advo cated almost alone by the women, xrf our nrivanWatinn TVlIlt tlTerS WaS ' DUt moral law, 'and that the man was under the same obligation" ta ve iiw oi n.ftir anrf wWAAttlAKfi AS WRS his Sister. did. not receive the credence some years ago that It now aoes. ine .wroier. vi. iu article well remembers- when the Younj .i'm rh-itinn. Annotation ' secretaries gave .scant hearing , to- the plea that they would Incorporate the . White vws wor i u ..( varematlr rtlAn. Tf t h p. WoBlftn ! Christian Temperance Union . .had. done no other thing t-ha to organize the Loyal Temperance -Legion,- -the Junior branch of our society. It would . fully Justify the- existeoce- of ths organization. At the most conservative . estimate 1.000.000 boys and girls (and I amt glad to say that there- have always been a goodly number of boys) have been mem bers of this branch. We set them to the study Qt a book called "Alcohol and the Body," and these boys grown tall and standing' at trie ballot box have Justified our- hope in them when .we put. into their mouths t&e slogan "Tremble, 'King Alco hol, for,' we shall' grow ud," and they .have' been voting out "the saloons be cause of their knowledge of' tbe degen erating effects of liquor upon the body. In like manner "Alcohol and the Mind," "Alcohol and the Pocketbook," and "Al cohol and the Nation" have borne the fruits we had expected when these were In trainfijg. It may be that some wljl laugh- at woman's work In temperance, but we have been training citizens, gen tlemen, and we are getting much satis faction from the results of the last year's elections. When we meet October 6 next to celebrate the 25th year since dear Miss Wlllard organized the state Wo man's Christian Temperance Union in old Taylor-street church, "We shall come bringing these and many other sheaves." - First Rehearsal of. New Playlet. A very . Interesting vaudeville sketch was tried out at the Pantages Theater Friday afternoon. It was a tablolo version of the famous Irish drama, "Sha mus O'Brien," in which Charles Verner Finlay, author of that sterling play, apr pewred In the title role. -He is supported In the playlet by Miss Lylllan Atwood, the popular leading woman, and David Henderson, who appeared here very suc cessfully with T. Daniel Frawley. The acting of all three, particularly that of Mr. Finlay and Miss Atwood, was of a -ery superior order. WRITE FOR INFORMATION Regarding the One-Way COLONIST FARES Via the NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY From the East to the Northwest. In effect during September and October. Apply to A. D. CHARLTON, A. G. P. 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