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TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 6, 1908.
SIMPLE RULES GOVERN THE PROBLEM OF TRIM
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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
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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.
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