Article Title |
Literary Women Who Dress Well |
Type |
article |
Date |
1892-01-08 |
Paper |
Provo Daily Enquirer |
Page |
1 |
Creator |
Coates, Foster, 1860-1914 |
Contributors |
Mail and express (New York, N.Y. : 1881) |
OCR Text |
Show WOMEN WHO DRESS WELL writers plesent the bertlon that lit ernt tire makes them careless abre WAS a meeting in the comans womans press club the other day and naturally the question of comans womans dress came up one of the indies complained that some one else had said that women writers as a rule were the worst dressed women in the woride the adf bearance pe arance of the ladies present however tr arved ved that the contrary was true was a long discussion of conesa informally upon the subject by a few member who eat in one corner of the and sipped tea A dashing little blend who is well known on newspaper row tossed her pretty head and then surveyed her own pretty cown with a satisfied sort of air A woman who has the face and form of a anno declined to even consider the subject while all the others sneered at the writer of the rude paragraph looked at themselves complacently sipped their tea ans chatte redl 0 oe perfectly frank however women who make a living by their pena are as a rule pretty and well dressed take for example mrs prances hodgson burnett the author of little lord fan nt leroy has superb taste in dressing her gowns are original and depart in style from the conventional but they become her and that is the true art of dressing 1 saw her oco in a gown that was something between a mother hubbard and a greek tunic nut every woman could wear it but on her it was a dream of beautiful drapery ella wheeler wilcox never wears a tailor made suit but invariably enrobes herself in a loose flowing gown that gracefully drapes her short plump fig anre at the opera I 1 have seen her wear a V shaped corsage moderately low at the neck and looking better dressed than the wives of many millionaires in the surrounding boxes take elita proctor otis who is as clever a writer as she is an actress no one has ever seen her unless she was attired in the most becoming of costumes she is a remarkably handsome woman and she is too wise and too busy also to spend much time on dress but her gowns are the envy of all her women friends her dressmaker i a jewel indeed ame mme clara lanz haa excellent judgment especially iu dressing she wears exquisite dresses jennie june mrs croly is not much on dress but that may be because she has arrived at that age when a plain gown becomes her best laura daintry has a highly aesthetic way of costuming herself that may look a little queer at first but after you coma to know her you get used to her innovations in dress and cannot imagine her as ever dressing wetmore nee bisland is noted for her modest and becoming way of dressing she ia beautiful and everything she wears has an artistic betting tha tonly enhances her good looks amelie rives chanler ia inclined to drape in flowing robes ant she how to dress well airs anster widow of the gallant ouster is certainly neat in dress mrs serrano who translated mane diary has a french chic in dressing that is decidedly hand bome mrs louise chandler moalton ia incomparable in evening attire and mrs frank leslie wilde is noted for her superb gowns there are few better dressed women in new york than bab mrs annie jenness miller is noted for her fine cc a miss mary F seymour always dresses richly and in good taste mrs julia hayes percy is as dashing an well dressed as any woman need care 1 be mrs fannie B men ills gowns are of rich material and fit perfectly there are others too a long list indeed that would include laura giddings mrs maude howe eliott mrs D T whitney sarah orme jewett mrs burton harrison the widow of admiral dahlgren miss molly elliott seawell margaret sangster julia magruder and well others too numerous to mention the ladies here named not only dress well ant they are without exception as beautiful as they are talented foster coates in new and express |
Reference URL |
https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wd53pt/1441243 |