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Show i ECONOMY IN DRESS POINTS OF ESPECIAL INTEREST TO'BUSINESS WOMAN. Onrmenta That Seem Expensive Really Are tha Cheapest In the End Important Essentials for Workaday Neatneos. It would bo nbsurd to mako tho statement that there nro fashions de signed especially for buslnusB women. The woman who goes forth to wrest her bread from tho hands of strangers Is not n species npnrt from tho reHt of Womankind, hut one with her sistcm nnd entitled to every llttlo vnnlty for which she can pay. Hut It Is necessary neces-sary to put tho mirb on this privilege with actual business garments, for custom lias made a certain plalunosa desirable for these. This plaluuuBH Is accomplished most often by a coat and skirt suit of Borne Stunning Model for Business Dress. Rort, which Is always kept In good condition con-dition with prossjng nnd cleaning, nnd Is worn with a "neat shirtwaist, trim hat nnd wcll-Httlng gloves nnd boots. This model Is by far tho best to chooso whon only ono business frock can bo afforded, but It should be of excellent ex-cellent materlnl nnd good mako. Tho shirtwaist bought for the office of-fice or BtOro cannot bo too good as far ns its make and quality aro concerned, for cheap waists wash badly, and no othor garment gives so completely tho look of Inadequacy when It is tho wrong thing. Quito six wash bodices are necessary neces-sary for workaday nontness, nnd tho peter pnn model, whoso sleeves aro aomowhnt though not greatly smaller than last year, Is a good ono to consider, con-sider, especially whon It is In stout linen, duck or pongee. A stock In golf doslgn. of tho shirt material, Is a very smart and Inexpensive neck finish fin-ish for tho business shirtwaist, and this comfortablo nnd orderly neck fixing fix-ing In becoming to most wcarors. A hnt which seems to bo gottlng moro notlco this season than any other Is tho mushroom shnpo, which, whop not of exaggerated size, with Its compact com-pact trimmings provides n stylish headpleco for business wear. Some of tho rough straw shapes In this model are very simply docked with fiat bands of black velvet and close bunches of sotno fruit. Tho fruit trim-mlngs trim-mlngs will doubtless bo run In tho ground after a whllo, but meantime tho gny chorrlos, and dusky plums, and dear, foolish little apples and goosoborrles seem very charming. Othor neat hats may bo of Cuban straw, with fringed scarfs of striped ruflla, bolts and handbags of tho samo material going smartly with thoso. With tho block drosses bo much worn for business the radla gives a fresh and now note whon used In this way, and it will bo rcnlly delightful with tho pougeo dreaaos later on. As to tho buslnoss woman's host bib and tucker, and tho material for her workaday frock, with tho stylish designs de-signs hero shown, nro good examplos. Tho cut shows a Btunnlng model for a wool or wash business dress. Tho lino or tho diagonally fastened cont is repeated In tho trimming of tho skirt, nnd though a braid Is hero employed a stitched band of tho gown stuff could readily effect tho smart outlining, outlin-ing, lllnck or dark bluo serge, pannma cloth, or brllllantiuo, with horcules brnid, would be tho best choices for this dress, which could bo worn tlth the mushroom hat, n wldo sailor or a flower trimmed shnpo. A blnck dress would be lmmeusoly smartenod by a (lower hat, but do not forgot that tho natural colored rosos would bo out of plncw Tor business woar. Theii they havo boon almost entirely replaced by tho faded llowors, whoso unearthly tints, whon properly combined, create an effect actually restrained. A woman fond or elegance, and who aufl'ora from summer heat, might hnvo this dress ot black, bluo or brown pougeo, pou-geo, In which case the parasol would bo of tho name material. |