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Show BTflHIIHlRHBBllBHBaiHHIHHlBflHfllll!flYal PURELY FEMININE! Elbow Sleeves for Society. COSTUME NOT APPROPRIATE FOR BUSINESS GIRL. Uncovered Armt Are a Mlttake In the Counting Room or at the Typewriter Simple Drill Should Rule. OY MARGARET E. SAN03TER. When Ihe girl In society wears el bow ah-c.ca Ihe girl In business la very likely n wrHr them, too No poaalble obji-cllon can be made to Ihls If the lamr will only confine hcraelf m the pietty faihlon during thu hotira In whlih alio la not oceu Idol In i ho counting room or at the t) pontile, but Is entertaining friends lu her osti home Tho girl behind the counter, tho girl who in an degree eer.es Ihe great world of business, should wear h trim business dross nml lea.e frills "lid fuilielows, abort sKeves and V limped necks for her e.cnlng tol Ictte A woman's arm Imro lo the cl bow, with Us dulnt) curves and pretty dimples. Is h1hs lovely, but miles aim Is either slim. linn at the waih-tub waih-tub or rolling pastry or flue la pouring pour-ing lea lor her friends nt ll.o o'clock, Ihe arm should be covered Uncovered Uncov-ered arms In a place where many people are coming and going, where a woman alia at her desk In the same olllce wlih men, young and old, and where tho essential Is that no attention atten-tion be directed to her iwsonnl rharins, are a great mistake It has lieen observed Ihat the faab , Ion cteeplng In Willi the early spring, j gained In general favor during the terribly hot summer Hint bus tiat pnaeed nwa) Autumn days are here, ami thu elbow sleeves linger lllrls seem ruluctnnt In conwHl the dullcule , iirma ami wrist Ihat once, bs n mat tor of course, wero never seen eicept ' when full dress was worn The excuse ex-cuse thai the short sleeves were cool or nud Ihat Ihn faihlon was rumen lent, wns offered In the summer A sleeve lo the wrlat Is not necessarily uncomfortable, even on sultry days, and If It be severely plain, It Is uovcr In the way Tha girl who Is conspicuously neat wears somo sort of shielding cuffa ena-lly ena-lly renin ill when alio leaves her work. Hhe la thus enabled to pro-sent pro-sent an upiwarnnre of perfect freshness fresh-ness when aim enters and leave her office. An etror often made by young women wom-en lu business I baaed on the assumption assump-tion that some extra Indulgtmco la dun them on account of sex They lorgtt that In tho business world a girl elands In relation to her employers on precise)) the sumo fooling that it man does She la lo be u.l for value received, ami mint render service serv-ice uccoidlugl) For her own protection protec-tion slut must be simple, nt rill it hi-fur-witnl nml dignified, and must, so fur aa she can. he entirely Impersonal. Whatever the grade o( work for which alio la filled, mid which aim under-dikes, under-dikes, ahe should be ahovo silly flirtatious flirt-atious and absurd vnulllne In former day, n frequent theme of rouiHiite was the factory girl uhowas wedded by the son of the great mill owner, or Ihe stenographer whose beauty and wit capllvuicil the grave man of affairs from whom she took Dilation These heroines are drawn from Imagination, und not from real Ity While there la no reason why n rlrh man ihnulil not marry n worktng ulrl, and be the more fortunate partner part-ner In the tranaartlon, el. all thing i-oualdered. both girl and man have a bettor outlook for happliicai if iimrlluK la tetir mlnKh-d with butl-in butl-in aa X-nilm. nt and biialm-aa, Incer ' tain aapeila are irreii.ncllable They do not belotiK together A Juutif wnmnn may be vaatly the superior nl her employer In all that conatltutei good breeding rlhc tnu). ou Hit) othel hand, I hla social Inferior Which e.er she I haa little hearing on tin case Aa a woman under salary and working during certain stipulated hour, she la an Integral part of the business In that particular shop Hht la there to do her work. Nothing Id her dress or demeanor should havi the falntent tinge of coquetry or hlnl that she Is n girl, young, pretty and fond of wholesomo fun In lis prupcl place. Kquall) Inappropriate with rlbo slices nro low shoes with high hcclt openwork stocking and n illiplny ol Jewelry A business dress ahould ba comfortable, simple and somewhat t vcre Hhlrt waist of white mualln have, the advantage of being readily i laundered, nml Ihey lire soluble In every seuaon rlklrts. preferably black ' In color, u ml abort, clearing tha J ground with nam-, tidy, wellfltllng ! shoe. In good order na lo heel nml but-I but-I tons, li trim toque or sailor hat, nnd ' a Jacket selected In lla season far either heat or cold, complete the coa ttime of a young woman ..ho dally goes lo business 1 Young working women constltuta an lniMirtnnt asset In thu management I of business lu our period A mighty host of young ieoplo, of Ik.Ki sexes. i act out every morning, and return I every night, to and from great ccn tcr of Industry The street rings wlih I Ihe resolute Immp of their march, as t without a thought of complaint or a I murmur of dissatisfaction ihey un 2 dortaku heavy task and alronunui toll All honor lo the hiialucss worn- r an who nak no odda of an) uuo nnd la conscientious nnd brave-hearted In ' currying out her ihiiHoii nf dally toll. Generally, till means dully breed, nut for herself alone, but for imrenti c growing old or llttlo brother nml slaters sla-ters whom alio la helping to clollio, feed and educate. So etnas In our mldat coniparca In y generous unaclflahnes with our work- it Ing girls, and none of their oontcrtipo- n, rnrle surpaaa them In rU goodness, honoaly and alablllty of character nicy do llieniiel.es n wrong when their dress or occaalunally their bo- Si havlor In public conveyance lay f- them open to the charge of hecdlesa w filrollty. Moat of thim lire at tho U ngo when they Imvo n right tn bo frlv oloii. provl.lnl ihey have llnlahcd '. their liuka nud nro free (or the nt of the day. They then have precisely tho same right tn enjoyment, to prelty dress and to any bit of pleasure that la safe and legitimate that the datigh ter of wealth und the hello In society have lu their respective plate A girl should Irene bualness behind her when she leave the office, and II ho can lay nildu the uniform of hull 3 ties and assume n smnrler nnd il.ilnt f ler lnll(tto for her homo evening, put i ting on here n ribbon nnd llmro n flower, she Is lining what every dnugh ter of 1,'ve has n right to do, llomi toilette shoukl bo lieatillful, nnd they may be so without Mug cosily oi loud A loud tnllelle can never lie beautiful. Color that shout at each f other, at) lea that nre extremo. and ' fnshlntia Hint throw llin wearer In the ahuile by their peculiar empliaala (Co are not In good taste, and are heroin Ing neither to tho rich girl nor hei poorer alstor. Kan The Klnt of my plea la that elbow ' he ' sleeve and what they aland for arc ' l""1 appropilate In linura nf recreation, bill , Tl not In the busliieas day. be i U'l'll rigni im i, Joseph II llowlssi i h" e b ateel |
