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Show more. The street suit can be cut over. A good pattern and a clever seamstress or a little tailoring can do wonders in transforming trans-forming the last reason's skirtB. Lal winter's long coot can be cut ofT into thil winter's short jacket, and thus there ia a second street gown. A thorough, up to date street gown and one new evening gowu will then, with thl two or three made-overs, enable a woman wt I T DLAOK SATIS T.OW.V. PRACTICAL MINTS THE dress question of the moment h, it miiNt Le admitted, decidedly depressing de-pressing to the great majority of women who like to Le well gowned and whos" allowance for dress is at all limited It is not an agreeable fceliug to wear If m to look smartly ttirne.! out all winter if I only she buys carefully. If she has u j Block figure the department shops offer attractions that seem too good to be true, and most superb materials can he bought by tbe yard for the evening gowu, thai this season requires (io much less material than was ever known and which need no RMBnOIlJKttF.D CLJTII (iOWN. w PAnS AND CIIllTON GOWN. gowns that are conspicuously old fashioned, fash-ioned, and yet to discard gowns that nrc in good order seems criminally extravagant. At the same time to undertake to remodel last season's clothes means a hideous outlay, out-lay, not only of money but of time, strength and patience. The sensible woman at this time of year takes stock of all her wardrobe, bummer uud winter gowns both, and then if 8 ho really is sensible she ruthlessly discards nuy thing and everything that really Is i hopeless because of what requires to be j expended on it to make it up to date. "Take no thought for the future" applies i to the dress of to-day iiiomI conclusively, for who knows whut fashion will com-mand com-mand for next year? Iu the summer vvardrobc will undoubtedly be found at h-ist oue gown that can bo freshened and made to do dnty 'ns a second gown for home dinners or for the theatre. Anything Any-thing nnd everything else had bent bo given away or sold as junk. Among the sad collection of last winter will L. one street gown and one evening gown perhaps. per-haps. It is safe to say there will bo Uv , be made by an expensive dressmaker ( look absolutely the latest style, for tl J fashions are so distinctive they eau k ; evolved by the aid of good desigus ami 'patterns, it is essential to calculate what the sum total will bo of the winter out lit and then manage accordingly, not bcitig( led astray by reckless buying. |