WARM CLOTHING FOR WINTER.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 187, 2 May 1908, Page 11

WARM CLOTHING FOR WINTER.

girl who dresses horself either, from a'dross allowance or her own wages,-.is to.buy-winter frocks and ;blousos. i; She.!niust- have'P. warm street, frock, and generally this is a coat and - . skirt' tostume. . : .;She thinks, a great deal about .-•■ a now evening ■ dress,- about. her blouses, and her new winter hat, and at.least once a year .she is concerned to get a warm co"t, but far too often she is content, to pav little: at- . tention. to, tho question of.-providing' herself With sufficiently warm underwear, though this is, of, all things, tho most, important."'JVla'ny girls, seem to have an idea that they aro doing a rather fino; thing .when they wear, throUgh.tlieVwiiitorj/undcr-carmonts- tliat.are .- only, fit for mild weather, and that they are actually ■ hardening., themselves, increasing their, own. powers of enduranco, whereas as Xymatter: of;,,fact';thoy 'ar;e their bodies with-cold.. It is bad for; a girl to heap on, < clothing until, she. is -.supporting a heavy weight and rendering tree movement of . her. limbs .an .'impossibility. She makes a mistake if.she.overheats herself; but she is more, liable ;.to do this • in: tho way of putting oil too many. outer wraps, and laying. them aside ; incautiously. . Few . girls are likely to put on-too-many undergarments, but I have known many;; Wellington • girls, who retainod the thinnest of underwear through tho ■win- -. ter months,; and especially is; this tho caso with girls who havo been'taught littlei about hjgienic dressing \ -Li thecold .woather : woollen- garments should always bo worn next the skin, and in ..these r days, .-.when . woven • garments are , mide in, little diffidulty: in .finding -somo, make-toosuit any-wearer This woven wear is more, expensive than anytnmg that .can■ be-; mado-at -home, .but the' . return: in wanpt!i,,comfort,and lightness, isT\orth the initial-cost; and if care be taken in washingj.'it: v/ill- oasilyMast for' several.-sea-.sons.' ' For thoxpldestvweather; those biting Boutherlies thst. come at all times and seasous, ..a: long-sleeved woollen bodice is an absolute essential, and,\yill.be more-necessary 7 . than. ever, this Reason, when 1 it. seems that. the thinnest of lingerie blouses: may be worn— .-.that: is, .if .the English fashion is to befol- ; ■ lowed here. \ > ■. The girl - who lives at home all day does , not havo to dress horself so carefully as tho business girl, who must go out in the morning prepared' .to • •'mqet -?all .- 'sorts of • -weather .: changes,.ariditoVstand maybe iii all sorts ofdraughts. 4 ; It ~is ;not every- office that', is supplied with;',heating:'apparatus, girl who;,has to; sit and • shiver through-a . long day: should make it her -care to be narmly clad, and clad as far as. possible in Tool. / • -