The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-08-27
Cruel WAR FORCES
US TO Use HOMESpuNS
Monsieur Is Busy Cutting Down
Enemies-Has No Time
For Fashions.

or a year and If the Germans succeed
IN entering the city of Paris and the
PARTISAN modistes. designers and mil
liners are SO busy In the affairs Of wal
that they have no time to devote tc
their chosen work and If the supply OF
Partisan gowns n hats is completely
shut off from America by wars cruel
blockade-well, what are stylish girls
going to wear this Fall and winter?
These are the questions mere man is
asking.
Just imagine what life will be like
when there are no French styles tc
make vigorous demands upon the
purse, Picture h dismay hat viii
overcome the members of our most
dressy families when they realize that
There Isn't even the slightest possibility
OF making their associates believe theil
aau suits bear a Partisan label and that
she only remaining source Of supply is
the mere American shops where ever
ghe families that keep only two soul
tsry maids and one car may also buy
Sheir goods. Life certainly will be full
Ut primeval privations.
Protecting Own Dome.
Thereu be no new French styles
pmbAng along cut n SO long as
P1errot, the designer, is toting a "gat''
on his shoulder at about six francerin-
PES a month. He'll have all the design
80 NS Nv ~ hCCp llIS uI1llOIIH III
condition for dress parade and he will
fust naturally be obliged to allow the
Fants OF stylish American women to
70 nang. as they say In pentitentiary
prcles. And h same is true Of the
bapper designers of the great Ameri-
pan I'D. NO patriotic F'renchman would
mink OF wasting his time and talent on
feather-and-frills crown sheet for an
iowa society leader when he's already
everWorked keeping his own dome un-
Ter cove and refusing German bullets
khe right to punch hatpin holes in his
Sat. The same applies to Paquin,
bgnera. ~ AAu o'n0r famous de-
If monsieur does get back from the
var In time to resume his scissors,
Feeble and thread and tapeline his mind
Elll doubtless stray far from his work.
we can expect such creations as Bel
&1an tunics trimmed with German
Pchrapnel, Llege bonnets a la bayonet
Ind Servian skirts with Austrian hobble
affects.
Crimson will probably be the ruling
eolor chosen with a strong leaning to-
yard other loud colors and smoke eff
Nects.
However there's one consolins
mought N the morbid situation. Il
France succeeds in enlisting all its
clever designers and dressmakers. II
N.S $500 AANScAA Va ~ ill6lllE 10 I'LL enO
{nls universal attempt to initiate the
q de Milo style of gown. For ii
doubtful If any American dress
maker has the supreme talent neces
ssary to plan the removal of even an
other seam from the 1914 gown and
I'll allow the wearer to get by the
rulings OF the National Board Of Cen
sorship.
They May Keep Warm.
30 with all hopes of e,rno.s;,r -.
Srench N their own line gone glim-
merfng. 1t is possible the American
esasner VIII start q style of his own.
q In the opposite extreme. Per
maps ne Will decree that stylish women
VIZ wear surricient clothing to keep
won't pA"ps ne
bus II the war continues for six
monthA American dresmakers will Oh
tain such a standing with native
women that 1t will take the French a
Son time to regain the footing thew
nad Dstore The war broke put. It viii
mean q heavy demand for unitad
1tates style and workmanship and tha
fausfaction will be general. Such NJ
ke0gI - the view held by those enpapeS
"a tho retail n Of the style game
" course a few Partisan gowns will,
r. seen this fall. Those that wera
Rnipped to- the United States before
Ind American designers who was ntia !.
Paris FOR the summer season nrohu.
aniy VIII be able to bring back a fau
anpl OF advanced styles. Bnt TN
uanut will be far below that OF
Users Of linen also win find that mi.
IS becoming scarce because
1ntirely and when the present ssnnIu
e1hausted q substitute must ~
Eound- This problem is already solved
powover. as cotton has been fonnd -
q an excellent substitute for liner
80 ncrease In the price Of cotton !.