Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-01

mass of people in America begins the
discussion of new clothes on the first
of April. They have seen the French
models since the 10th or 18th of
March, and the entire output is new
story to them.
New clothes in Paris arc little more
than "A theory to the American public.
but new clothes from Paris in Amer
lea, visible every hour to the curious
and the Interested. are important
They begin to bear upon ones own
condition. ON the first of April thou
sands of women begin to speculate.
sercncly or frantiCally. ON the pros
poets of wearing this or that sill
houette, of the cost Of "A new outfit.
OF tho reliability of a new material
of the suitability of a dominant color.
II is when a thing comes home to
us thai We begin to take action. All
the abstract philosophers on human
ity with which this world has been
particularly and pressingly filled since
August, 1914, do not really take hold
of the human heart as much as one
single episode that drives a condition
like a wedge into our own lives.
Paris Was Disappointing.
There are thousands who do not
know what France has done in the
way If clothes in February except
thru reading about it in the papers
but when these clothes are in the
shop windows and when they are
shown to you by the little seamstress
thru the medium of sketch, or by
the high-priced dreSsmakcr thru the
medium of an original model. then
you begin to sit up and take notice
and discuss the things that France
has done.
There is only one comment among
those who merchandise clothes con
corning the output of Paris in Feb
ruary. That is that it was disap-
pointing. Nothing seems to differ
from that statement. Tho fact Is
spoken of with kindliness. and not
with any desire to he unpleasantly
critical. That Paris was able to put
out about two thousand new models
at time when the stringency OF
everything in the French capital
caused heartsickness and physical de
preston was n bit of bravery worthy
of all the praise and approval that
tho buyers had to give.
But this does not cover up the fact
that the clothes lacked brilliancy of
invention, that they seemed to reflect
the strain under which their creators
were passing. And they gave to the
American designers and shops I'm
great cities the first genuine oncour-
agemcnt they have had to go to work
on lines of their own choosing.
Tc those who report fashions. there
seems to be a very good explanation
for this disappointment The Feb
vuary fashions in Paris come as an
lnticlimaX II seems, on strict an
alYsis, that this Is the kernel of the
situation. II was the American impa-
tienCe that stole the thunder from
the French openings Paris had the
new silhouette has infected the whole
pected to play this trump card
to turn the situation into something
exciting, but America forced her
hand. She compelled her to intro
duce in December the oval silhouette
the pog-top skirt. sometimes called
the barrel skirt. the drapory at the
hips, and the tightening of the hem.
There have been a dozen seasons
in which Paris had nothing more
original to offer than the drastic
change from one silhouette to an
other. No one should really ask
more than this of the creators OF
Already this leaven of the