Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-09-05

This evening gown has separate
bodice. The skirt is of cyclan1en tulle,
accordion pleated, with garland of en-
brodery and formal bouquets. The
bodice and sash are Of black satin.
of Paris It was only natural that the
American people should feel that the
| outbreak Of the war in France would
| stop all the wheels Of her commerce
In clothes and that the other coun-
tries would be compelled to go on their
| own.
It would take us a century to ac-
complish what we now buy from Paris
In a week. We are too canny to give
I'D the best source Of fashion on the
| planet for no reason whatever. If we
| Aad to depend on our own creations
| Tor the commerce in clothes, three
quarters Of the firms engaged in this
industry would fail within two years.
It is a happy piece of news to re-
port in support Of this outlined SEN
| timent that the shipments of costumes
from France which will take place this
fall will be as heavy as in normal
| times. The number of buyers who
have gone abroad has been reduced,
On account Of volunteering, conscrip-
ton and changes, therefore, in the per-
sonnel Of many business houses, but
the resident buyers and the important
representatives for groups of houses
nave been able to transact the expect
ed business.
Where America Comes In.
| So much for Paris. But, with all
that she will do, the war places an
important task on American women.
Never before in the history of COM
merce in clothes has this especial de-
mand been made upon them. 1t is
this: they must work out their own
salvation. Our heads of shops and
dressmaking houses are far from be-
ing aids to the dumb. They must sell
what they have bought and made and
they have rarely studied the needs Of
the individual.
The buyers who went to Paris in
other days haunted the fashionable
places where the women of pleasure
and power foregathered. These wom-
en- made and married the fashions put
out by the designers. When our buy
ers saw that these leaders were fea-
turing certain fashions they brought
them home for the American.
But, and this Is the new situation,
| the women here are now confronted
with the fact that thousands Of new
costumes will soon be unpacked from
| the boxes that brought them over the
ocean, and as they were chosen from
whatever the French houses had to
offer, it will be our part to select from
| that heterogeneous mass that which
brings out our special type and suits
| our environment. This is sane and
| sensible wartime adjustment Of ones
| times and income, and possibly the
| lesson may be so thoroughly learned
| and digested that it will prove to be
| lasting benefit to the national COM
munlty.
Make Study Of Clothes.
| It Is not waste of time to be fully
aware Of the kind Of costunery that
you should adopt. The comprehen-
sive adjustment between your type
and your clothing will save money,
nerves and regrets.
The time will soon be upon us
when we can become the arbiters Of
our own sartorial fate. The war in
France has abolished leadership in
certain fashions by their acceptance
in the highest circles of power, and,
with our dressmakers and shops some
what puzzled as to what will lead and
what will not, we have the best chance
Of our career to suit ourselves.
This will be really the millennium In
dress. Paris, the center of art In the
world, creates from point In air, as
the engineers say, and from the mass
OF material she sends we choose q
thousand different types Of costumes
IL we wish. Look bit into the history
of each costume, as Paris does, and
say to yourself, Does my face and fig.
ure, my physical and mortal individ.
ueity reflect that period? II the an.