The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-01
WOMEN ARE ADOPTING
MERE MANS REGAL|A
War the Reason for Downing
Of Trousers by Female
Sex.
CUSTOM IS GENERAL
Not Advanced Females But
All Glasses Are Adopt
ing Bifurcated Dress.
(sY MARGARET MASoN.)

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As she does up the chores.
You see, she's cast her skirts aside
For trouserettes indoors.
New York.---ln Il class with the hoary
one about the advanced female donning
the trousers has done equally long and
faithful service. But. 10 and behold,
the latter wheeze has now ceased 10 he
a joke and in these days of 1917 be
comes Il stern reality.
DIR. Mary Walker blazed the trail for
the wearing of masculine neither gar
ments. l believe. but 1t took a heap of
more recently gained the permission of
her government to wear EN- after a
great deal of trouble and time, but now
everybody's doing it with the greatest
ease and nonchalance
Along with the high cost of living
and other evils. of course, this feminine
pcnchant for trousers must be blamed
on the poor old war only this time it
OF pants.
With the women forced to take over
the tasks OF males in all the fighting
countries, naturally 1t was meet that
they should take over the cut of their
clothes as well. one can't very ade-
quately Oil engines. pillow. drive motors
and run elevators all done up in skirts
and pettcoats.
Sitting on the sidelines, Maiden
America and Matron America as well.
have calmly appropriated. as they do
all imported fads and fashions, those
bifurcated garments for their own and
exertion but with Bingham. denim,
chambray, silk and satin. BY a quaint
whimscy of fate it isn't the advanced
female of the joke who is now wearing
he trotiscr effects, however, but the
dear. domestic little wives ana moth
ers the Queens of the home" and the
housewives of the hearth"
As n first aid to baking, brewing,
sweeping and chores of the home In
general, nothing could be heater.
swecter or fleeter than one of the newt
pantalette house dresses.
They are made with a blouse waist.
with sailor collar and loose. three
quarter sleeves. They have neat lit :
there are two dandy, handy big patch
pockets, one on each hip. Thus far
they are no different than the little old
last wears model house dress. But be-
low the pockets comes the great divide
into cunning little trouserettes that
clasp the ankles with an elastic headed
frill or else hang straight with a
stitched band Of tho material banding
them, like an honest to goodness reg
ular male tfhuser cuff
ON some Of the nr"ttier models this
band around the bottom of the panta -
lct,es like the belt, collar. pocket and
sleeve cuffs. is of "A contrasting shade
of material. These sensible and soncN
suits come in chamhraS. Bingham
denim and khaki in pink or blue OF
white or tan.
! Then there are the regulation over
alls. the female of the species resem-
| bling much the male. These are, OF
course, for the more strenuops walks
of workaday feminine life.
| Skating overalls are cutting some ice
these days, too, let me tell you. Faii
| skaters find they can cut a much bet
Ter eight OF any old figure at all in
tho smart new tailored trousers of nov
city suiting and tweed cut generoual,
wide with big flap pockets on each hiI
and cunning suspnnders of the sam.
material holding them securely IN
ulace.
Milady Of elegant dels,tre il painting
| to be in a troussred class with her sis
tiers. the sporting girl and the busy
housewife. SO she affects the straight
black silk trousers of the Chinese
woman. topped with II gaily embrol-
dered Chinese coat for her robe in,
time" or the fun trousers ora Turkish
trophy under a flowing coat Of silk.
Wearing trousers has indeed becom.
such a fascinating habit that the l41
female cannot even doff them at night
and 8" she dons when the shades OF
night have fallen down and the window
shades are down AZ well. cutey nttl,
suits OF pajamas with feminine V cat
dcCulottc and short -sleeved nppers
and masculine, straight cut, ankl,
! length lowers.
| SO You see it keeps lovely woman
with these strenuous times.--Kansas
City Star