Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-02-25

know. do not like To- bring over iu
March what the manufacturers OF i'm
expensive rcady-to-W WCar clothing
have exploited i'm January. Suits with
barrel skirts are now selling for $50
and the man who has To pay Si00 for
such "a suit iu Paris. plus 600 per
cent duty. may not even take gam
bling chance at its success over here.
An information points to the fact
that belts will relieve the sandwich ct-
feet of our mcdieNalism. These
belts are put above or at the waist
line. hut rarely below. Tho girdlrd
hips are not to bc featured Belts do
not cunfine the normal waist line,
they merely suggest IT IN "a not OF
color embroidery and tinsel
Another new touch is 10 hang n
heavy chain or an ornate sllkcn cord
from, the belt AT the side or In the
front. and linked chains are made To
reurescnt the oruamentntiou worn hN
Henry VIII. only they are dropped
from the waist line instead OF from
shoulder to shoulder. sturdy TN
sclcd cord T. used 10 stimulate tar
nishcd silver for the chains
Featuring Afternoon Gown.
Tho reason given by the great
French houses FOR the lavish and cN-
ncnsivc afternoon gowns which have
! boen shown I'm their exhibitions, Is
,hot France bans the evening gown.
well. what has that got 10 do win
! America. one asks. Surely. the Paris
designers know that the same soci'I
| conditions do not prevail here as
! there. and that America. from one
cnd 10 the other and then crosswise'
! has always been gwen over 10 wv
ming gnyety ,..,
! Paris has always had a strong feel
ing Tor the afternoon gown, because
nf the social routine Of the NE there
Women Of fashion, and All VINO
con afford good dressing, cater upon
the hours from TO ana dress nc
cnrdingly. The French woman make
no prctonse of running around 'h'
streets at 10 o'clock In the morning
as our multlmillionairc fashlohaplT,
do every day. \ few of them W'lr
~, ,,o nois nt ii and on the avenu'
dos Ocnclas. but speedily retire to
breakfast az 1880. The brilliahc.
nf thn afternoon life begins nt
n,cIock. and Il Is from then untl daIl
that women shop, go into the hoI
an1 mako their rounds of places 70
tca or dancing They are CONSTANT
in the public eye during those houI'
Thev do not give luncheonS' cur
pnrties or afternoon "edulhs lc'vp
ttppg America hN'N -
all entertainment OF that KIND ior III
n may he that this season TN
rronch designer and the tIenV
wnmau have locked hands In lnaNll,
,Lo afternoon costume the serious an
brilliant one of the day. rms ,uv
s,,its Americans immensely, Tor th'o'
must be several thousand caro- pafu,
giyen T on the continent every ette'
ssoon between and I, and what
French woman wears In the park
tho afternoon, an American wears
nm elaborate Indoor affair win car
Iies chicken salad and closed Gu
tnirs But she wants evening gown
too. and yet we hear not rumot
nnvthing new. brilliant or stlmula
Inc beIng done along that line.
one thing is true. Whatever
will have In the way OF new evenii
fashions, will be dignlfied ana n
frivolous. satin will rul? and 81
not will hold It's place. Embroide
viii again be a feature, done In u
h seled threads and silk floss. The Ct
10 nose influence Is already suggested
the house OF Callot. which has ma