Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02

rritain and France may be repeated
In this country, but not in the same
way, because our great middle class
has possessed the millions. There
viii certainly lie n great curtailment
IN the purchasing OF extravagant and
frivolous clothes High prices will bo
paid for gowns as for coal and food,
but that's n part OF the present theme
OF things--a vicious circle which not
even the government seems To be
able to break thru.
That thousands of girls and young
women who have taken the positions
OF men In this country will lavish
their wages on clothes there Is no
more doubt than there Is that these
women will always continue to work
!rstead of loaf. And so the appeal
for conservation OF clothes and for
rood taste in selection must go out
to them even more than to the wom-
an who is working for nothing.
RightfuI Economy.
There should be q strong series Of
paragraphs sent broadcast over the
land to women in regard to the pur-
chasing OF clothes and some of them
should read on this order:
Don't wear old and shabby clothes
under the false impression that in so
doing one releases man power for
the war. It's women who make most
OF these clothes. and they need the
salaries.
Don't pay foolish price to any
dressmaker for any kind OF a gown
merely because 1t has "A great label
H. It, Use the enlightened business
MIND to decide what the value OF a
gown is before buyirS 1t.
Remember thaS there are thou
sands of seamstresses in this country
no are eager to make a weeks
wages and who have been badly re-
duced I'm income thru the cheap
ready-to-wear clothes sold by the
shops. Pay these women to keep
your clothes in good order and to
make new clothes whenever possible,
In order that you may be released
from that kind of work to give your
time to the nation.
Don't indulge recklessly In dozens
of wash blouses Laundry bills in
clude the price OF starch, and to de-
-nand starch in hundreds OF gar
ments is not good conservation.
Buy as many things as possible in
silk. crepe de chine and georgette
crepe in order to save cotton and
linen for government uses
BE exceedingly careful In your
choice of shoes, for leather is scarce
and the price is getting beyond the
| average purse. Instead OF wearing
thin velvets, fanciful weaves that
will not extend thru the fashions for
any length of time, have the street
clothes made Of sturdy homespun.
the new velour and heavy English
sutings.
Don't buy costumes in brilliant
colors. because IL there Is a need for
| strict economy next fall, a dark gown
viii serve second season better than
a gay one.
France has made violet effort for
three weeks to provide new costum-
cry for America, and she has sue
cceded. The cables report that box
| fill of tricks has been developed
The main point is the elimination
of waste material In all garments.
| Therefore, the silhouette must be as
| slim as tho it had lead pencil as
| its model.
There is strong effort made to
| bring into fashion the half low eve
| ming gown such as the European
women have been wearing for three
years This is not universally be-
coming to the anglo saxon. and 1t is
| probable that the American evening
gowns with their OLD and deep decol
lctage may be still adopted by many.
No matter what slight fulness
| there may be at the hlplne In GER
tain gowns. there is no division OF
| opinion concerning the narrowness
OF the skirt.
| Velour has neen insisted upon as
the main material for street wear.
and there is more black and white
satin advocated than the expert fore
| saw
Black panne velvet gowns with
| out any trimming whatever but
| touch of white crepe at the neck. are
| offered as exclusive things for the
afternoon.
The woman who goes to work
every day in some field OF activity,
| may abandon the coat SUIT In favor
of the one-picce frock with an un-
derbodice of georgette crepe, and she
may depend on a smartly built tail
ored topcoat for protection from the
cold.
France shows what she thinks OF
! the one-piece frock in her new
method Of joining jacket and
skirt together at the hips. The line
where the two come together Is
drawn in rather tightly in the
/ oriental manner