The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-09-08

This evening gown has q separate
bodice. The skirt Is Of cyciamen tulle,
accordion pieated, with garland Of en-
broidery 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 century to &C
complish what we now buy from Paris
in a week. We are too canny to give
no the best source Of fashion on the
planet for no reason whatever. IL we
had 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.
1t is happy piece Of news to re-
port in support Of this outlined SEN
liment 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-
,ion and changes, therefore, in the per-
sonnet of many business houses, but
The resident buyers and the important
representatives for groups OF houses
have 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
Inerce 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
but 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, 1t 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
munity.
Make q Study Of Clothes.
1t Is not a waste Of time to be fully
aware Of the kind of costumery thai
you should adopt. The comprehen
sive adjustment between your typ,
and your clothing will save money
nerves and regrets.
The time will soon be upon u
when we can become the arbiters o
our own sartorial fate. The war II
France has abolished leadership II
certain fashions by their acceptanc
in the highest circles Of power, and
with our dressmakers and shops some
what puzzled as to what will lead an
what will not, we have the best chanc
Of our career to suit ourselves.
This will be really the millennium 4
dress. Paris, the center of art In tn
world, creates from a point In air, a
the engineers say, and from the mas
Of material she sends we choose
thousand different types Of costume
II we wish. Look bit into the histor
Of each costume, as Paris does, an
say to yourself, Does my face and ff
ure, my physical and mortal indivit
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