The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-02-15
Many Plan to Wear Them II
War Should Take Men
From Big Industries.
MOST SENSIBLE APPAREL
Many Factories Where Fair Sex
Are Employed Insist on
Their Being Worn.

what shall we do to help in case
America is drawn into war;" is the
question hundreds OF women are anN-
iously asking themselves and each
other these days. And "What shall we
wear?'' is a question that American
womankind may have to answer IL
Uncle Sans daughters are called
upon in wholesale numbers to put
their hands to some of the plows
left by the men folks.
Women who plan to qualify as nu-
milton workers, dock hands, team
sters, farmers and truck gardeners,
factory workers, dairy helpers, engi-
neers or street cleaners are urged TO
cast a thoughtful eye at these 1917
model overalls, which, even before the
break with Germany, were being
much worn and are increasing in
popularity every day, say the manu-
facturers.
Sensible Garment.
Even il there were no such thing
as war (oh, Utopian thoughtD over
alls are mighty sensible and COM
Portable garments for the woman who
does her own hocsework, shovels her
own coal, and snow, makes her own
garden, milks her own COW, thinkers
with her own automobile, picks her
own cherries and peaches, paints her
own woodwork, wakes her own floors,
washes her own kitchen walls.
And thousands of women there be
1.-THE shielded women in the homeO
who do some or all of these things
year in and year out quite. as a mat
ter. of course, and do them moreover
in fluttering lady-like petticoats that
hinder efficiency with every move
ment
Sales Manager Approached.
The sales manager of one OF the
biggest overall concerns in the coun-
try was approached on the subject
and he says that already many fac
tories are requiring their women OBJ
eratives to don overalls, which render
almost impossible accidents due TO
garments catching in machines. One
of the largest bakeries in New York
recently put its sixty women work
ers into white overalls. and other
cities are said to be following suit.
For the summer camper the over
all should sbe a. boon, as well as for
the woman motoTcyclist. Whether
women will adopt this garment for
canoeing, sailing, skating, tennis,
and other sports, remains to
be seen, That the overall for women
in Industrial labor is here to stay
there can be no doubt, for workers
are quick to realize anything that
to efficiency and comfort.
Takes Much Thinking.
In speaking of the increasing pop
ularity. OF the feminine overall a re-
cent Printers Ink says: at takes
much thinking and often a lot of
adventurous experimenting before
ways OF using goods
are discovered. Unless some msnufac-
turer in the industry has q penchant
for analyzing demand and of seeing
how IL can be expanded, and of d.
rectinR IL into untried channels, i'm
portant ways Sof using products
may be unre cognized for years, and
then be forced on the manufacturers
by outside circumstances.
These observations are particu-
larly pertinent at this, time because
OF recent happenings in the overalIs
field. II there was an article of COM
merce formerly regarded as exclu-
sively and permanently masculine,
surely it was overalls."
Beyond All Dreams,
mo one ever dreamed that some day |
of the other sex would don |
the plebeian overalls, but that day
is upon us. Whether It is a result !
OF the wearing of overalls by the |
women munition workers of Europe, |
or of a growth of sentiment in this |
in favor OF simpler work |
garments for women IL is hard to
say. All that we know is that the |
latent desire seems to have existed |
for some time and was waiting for
some manufacturer who had the cour- |
age and the energy to whip IL into &C. |
tive demand. Already a
scattering distribution has been Sc |
cured. One resident buyer has placed |
a sample order for 325 stores. An
other similar order has been re-
ceived from a buyer who represents
250 stores"
So, ladies, select your new sprinp