The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-27
subtle differences.

the fashion reporters. But they re- peat each other, and keep on looking at domestic repetitions of last seasons Paris models, seemingly. There are very few Paris models on view Tn New York. Yet Paris showed wonder fully lovely new styles this season. But prices are very high and buyers from this country were very few. Nimporte. Slowly but surely the Paris ideas of any season seep into the stream of fashion movement here. And this stream is toward slightly, but none the less steadily indicated great CT shapeliness and away from shape lessness.
 1 There are indicated curves at the waistli11e of many of the new dresses. But don't groan.. It was only in the black ages of corsetry that we used to take off corsets whenever we could and sigh with relief.
 Now we do the most back breaking stunts of relief endeavor and don't know even that we are wearing cor sets till we take them off and miss their support and pleasant first aid to tired bodies. Some of the corset models approved by the Academy of Medicine in Paris have been added to the Redfern line, simply wonders of scientific adjustment, and as fastidi- ous in looks as Paris herself. You know America is represented by an Uncle Sam, and England by John Bull, but France has a goddes of lib- erty-Mistress Republic herself-for a sign to the rest of the world. You can't imagine Uncle Sam and John zine The French Goddess of Liberty doing so. But Uncle Sam has a way all his own of doing things tremen- dously well once he gets under way, and Redfern Corsets have been under way since Sam was a much younger Uncle than he is now.
 But a word or two about the clothes that go over the corsets. Since landed I have had two letters from two different members of my Paris staff describing what is being worn | in distinction from is shown as wear able. One says:
 "So far, undoubtedly, the best peo- pie are dressing in black and grey: Ss~SS towards brown in many shades, from the palest- sand color to the deepest golden brown. Dark green and rich wine color also play a part in smart dressing. We see increasingly the cloth skirt, the long bright silk blouse as made at Cheruits with a long coal in cloth like the skirt.
 '"The skirts are undoubtedly short and tight, although the moderate II inded woman, smart though she may be, is wearing her tight skirt to the ankle, very slightly narrower at the feet
 'sThe high collar is not taking very we'll yet, but there are indication that 1t will in time. You see 1t or very well dressed women in restau. rants-indeed only the women whc dress at the big houses can attempt it, as the smaller people cannot yet master any of the new throttlers ex cept the stock. The dress coat some times shows g. high throat band, ant the close band of fur around tht throat is now often worn on morning tailor-mades instead of the big collar A smart huff worn with a blue tailor ed dress trimmed with gray fur ii partly in cloth, partly in fur, with { black satin bow to loop the flap which hides 8 pocket"
 But I want to say something, s' must shut off this Paris gossip.
 Don't wear khaki. The Commercial
 Economy Board of the Council of Ma tional Defense asks you not to do s'
 unless you are 8 man and a soldier Don't wear styles that increase tn yardage used. The American an
 French governments are working to gether to induce dresmakers to us as little fabric as possible. All tn important Paris style creators ar . agreeing to this. Don't wear uniform 8 unless you have to do so, because , is very unfair to industry to creat a big demand for one thing that made and ignore everything else. Bu |. I'm not at all afraid that America
 women will lose their heals. Frenc
 women haven't done so. Neither hay v English women.
 f We don't want Johnny Ito com r marching home and find no home a come to. So keep the hearth fire f laid, even if coal is too high an r scarce to keep lighted all the time. a Yours, faithfully
 v ANNE HEATON CLAIMING