Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-28


getting warm suit Of clothes ncNt
winter. Life i'm the trenches could not
really he much more irritating than
the prospects of shiveking through
another winter with less coal than we
had last winter and lack of wooden
clothing And they really say that the
wool situation IS eoirE To he serious
next winter Of course. the soldiers
must have wooden uniforms and wool
en- socks and WOODEN underwear
and when all that is provided no ono
knows where the rest Of the wool
needed To cover shiverinR humanity is
To come from.
Women. members OF the adaptable
rex. will he better off than the men I'm
ease Of this wool famine. Furs though
expensive are not prohlbitive. and they
viii he worn 20 take the place Of wool
10 large measure next winter. More
over. many warm winter dresses and
even suits will he made from padded
silk. Chinese and Japanese dressmak-
ers have for centuries made use of
this quilted fabric Fine china siIl,
Is usually used With LAYERS " cotton
batting In between and the result IS
something that is An excellent suhsti-
ute for wool. Rut we have not become
sufficiently orientallzed rs vet for tho
men Of our land 20 he willing to wear
quilted suits and uvercoats
The only cheerful phase of the sttna i
tion IS that most men have some win
ter clothes left over Since It Is one
of the sacred duties of the wives and
mothers Of the land To keep moths ont
of the clothes Of the masculine half uf
society. much can he dome by wa, of
cedar bags AMI moth balls In helping
eek out the scant wool supply If you
have not already put away the clothes
of the men Of Your family. he sure that
they ere thoroughly cleaned before Won
do put them away, because q thorough
cleaning Will kill any stray moth eggs
that have been laid n ven wish ~
do this yourself wash them IN an 4 hun
dance Of gasoline and then keep Out in
the open afr until Won pack them awav.
10 not let them lie around after the,
have been cleaned. but the moment
Won take them from the clothes line
where they have been airing. wrap
them up In cedar Ia ss or wrap then, IN
heavy wrapping paper fastening the
Jennings of the paper with stripe ~
summed papeT. Rags made of some
close meshed cotton fabric are aIaa
good. Paper cambria is splendid
selection Have the has sawej ,lp IN
three sides. then place the emit in II
and sew il m on the sewing r,aehine
one need not have the suits thor
oushlv aired and free from gasoline
mes whom they are put awav In
little gasoline odnr helms ta
keep ont moths However. If vou 10
leave little gasoline IN The clothes ia
sure that vou put them away where
they VIII not he brought near an oron
flame and where YOU will not possibl>
strike match
Don't throw away hit of wool this
spring or summer. and don't lei tie
moths get any. either Hang an IL
Your last winters anit II NAV no+
look very promising now hut Won can
quite likely have II made over m Tho
autumn with fur or silk or quitting
and it viii be far more attractive
If You have any old sweaters OF hits
Of knitted goods save them. If YOU
have sweater that Is old. eoilad or
worn, rip M the wool and wind If on q (
smooth board about the width of a
skein and then tie into skeins and re
move from the board Wash we'll in
warm water and plenty Of good SOAP
suds. Rinse in soapy water and then
Permit Il 10 dry In an airy place ont
of the direct sunshine
You may not see how this old warm
Is going to be OF anv use 10 YOU. lut il .
very probably Will prove its useful
ness. In France at the present time a +
great deal Of knitted wool is used IN
conjunction with coats. suits and other
wraps. Sometimes in suit that con
tains q very little serge or other woolen
fabTc there Is an eekng out of silk
and to complete the medley and make
the suit warm there is q vest and col
lar section made Of hand knitted wool
The vest sections Of some Of the new
capes are made OF knitted wool some
times there are also sleeve sections Of
knitted wool 10 be worn under canes
II You wish to you can. dye or have
dyed your old wool So that II can he
used more harmoniously I'm comhina
ton with the woolen or silk fabric that
you desire to help out
Although from some sections We
have heard that hand made sweaters
for women We're doomed there is no
reason to believe that they will not 10
In Just as great demand next winter
as ever. You can make a new sweater
by working over two old sweaters ana
dveing them the same color one az
the newest sweaters shows = sleeve
less front closing portion topped hv q
section that may be made to cover the
arms or may be thrown back to leave
the arms free. The cape section is ex
actly the same length as the coat sec
tion-coming slightly below the hips
There IS a wide belt Of silk finished
with buckle to be worn with this
sweater
There is every reason to believe that
the scant skirts and scqnt Jackets now
n vogue Will continue in favor next
winter. Government authorities viii
probably have In effect before long
regulations limiting the amount or
"ool that may be used for single suits
both for men and women. There NAV
be but a very small saving in each
suit. but in the aggregate this will
amount TO great deal by saving d
lew inches Of wool fabric in each suit
millions Of yards might and viii he
saved. thus making possible the man
lfacture Of hundreds of thousands
more suits than would otherwise he
possible
Don't spurn the small saving. In
planning dress made Of wool fabric
select the mode that uses the least
~ool. If you can save hut few
inches you Will be doing a little good.