South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-29

along the line OF present-day en-
deavor. 10 discover in now many
ways the saving OF materials may be
practiced. yet attractive and suit
able clothing be evolved. In this
connection, it is interesting TO note
some results accomplished recently
by a class in the department Of tex
tiles and clothing, at Teachers col
lege. Columbia university This
class was receiving a short intensive
course Of instruction i'm ways OF
cleansing. freshening and remodel
ing garments in order TO Iengthen
their time of service
one student had brought in a gray
linen coat suit, this was made into
a od-looking one piece dress. The
coat had been cut on strictly tailor
ed lines. with seams from the sh0ul-
der TO the bottom OF the coat, in
both the back and the front; the
center back was without seam. The
/ revers, collar and facing were cut
away the coat shortened. the sleeves
cut smaller and the front OF the
waist was finished with an inch and
/ a quarter hem to correspond with
/ the opening Of the skirt; the upper
part of the skirt was cut Oft and the
/ top of it gathered TO the waist part,
which was then covered by a mar
row girdle. The neck of the waist
was cut I'm V shape. and faced. At
tractive collars and cuffs of white
organdie, and another set of batiste,
were made, which completed the
costume.
Another student ripped up a dark
blue serge dress, which she had
worn until il could be Of no further
/ service as it was: she washed the
material in a solution Of sOapbark,
pressed it carefully. then recut the
skirt, taking out some Of the width
at the lower edge. The seams were
stitched again, and, as the skirt had
shrunk a good deal in the washing,
the hem was cut of. set up on the
flower edge of the skirt, and stitched
to place like a cuff; it was then faced
on the wrong side. The skirt was
then attached TO the same belt as
the waist. which had been put to-
/ gether practically the same as be-
fore. Buttons were made OF the
cloth and these were used 10 dec
crate the front Of the waist, the
cuffs and he girdIe. Collar and
cuffs, made from a blue and white
crossbarred dimity waist, too much
worn for furthr service, completed
the costume. the entire cost of which
was 45 cents, as follows: Thirty
cents for the making of the buttons.
4 10 cents for sewing silk, and > cents
for the soapbark.
A number of the garments We're
cleaned by the students in laundry
classes. who were learning about
this particular phase of cOnserVa-
ton help. After the cleansing pro-
] cesses, some Of the students dyed the
materials. One dress, which was a
most interesting achievement. was
originally a light cOlOred crepe de
chine, and the young woman had
not been successful in dyeing it, the
color having gone in spots. which in
dicated that perhaps it had not been
well cleansed before the dyeing pro-
cess. The difficulty was met by
boiling the material in a solution Of
sOapsuds, and redipping it in dye in
which there was soap solution: aft
er which, It came out a good shade
OF dark blue
Another student, who dyed her
dress an interesting gray green, was
able to match it in the stores in
crepe georgette. for sleeves and col
lar
Another Worthwhile problem was
the recutting Of a rOse-colored cor
duroy skirt, which had been wash
ed, into a summer coat It made an
attractive garment, TO wear with a
summer skirt
one broadcloth dress. which had
been dyed a dark blue. was attrac-
lively remodeled by taking some OF
the fullness from the skirt. and at
taching the pieces TO the waist so
rs TO form a tunic; this, with the re-
adjusting of some embroidered
pieces. made a new frock OF it en-
tirely
Still another excellent made
over was an evening coat OF a
bright blue heavy cloth. II had
been a very fun coat, with a fun
cape arrangement Of plaid cloth.
with a white ground and blue and
/ green stripes Of equal value Of the
color of the coat. The coat had been
ripped and washed and then recut,
some Of the fullness taken out; and
from these pieces. parts were cut 20
replace The space left when the