Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-02-01
YOUR NEW HoOVERIzED SUIT
CFrom the New York Herald

(From the New York Herald
Those sterling patriots who have
cheerfully survived the whcatlcss and
meatless days and shcctleSs and light
less nights will be pleased to know that
their clothing for l9lS-l9l9 has been
designed and is awaiting the kicklcsS
wcarcr Those who have cheers may
prepare to bark them now for the fall
and winter models will be bcltlcSS,
plcatlcSs, patchlcSs, vcntlcss, ilaplcss
and cuillcSs All designs are built close
to the customer and it is apparent that
gentlemen who have lost their shapes
will be given to kimonoS by spring.
Over at the Brcsliu Hotel the Amcri-
can Clothing Designers, who live in
town. set up their racks for the annual
showing Of what the gentlemen wcarer
will get when he orders clothing The
new suits are in modest Colors and look
precisely as the od-iashioned suit used
to look when it was ready for a try-on.
Virtually everything is missing but the
price, which will be as substantial as
the clothing itself used to be,
First Impression of Layman
The first impression of the lay OBJ
server is that buttons will win the war.
Upon the fifty samples shown by the
designers there must be at least fifteen
buttons all told
The lapels of the new garments lose
heart after skidding about an inch
from the Gravel ravine, and the sleeves
and trouser legs of the models now
displayed are fully twice the diameter
of a putty blower The leading spirits
Of the American Clothing Designers
each placed at least one foot down
firmly and declared that these suits
were not designed for slackers, but
it was perfectly apparent that anyone
who could crowd into one would be
Immediately rejected by the Army,
Navy, Marines, Red Cross and Young
Mems Christian Association. In fact,
it is difficult to imagine who would per-
NIT him to make himself at home with
any such trick shape
Another alarming fact regarding the
new clothing is that there is such strict
conservation of material that to let out
seam means the occupant proceeds
out into the open so far as that seam
is concerned A customer must fit into
the garment just as it is or forever hold
his breath The American Clothing
Designers have no interest in persons
who have been overeating during a
great war, and these models are strictly
a la Herbert Hoover, so to speak.
OvercoatS to Be Much Shorter
In the matter of overcoats, about
a quarter of a yard has been removed
without notice, and customers troubled
with legs will appear to best advantage
when riding in a cab. Dress clothes
have not been distributed to any great
extent, except that the swallow tails
are a swallow or two briefer, and the
front view features more shirt and
less satin. Trousers will be worn as
! far below the knee as the salesman
will permit.
AS to color, nothing riotous will be
popular Large checks and stripes
have to be fitted lest the wearer look
| like a valentine with everything going
the wrong way. War time is no time
for careful calculating or waste of
cloth. But really, when the hapless
wearer gets his little suit and finds
that it is flapless, beltless, ventless,
pleatless, patchless, cuffless, CLASHES
and roomless he won't mind if it has
the trihing additional peculiarities of
being spotless, checkless and stripeless
What does a patriot care for a couple
of thousand checks.