Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12
USE OF WOOL IN
CLOTHES LIMITED

mcnts that have been made I'm defiance
of this urgent appeal.
The American tailOrs and manufac
turers Of ready-to-wear clothing will
cut out the long jacket for women
when it is made of wool, no matter
how light the weave; they will elm.
mate tullness in the skirt and cut it
rs short as decency will permit.
Three and half yards of wool is a
good average measurement for the
majority Of women. but the govern
ment will look kindly upon those re-
tailers and dressmakers who must
deal with large and stout customers,
and even here it is believed that in
dividuality of design and a plentiful
use of other materials. rather than
wool, will produce gown of charm
and satisfaction.
The slim silhouette will be accepted
between Hudson Bay and Palm Beach
and then crOsswise. The woman who
cries out against narrow skirt either
because Of tradition or an artistic per-
ceptiOn of what her figure needs, need
not sit in the corner and vail and
gnash her teeth. All she has to do.is
to eliminate wool from her gown or
suit to combine the governmental
measure of wool with another me-
terial
Coming. as the reform does, ut the
hour when spring and summer fash
ions are being conceived, the necessity
for being careful with worsted ma
terial brings less hardship than if the
reform had been launched last July. !
Ii is true that the great mass of people |
who do not live in the South and |
Southwest buy vast quantity of light |
weight wOrsted clothes for February. |
March and April; but they are quite
willing to have the wOrsted enlivened
by chiffon. satin, silk or georgetts
crepe.
If the women of this country under
stand what is behind the new fash
ions, they will enter into the spirit of
with as much eagerness
and jealous desire to do right rs they
have in the saving of meat, wheat,
sugar and cereals.
As History Did It.
These men on the commercial econ
)my board need have no fear of OBJ
'tinacy or rebellion against their de-
rec. The women of other days and
'ther countries entered into the spirit
# economy in clothes with as much
'agerness as they enteredsinto the ex-
ravagance of apparel. The whole
hing is in giving women an emotional
dea which they are to work out to
ompletion and success among them
elves. Obedience does not appeal to
hem, but cooperation through per- .
uasiOn sends them into Il flame Of s
ndeavor. ,
1t may be prophesied right here |
nat there will be more novelty shown r
i clothes than there has been for sew
raj years or, possibly, ever before. E
may not be shown by the women, $
ut it will be expressed by the dress q
akers. q
OAC VI tAC 4ulCh ways " 1llCn HIS | n
aped into fashion for women to con- a
rive wool for the army is the use Of d
short, slim separate skirt with Q
ltaway coat of velveteen, heavily
ned. Women who have such CO.'S q
INES declare that they will wear :,
ese skirts with corslct blouses of n
attached silk and satin in the spring, %,
ereby saving cotton for the govern :,
ent.
Hats made of wOrsted have already ..
en- replaced by those of satin and VI
lvet.
Entire coat suits made of wOrsted
We narrow bias flOunces mounted
taffeta or satin foundation. The
Ort jacket which goes with these
irts is so heavily trimmed with fur
d has such wide waistcoat Of III
tin or matelasse that it can be con- -. ~
lered a bit camouflage. :"
Upright. 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa- ~
per Syndicate) co