Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-24

New 1Ork.-iarlS mas sent hei
clothes over here. We have viewed
them. They have been acceptable in
large measure and approved of in full
measure. And yet observes promi-
nent fashion writer. we don't under
stand why they should be as they are.
They are somersault from what mas
been. Paris has preached occurrences.
economy. simplicity and modesty. Her
| cloths have been symbolic of the udal
wave of depression that swept over her
| spirit since 1914.
The Reason for the Change.
Do YOU realize why Paris has sent
us over such brilliant, alluring. rich
clothes? 1t is because American mon
ey has burst upon her with such force
that she has gone up in balloon, hg-
uratively speaking.
France settled herself down for de-
mure clothes on the day of the war
and has kept to this contract with
herself, compelling the rest OF the
world to dress likewise; but in the
autumn of 1917 there burst upon her
astOnished vision the vanguard OF
America. They We're not commercial
buyers; they were not cosmopolitan
multi-millionaires who aped the French
woman. They were the true repre-
sentatives of country whose vastness
and resources France had only guess
ed at Boys in blue flannel sailor suits
had bank accounts of ten thousand
dollars each; women in Red Cross
uniforms could afford five hundred dol
lars per gown. if they wished; privates
In khaki paid their bills without look
ing at their change; canteen workers
hid under their collars strings OF
pearls worth fifty thousand dollars.
All these Americans laughed and went
to the theater and ordered expensive
dinners and joked with the midinettes.
The confusing part about this stu
alton is that America is getting into
the spirit of economy and sOmberness
that Paris had year ago. Our re.
formers preach standardization, uni
formity in clothes; our economists
preach conservation our emotiOnalists
beg us to 20 about in black. without
smiles and turning our heads from the
wiles of pleasure. as though We were
early Puritans.
Chemse Robe.
= Among the new evening gowns from
France this spring the twelfth centur!
a tunic is as frequently seen as in thu
o street gowns. but the effect Of the tw,
>. is strongly differentiated. For the eve
ming the designers use narrow. slim
n primitive slip of satin or metallic
4 cloth the latter preferred. Over thi
s slip drops q much wider, more vOlumi
Il nous, transparent robe. 1t is cut lik
% chemise; it has a half low decOl
!, letage; the sleeves usually cover tn
a entire arm, but are cut to fall hal
foot away from 1t, and the entir
n effect is one of exquisite yelling.
70 DOucet does this in the most bril-
r. liant manner, and he shows his CON
d petitors something in the way of a
X underslip, making a corslet and the
q short skirt of soft gold tissue, whic
10 gives q far more graceful, undulatin
10 movement Of the body when 1t is see
ar beneath the transparent chemise.
There are chemise gowns Of rar
N lace, seldom in white, but in ivory tint
il and also in cloudy gray. These ar
70 dropped over a slim underslip Of til
IN sue. silver and steel as we'll as gOl'
n and the note Of color is given by q
Is extraordinary sash. 1t may be of Oh
~ nese blue taffeta, Of splendid Chimes
brocade, Of deep gold and black br
caded ribbon, and one end of 1t alwa!
trails down the back panel and add
to the brilliancy of the short train.
We have demure capes made Of g
of berdine and serge which are as ser
ny iceable as those worn by the Italis
ls- police, and those who care for Il
IT, ouietness Of distinguished clothes CT