Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-02-08
USE OF WOOL IN
CLOTHES LIMITED

ments that have been made In defiance
of this urgent appeal.
The American tailOrs and manufac-
turcrs of ready-tO-wear clothing will
cut out the long jacket for women
when il is made of wool, no matter
how light the weave; they will elm
mate fullneSs in the skirt and cut it
as short as decency will permit
Three and Il half yards of wool is
good average measurement for the
majority of women. but the govern
ment will look kindly upon those re-
tailcrS and dressmakerS who must
deal with large and stout customers,
and even here il is believed that in
dividuality of design and 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 a narrow skirt either
because of tradition or an artistic per-
ception of what her figure needs. need
not sit in the corner and wall and
gna>h 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 ma
terial.
Coming. as the reform does, at 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.
1t is true that the great mass of people
who do not live in the South ana
Southwest buy Il 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 georsette
crepe.
If the women Of this country under
stand what is behind the new fash
ions, they will enter into the spirit OF
conservation with as much eagernesS
and Jealous desire to do right as they
have in the saving of meat, wheat,
sugar and cereals.
AS History Did 1t.
These men on the commercial econ
omy board need have no fear OF OBJ
stinacy or rebellion against their de-
cree. The women of other days and
other countries entered into the spirit
of economy in clothes with as much
eagerness as they entered into the eX-
travagance of apparel. The whole
thing is in giving women an emotional
idea which they are to work out to
completion and success among them
selves. Obedience does not appeal to
thep, but cooperation through per-
suasion sends them into a flame Of
endeavOr.
1t may be prophesied right here
that there will be more novelty shown
in clothes than there has been for sew
eral years or, possibly, ever before.
1t may not be shown by the women
but it will be expressed by the dress
makers.
One Of the quick ways which has
leaped into fashion for women to con-
serve wool for the army is the use Of
short, slim separate skirt with a
cutaway coat Of velveteen, heavily
lined. Women who have such cos
tunes declare that they will wear
these skirts with cOrslet blOuses of
soutached silk and satin in the spring,
thereby saving cotton for the govern
ment.
Hats made of worsted have already
been replaced by those of satin and
velvet.
Entire coat suits made Of wOrsted
have narrow bias flOunces mounted
on n taffeta or satin foundation. The
short jacket which goes with these
skirts is so heavily trimmed with fur
and has such a wide waistcoat OF
satin or matelasse that it can be con-
Sidered bit camOuflage.
Copyright. 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)