The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-11

They have shut up all the factories.
the offices and shops. On theaters and
restaurants they've even put the stops,
to save the coal so precious, and
they've even dimmed the lights SO the
one-time dazzling Great White Way
is Stygian these nights.
| They've stopped our eating sugar.
they've stopped our eating meat and
wheat stuffs till our diet is a thing far
| from complete.
But though the busy government is
stopping all they can to stop the
| brash designers seems beyond the
power OF man. So the busy young de-
signers keep designing right along
pretty things for that third charmer
that is neither wine nor song.
The novelties they're turning out
quite take your breath away, and after
that they take your cash IL you've
some left today. To have your hat
upon your head and also in your hand
you think perhaps a magic feat and
hard to understand. But really IT'S
quite simple when you are in the know
for one hat makes knitting bag and
one a smart chapeau The set l saw
was of mixed straw trimmed in ma
genta silk, and galy co1ored fruits and
flowers likewise of silken ilk A pulled |
silk crown adorned the hat you wore
upon your head. To make the hand
bag, round the brim deep silk was
shirred instead. This hatty set will
be the talk, no doubt, of many town.
The head hats worn all right-side up
the hand hat upside down
Hop sacking in a Bingham check CT
navy blue and white makes UP strik-
ing novelty that's really very bright |
1t is a set of hat and bag combination
rife but this cute bags an apron too I
1t leads a double life. The back piece |
fastens Ger the front with sonsy frinE
of blue and draws up with two navy
strings like all good bags should do. I
But when you lift this back flap up it
fastens round the waist and makes an
apron pocketed where knitting may be I
placed. The hat simple sailor shape
is covered with the check and on both ]
hat and apron bag is crewel fruit, byl
heck. II
Hop sacking skirts are alsklsHs9rtE
with coats of veIveteen. Some with
1apels and pocket flaps, hopsackingl
faced, I've seen.
And apropos of skirts, my dears, I |
saw novelty SO charming and origin
"a 80 r.
parasol with tips and handle ivory
white and covered with a Chinese
skirt, a truly gorgeous sight, and yet
withall in best of taste. It's fitted
panels shone with rarest hand en-
broidery in blues and golden tore.
OF course bag made of skirt &C.
companied it as we'll for If you see one
thing with out a bag to match-do tell.
My little son satcheI has to take
his books to school. It's made of bur-
lap, on one side is design in crewel.
Well in the smartest of the shops upon
exposed to modish view. It differs only
in it's size and what it's made to carry
for knitting and not learning it holds
more necessary. The yarn design upon
it's side looks like a plat de jour upon
a meatless, wheatless day. It's fruits
you may be sure. A burlap hat TOT
match it up is yarned and darned, the1
same designs it has upon itself and
I've designs. oh shame, upon my small
sons school book bag / really do adore
it, so if he misses it some day he'll
know where to look for it.
Some shiny hats of oilcloth, black,
are novel things oh very. Some
wreaths of tiny flowers show and
some peach, plum and cherry. While
some in turban shape, self trimmed,
are all of oilcloth shiny with swagger1
perky standing loops. These turbans
all are tiny.
So burlap, oilcloth, sacking now de-
signers greatly prize from ordinary
| things like these they make some
! smart surprise.
For common sugar, coal, wheat, fats
now everybody signs. War and de-
signers teach us slowly not to des-
| pise.
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