Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-31

/ n into something modern. may go 70
the work with enthusiasm,
Callot Ia not the only designer who
whirls let around the wheel OF fash
/ ion into the top place. but she Ia
/ the one designer who introduces en-
tire gowns OF Il. These are coat
of-mail creations. that cling TO the
| fiRure like a slitterinR cuirass and
whiten in q brilliant way the akin OF
the neck and arms which are left
uncovered. These gowns have trains
OF tulle or lace. and they are costly
o. very. very costly!
To tho average mind they may
seem a bit heavy for an American
spring. and Il IA safe 10 say that the
woman who buys a costly evening
gown IN April OF this year 1918 will
expect II TO do duty through the
summer season. Even our glitter
inK birds OF paradise. who heretofore
tloRted through a forest OF riches
showing their plumaae and thinklnr
nothing Of the cares OF life, have
been changed heart and soul bv the
war and Its terrors into creatures
OF self-saorifice and much higher
ideas
They buy clothes. yes: thev pay
good prices for clothes---to do other.
wise would he selfish and unpatrl-
otic, but they have an eye TO vast.
acc and brain that yields 10 tho
appeal OF conservation. Akain. they
have neither the Vitality nor the time
TO bother with many clothes and
many changes of apparel.
The othor night at a large dinner,
in Fifth avenue house. the hostess
turned out all the electric lights as
she proceeded toward the dining.
room. saying. II have wanted to do
this all my life, and never could in
dulge my whim until the war made
II the fashion" And she expressed
tho feeling OF every woman In the
land about most oxtrAvagances
Through the absence OF social rear
and the promotion OF physical and
moral courage which this year brings
out may come the regeneration and
the redemption OF all our sooial
customs.
Choosing Green for Suits
Another thing that the house OF
Callot has done 70 get US away from
q conventional fashion is the ox.
ploitatlon OF green for the street IL
may he roughly said that there ara
thousaid navy blue gowns TO
hundred OF any other color, and.
admirable as dark blue IL. the world
Grows a hit weary OF the monoton-
Gus procession OF gowns In this color
which moves to and fro from Franco
to Alaska. We cry aloud for some
thing else We are like the heroine
OF the novel, who passionAtely
wished for Just a thread OF scarlet In
her costume 10 make her believe that
there was happiness and sayety in
the world
Cailot gives US green TO quiet our
nerves. She gives us chance to get
away from navy blue and still re-
main demurely and soberiv frooked,
II may be said that Cailot has no
ldea OF letting US appear demure.
Evidently that house employed as
many embrolderers as II could find
in Paris, and used up all the brill
liant dyes for which It Ia famous, he
cause ornAmentation OF the most
sombre frock. unless II 10 black, runs
riot In the Callot clothes.
There 10 a striklnsly dangerous
tendency toward over colorins in
some OF the new French gowns.
Really. you know, when women are
allowed TO wear dozens OF ANAL
mirrors embroidered to a Burgundy
background. fringes OF combined
ostrich feathers. sirdles that danHie
monkey-fpr. and even colored feath. |
ers from birds, across bodice. then
II IL time to stop. look and listen
We are acting like bsrbarians in |
the way we fly at each Others
throats and kill millions 81 men a
year, 10 Is true hut nns shriHks hanL
from the idea OF women going aboue
In the costumery OF OF savage war
fare In darkest Africa.
Back 10 the DircctoIrc.
In the reaction toward the direc-
toire, which has come about thru !
the influence OF many designers. |
there 10 return 20 the olasslclsm |
that was insisted upon by Nine. Tai |
lien and Josephine in, the days OF
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