Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-06-14

The Turkish trousered skirt for even
ing is introduced on the Paris stage
by Mile. Vana in this gown of silver
tissue with a shoulder cape of silver
tuIle. The hem is turned up at the
bottom and cIings to the ankles.
loose, Russian blouse for the tucked
in muslin shirt the moment she en-
tered the house.
Fashion Born Through Necessity.
In this connection, France strikes a
vibran Nresounding note on the anvil
fes sAn III ojvinqs approval to the
afternoon gown that will serve for the
evening. This is not a whim on her
part. 1t is a fashion born through
necessity. This is the best part of
the clothes of the last three years;
they are the results of demand and
supply, not the creatures of caprice.
France sends the narrow silhouette
to help us in the conservation of wool.
She sends Us embroidery of wooden
beads and fringes of twine in order to
give work to those who need it and to
substitute a cheap form of ornamental
ton for an expensive one.
She sends us all the common, every
day fabrics such as Bingham, cotton,
wolfe, canvas and sacking. She teaches
us to be economical and go to the attic,
through her use of old laces of every
kind. She sends us high puttees and
cloth-top shoes in order that we may
do with little leather.
She makes fashionable American
Indian embroideries so that we may
go right into our own West and find
pieces Of material and inspiration that
will build us new gowns without much
cost.
She sends us piece-meal gowns which
are made from two, three and four
odds and ends of material skillfully
combined to produce a harmonious
whole, but, mark you, to also provide
a way to use up short pieces of fabric
which we have in the house or can
purchase in the shops.
She sends us the thin crepe de chine
petticoat and the plaid wolfe blouse to
save laundry and soap and flour. She
uses small bouquets and large, single
flowers for trimming instead Of ex-
pensive buckles and other costly trifles.
She knows these flowers can be made
at home Or re-dipped in a good dye
after they have seen service in other
days.
She shows us a multiplicity of tea
gowns made of sterner stuff than we
have been accustomed to accord to
n~egligees. Those indoor frocks are to
be substituted for the ~serviceable cloth
frock for the street and the evening
frock for a gay occasion. They are
intended to save clothes.
Gown for Afternoon and Evening.
Now, as a browning effort of con-
servation and economy, she sends us
the new afternoon gown which is wCrn
in the evening. 1t is made of thin ma
terial, it has transparent sleeves, long
or short, and it has a half-decolletage.
1t has indefinite variety, often it blazes
with color, again it is subdued to black
and white combined, and it can be
worn for every indoor occasion from
four in the afternoon until midnight.
Such a freck saves the buying of
many shoes. 1t is a stroke of that
Illuminating inspiration that the
French have when they put their
minds to economy. There is nothing
drab or mournful about French econ
omy; they raise the sordid thing to
& pedestal and make it desirable for
even those who do not stare economy
daily in the face.
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)