Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-08
EVERYDAY NEWS
LIFE IN ENGLAND
Clothing for Women Put on
Standard Basis; More
Like Uniforms.
ENGLISH REAL SPORTSMEN
Respond Generously TO All
Demands for Money; DO
Not Want Any Return.
,ny MARGARET wALrER)

,By MAEGAEET wALTER)
LoNuON.Juiy o. Wont 90 fce
the ueu standard clothes Tor womon
and the materials that are being
prepared for 'hc fan market Tho
standard dress takes only -Four yards
OF stuff and is an cut 300 one piece.
II may bs finished in any sort Of
way tu hang loose. TO bc bcltcd. TO
h,y, sleeves of another material lnd
a. forth. Nli fhc model ls unyarylng
Tho suit s q Norfolk and i've.
piece sklr, ] thought thom very
good and I'd be- perfectly willing 90
go into standard" tomorrow Tor ihe
duration tut the women beard
talking were very guarded IN their
praise ~ course al the women who
really like uniforms have already Eut
into one sort or another ana the
rest are terribly scared that their
liberty may he intrrf~rcd with They
are the same sort who are always
whining about the food rauona Sot
NNAN NAAfN Gun fAANN hNN ahAlANh ~ .
they just naturally resent any sort
OF regulation lut aH wumcn'H
clothes have advanced POS per cent
- what they cost before the wa.
something has Rot iO be done Tho
standard flanneM are u real god
send They arc 10 cost so CcutH "A
yard and are softer ana better in
every way than what We are now
paying Is cents md 81 yard FOR
A. flannel n the great national ma.
teribi Tor winter ShirtH aud chill.
dren's clothes hcte itH important
to have n good and cheap. HlankriH.
too. come under Standardization
and are 10 he reEu .atod ~ that 1s
Orbitant prices W. have tu pay will
bo stopped Also stockings Tor he
grown-ups aud children. Tor grown
ups extra fine wool will be 20 cents
pair and Tor children 81 cents ln
black and colora.
HcspoD-c Generous.
Tuesday To-day WIZ the biz the
africa garden party and as haze
noticed how stage folks have been
giving and giving Ia time uud talent
and money and vii these four long
years, seeming 20 glyo more gen
erOusly as the returna from their
profession have wRned, 1 thought
I'd like to see II the public responded
10 their one annual plea FOR funds
for the benefit OF the actors ar.
phanage and training school We
arrived early but already four thou
sand people had passed through tho
turnHtilea. The tickets we're t2.t0
each. too. once inside you had TO
buy aheaYcs OF new tickets To kot
NNsN. H. 49,
Nd even then you had only
bought the chance TO buy some trifls
from the dainty hand OF a stage "a
VoTito. Miss Teddic Gerard and the
Duke Of Manchester mixed the most
amazing cocktails IN enormous beer
glasses at 81 each and the crowd
Heethed and awayed In eagernoss to
get them all afternoon.
OF course there WAS an American
soft drink bar where lot OF pretty
young things punched soda fountain
i, taps al 90 cents punch. Tho crlm-
inal stuff that spurtod OUT Hut
the English drank Il and smiled de
liEhtedly and said,
"Oh, how delicious" and kept
that up too. In fact everywehe,a
you turned you got Americans. sol
dlers, sailors, actresses ana Red
Gross nurses, and wherever they
went people watched them and th-y
smiled at them and chhtted. too
when they got the chance We came
away having spent $40 with absO-
lutely nothing TO show for II. for
we never got near enough TO hooth
even TO get u cup OF tea, and II all
convinced me that the british pos
iuSelY delight In giving money with
out any return whatever so long a.
ita for charity or patriotic purposos
They surely are an example TO uH,
for we always think we hayp TO pros
vide the moneys worth, Not 30 here,
hll you have to do is 10 Set a pretty
woman with a nhmo To stand around
and hold a can with slit In Il and
every body rushes 10 Jingle something
In,
Real Treasure Given.
Wednesday " ent to see the exit
hitioB OF the Red Cross pearls at
the Grafton galleries today Those
pearls have been given siugly and
IN pairs for the Red Cross and nl.
together there are already more Than
three thousand OF them, The queen,
Queen Alexandra. all tho princcHaef
there are Just stacks OF them when
you come to count them up--hsve
given generously OF their treasures
Then / guess that about every WON
an In England who has ever laid
claim TO any jowelry at all will con
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