Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-02-15

New hat for the spring. 1t is of dark
red straw with large flower worked
out in Worsted in the front
success a good many years ago. For
spring, the combination of materials,
which seems to please our own de-
Signers and manufacturers equally
well, will be featured.
There really ought to be few wom-
en- with "the face" to knit in colored
woods for their own adornment, In
these days of crying demands from
the army and navy. But the slip-on
garment without sleeves has taken
such a hold upon our affections that
it is difficult to think of abolishing it
altogether. Nor need we do so. Amer
lean designers, anxious to serve their
soldiers and sailors in this vital mat
ter, have had the cleverneSs to offer
the same type of garment in mate
rialS of which there is, at present no
such pressing need.
Vests Of flannels, of heavy shan
lungs and other rough weaves of silk,
even of satin, made almost exactly
Ike the sweater vest of last summer,
have been made up and are being Of
fered to women whose patriotic inten-
ton might weaken If these novelties
were any less attractive than they
are. Jersey, both in wool and silk, is
another favorite material for them.
Jersey Weaves Taken Up.
In fact, jersey weaves have not in
the least diminished in popularity.
The first wool jersey woven in this
country was rather too reminiscent Of
Uncle Josh's red underwear to have
a success with fastidious women. But
the weave has greatly improved.
AS for the silk varieties, there Is a
heavy sort, Of vegetable fiber, which
Is immensely satisfactory. 1t is heavy
and lustrous and not too stretchable.
1t hangs in the rich, long folds that
cling to the figure and lends itself
particularly we'll to strictly One-piece
frocks or coats which hang from the
shoulders in an Oriental effect. Such
material is never lined, but it Is worn
over lining of some sort made espe-
cially for it.
Paris is using this heavy kind for
outdoor coats, some Of them Of the
slip-on over the head sort, which have
failed to achieve success with us, but
which she still fancies. Our hotels,
restaurants and houses are still. in
spite of threatened coal famine. so
well-heated, for the most part, that we
have retained our habit of slipping
off our outdoor garments at the
slightest provOcatiOn. The idea OF
wriggling out of coat made all in
one piece or pulling it over our heads
like a sailor boy taking off his blouse,
does not appeal to us; neither does
the French woman's way of getting
1t on again, which Is simply to make
circle of the garment on the floor
and step into the middle Of it, pulling
1t up around her. Here Is another
reason for the retention of the small
hat. Such a feat would be impossible
In big one.
Most of the milhners say small hats
for spring, for the beginning Of spring
at any rate. Lewis is reported to
have said "toques" very distinctly and
to be making them TO suit individual
faces, by building them on the head
of client, fold by fold. 1t must be
an interesting operation to watch. OF
course, as long as hats do such things,
Embarrassing is doomed to remain very
much as at present. And no one has
either time or inclination to indulge
in the making Of elaborate puffs and
curls In these times of strenuous en-
deavor, war work and 24hour waking
days
Copyright. 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa
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