Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-24

tho host fashions tur InHpInnuUl.
work ,n their own srw,ug. room
Others 'usst that turf VIII srwi
this spring ultcrIuu CLOTHES chat utu
most rs good us new. NuII" others
aay that II ls paului., tn spgul
II rs Guitc well That tnnrr uto cog.
mentB of different thot The ,auIt
tent IL 30 run of women that thev
crn group themselves Into thousands
Of units, ea b with but "a single pune
pose. and everybody vi'l Doe benz.
lifted
America Is quite too largo to Do
governed by ono srhcfrt OF wurb jon
womcn'H apparel Let the thop ,ue
dressmakerH ana me lrpwat.,1t. .rs
have their reward let each vuwlt
act according Go her own conviction.
and do what Ia best in her own C,tH
" she must save umnr, then she
must work out u schedule 20 du a.
II she wants 10 crouuWisn iu csrtii,u
channels In order that she may
broaden out generously In war r"lirT
work let her go to- IL with tho hiess.
ins Of the government aud LD'
friends
But ~ one thing lot cNrtv woman
be certain that we Hro not Ru'ur 90
ACT as "A unit IN this problem o'
clothing ourselves for spring
Some OF the best ways u 5whlsl We
tried 20 save under tho leadership
OF thoee who preached and tAucht
and toiled have proved vain. Tnls
Vas not due 10 insinc"rly Nr uu,yisa
propaganda, but 10 the fact TINT ~.
q nation we allowed our emotions
and feelings To govern uk too entirely
for while aud did not reckon the
cost, or rather, II might bc said
that wc reckoped nothing hui the
rost In actual collars and ccpts anr
that We did not reckon El,h .rr-uit
Many creodu have been preached.
adhered 10 aud forsakOn IN Ibc fire.
year OF the war. " wht an VIII. pil
the other helliEerenis ~ was 20 rc
expected that IL would hc sn with 10
However. no matter what he failures
have been; the S''lrit The conacicp.4t
and the morality have been Inn.
proved by the effort
The Trick OF Altering Clothes.
Every woman does not gve econ.
ems In the same way Il would hc
therefore. to pren2h the same SER
mon to the mass, There IN no doubt
that several thousands of womeusurD
debating, with Intelligence and with
a stimulating effort at sacrifice, this
question OF spring cnstumerN. bat. 49,
far aa the prophet cen see INTO the
future, huyiness viii not suffer by
dis discussion.
There will he hundreds of gowns
fpmodeled In the sewing rooms OF
homes there win hc thousands ot
gowns bought for less than rify dol.
lars by women who once paid over
one hundred for them; therc viii be
revival OF individual work on
clothes. and less will he left 20 tho
shops and the dressnlskers; but there
"a enough money IN this country and
sufficient need and desire for spend
ms TO have everyone made easy and
comfortable
As for the business of altering
clothes at home words of wisdom
and Kindness should be said u favor
of n Much Uan he done 10 augment
q wardrobe In this manner. but thcrc
VIII always remain tho necessity for
one new costume, NO matter hCw
earnest "A worker the sewing woman
n hy be.
II will not he an easy season FOR
her who coutemplHtcs TRANSFORMING
her old clothes into new orcn A.
FIRST glance she may think that ,bluEs
have remained much as tneY wer,
but as the season advances ghe VIII
find that the changes have been
drastic
The French have suhtlv Inserted
into every garment, and every dciail
of the garment gufucient change
from what has hcen Ia upset tho cul-
culations of Thousands who wanted Co
wear the clothes they possessed
skirts VERY Narrow
Skirts. Tor instance. Tho Aleh.rH
flare NJ any seam mgkrs even 10 CONE
serYatiyc woman WetriHg such % g3I.
ment wish she kad St'Ncl ~ home
o. remodelcd her gown before -NN
went out Fortunately, the alteration
from a Wide tu marrow silhouette
10 mastered even 10y those vao tu
rot claim to he exports The scam.
! Of a Ntailored skirt Tor iuaHu,a. 1000.
merely ripped upward from 'h. Ha.
tom and taken IN as 1 continuation
OF the straight lire from tnv h.Ht
The hem o. fro,ks cannot N"
handled In 80 simple q Waf- na' t.r.
tunately Tor the eronotn' .fl Wuw N
ar the one whose 'pntrlousu bros
made her think that shs thavla bot,
economical ~ this question Of up.
parel, the French have handed u.
out In generous 'nHnn,r 'rn u.
three very clevef tricks thHt viii 'uw
the old into the new
One OF them is the holdlng i0 "t "a
sllahtly full skirt nv a loose band ,"-
low the knees. finishing IN bow Hi
the side.