Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-05-31

90 10 tne price OF costume anu
buy a gown that gives steady service.
America Has Done Her Part.
The one outstanding episode in the
interesting and important movement
of spring clothes. is the immense
stride In designing that America has
taken.
All that has gone before was ex-
detrimental, but this spring the clothes
are good. They make no pretentiOn
of changing the silhouette as laid
down by the Paris designers; the only
drastic revolution in silhouette which
has been attempted by this country,
took place last summer when the mar
row skirt which pulled upward from
the knees to the back and finished with
hustle effect at the end Of the spine.
was thrown into the arena of clothes.
1t not only won out. although 1t was
the work Of one designer, but ii coin
cides entirely with the clothes that
Paris sent over last month.
This season the two countries go
hand in hand. The silhouette is the
same-narrOw. with floating draperies.
Take that one condition as the founda-
ton stone and then build as you
please Is the slOgen given to every
woman.
American Designs Preferred.
One is immensely proud Of Ameri-
can clothes this spring. Our designers
have had the courage to show them in
connection with the French gowns, and
ii is easily proved that in several i'm
pOrtant houses the American woman
chooses her entire spring wardrobe
from American designs. rather than
French ones.
One of the reasons for this is that
Paris has not laid unusual stress upon
the tailored costume. and the Ameri-
can woman had reverted to 1t. She
wants to appear in a simple but dis
tinguished costume when she Is In the
street. The American tailoring Is the
best in the world. and the American
designer cOntrives to get the best eff
he is making frock or coat suit.
Seeing their opportunity and grasp
ing ii as they have never done before.
the American tailoring establishments
have worked wonders. They have kept
to the governments request for the
and they have achieved costumes that
are eminently fitting and distinguished
on the American figure.
The New French Draperies.
The severity that America lays down
for us i'm the morning is easily changed
into floating gracefulness as laid
down by France for the late afternoon
and evening.
1t is yet to be seen whether America
will 20 in extensively for afternoon
gowns. according to the French GUS
tom, but there is one thing of which
we are quite certain; If the American
woman likes an afternoon gown. she
will wear it through the evening. I'M
less some fOrmality of entertainment
demands more ornamental frock.
France has cut her silhouette as
slim as the American designer has cut
1t for tailored costumes, but France
gives a note Of the First Empire in the
seductive way in which she Grapes this
narrow foundation with floating, trans
parent material.
There is strong note Of economy
struck in these new French clothes.
which is heard by the woman who is
hiring a seamstress to build up her
spring wardrobe at home. 1t shows
the way to alter old gowns into new
ones. The majority Of women own
evening frOcks that have good fOunda-
lions. the skirts trifie too full. II Is
true. but otherwise ready TO serve as
the beginning of n new frOck. The nj.
teration i'm the skirt is a simple one II
consists of Strengthening out all the
seams. so that there is no flare from
the hips down.
Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure Newspr-
per Syndicate.)