The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18
Questions That Women Ask.

| II is 10 the fabrics, therefore, tina
the great majority Of women will turL
Is II serge, they ask, or jerseyl
smooth fabrics or rough ones? Does
midnpht.blue hold Its own? Is OK.
ford gray again In fashion? Are eve
ming gowns light. brilliant or somber
! IN COl0rlng? Does taffeta continued
VIII satin be goodG
These are quotations, not imagina-
ti0ns, They are asked by the swirl
| ing tide of women who are trying To
make every dollar realize It's full value
, today. They have taken To heart the
| twin doctrines OF conservation and
economy, "Non-essentar Is over the
doorway Of every home and in the
heart of every worker. We must buy,
for we must be clothed, and we wish
10 keep In service those who have
served us; but we must not buy idly,
nor foolIshly, nor with an eye TO our
selfish comforts, rather than the good
Of the majority.
To buy the material that Is out or
fashion Is wasting money. There are
those who will cry aloud IN protest
against such a statement, but It IL
quite true. We gain nothing by glv'
ing ourselves new cause for discon-
tent. When II is as easy 10 be In the
fashion rs out of It, it shows efficiency,
good judgment and II level head TO
wall, ia the right path.
The Right Path
To those who inquire rs 10 what Is
the right path, therefore. II is wise TO
say that there Is an undoubted tend
ency toward the imitation of animal
hides in fabrics, but that one should
90 warily among such novelties. The
main truth Is that very smooth ma
terials have lost their SAVIOR and that
increasing rOughness is prophesed.
II is quite possible that these new
fashions in fabrics will keep serge out
Of first place. One finds II offered by
the best tailors and dresSmakcrS, but
already women look a bit aSknnce at
It when they see piled up against II
inc III" lWullNN lllhN lNIllHHNHA a VIZ
ferent epoch in weaving.
As for taffeta. Il seems TO be left IN
the cold. 1t is used by such artists as
Nine. Paquin Of Paris and her fol-
lowers in this country for young girls
but not for women; and for evening
not for the day hours. II Is in rich
light blue that It Is most frequently
employed. and it is theE trimmed with
silver flowers and white monkey fur.
There is dcarth Of satin. II is too
early 10 say whether it will be en-
tirely abandoned In this country, but
at the moment it is not represented in
the new French frockS in the generous
manner Of other days.
All tie designers are lavish with
velvet, as In the medieval days. and
it IS used in the picturesque Italian
fashion, ornamented with superb em
brOideries Of metal and silk.
So far. these richly decorated vel
vets, as well as the plain weave, are
kept for the evening, but there are
many tobacco brown and leather
shades, and dark blue ones, used for
the afternoon There are also leather
shades. by the way, in a heavy quality
of satin, which looks like cloth and is
with wool embroidery. These
leather tones are hardening back to
days, and to those centuries
when Spain led the world in dress, ~
France does today. 1t was then that
Spain made her Cordova and Morocco
leather famous.
Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure Ncwspa
per SyndIcatcD