Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-22

factories and earn large wages. Some
| OF them must stick to their trade,
and those who do can reap harvest.
II Is 20 the fabrics. therefore. that
| the great majority OF women will
turn this week. IL II serge. they ask,
or jersey7 smooth fabrics or rough
ones7 Does midnight blue hold It's
| own It's oxford gray again In fash
TOM Are evening gowns light, bril-
! liant or sumber In coloring7 Does
| taffeta continued win satin be good
These are quotations. not imaglna-
| tions They are asked by tho swir-
ling tide ot women who are trying
20 make every dollar realize its full
value today They have taken 20
heart the twin doctrines OF conscrva-
tlon and economy OF every home and
In the heart OF every worker We
must buy for we must be clothed.
and we wish TO keep In service those
who have served us but we must
not buy idly. nor, foolishly, nor with
an eye 10 our selfish comforts, rather
than the good OF the majority.
TO buy material that Ia out OF
fashion IL wasting money There are
those who will cry aloud In protest
against such a statement, but II II
quite true. We gain nothing by giys
ing ourselves a new cause for dis
content When Il Is easy 20 be In
the faHihonynA out OF II, II shows ef-
ficlency. good Judgment and a level
head to walk In the right path.
To those who inquired NJ 20 what
II the right path, therefore, II n
wise to say that there Is an undoubt.
ed tendency toward the Imitation OF
animal hides IN fabrics, but that one
should 20 warily among such novel
ties The main truth Is that very
smooth materials have lost their
SAVIOR and that increasing roughness
, is prophesled.
IL Is quite possible that these new
fashions In fabrics will keep serge
out OF first place. one finds Il OF.
fered by the best tailors and dress
makers but already women look a
bit askance AZ II when they see piled
up against II the new fabrics that
represent a different epoch In weav-
Ing.
As for tatfeta, n seems 20 he ieft
| IN the cold 10 ~ used by such art
lists as Nine. Pauuln OF Parts and her
1 followers In this country for young
] ElFlNs nut NOT AuF NNINNut anu ANN
| evening not for the day hours. II Il
| in rich light blue that It In most
| frequently employed. and Il II then
| trimmed with silver flowers and
| white monkey fur
There rs deArth OF satin n n
| too early 20 say whether II will be
| entirely abandoned IN this country.
| but at the moment II Is not repre-
! snnted IN the new French frocks in
/ The generous manner OF other days.
All the designers are lavish with
! velvet. a. In the medieval days. and
/ u A. used m the picturesque italian
/ fashion, ornamcnted with superb
| emhrolderies OF metal and silk.
So far. these richly decorated vel
\ vets. RA we'll aH the plain weave. are
kept for tho evening, but there are
many toba GEO brown and leather
shades. and dark blue ones. used for
| the afternoon There are also
leather shades. by tho way, In a
heavy quality Of satin, which looks
! Ike cloth and ls trimmed with wool
I embroidery. These leather tones are
! hardening back TO medieval days,
and 10 those centuries when Spain
/ led the world IN dress as France
/ doeH today. II was then that Spain
made her CordovR and Morocco
leather fRmous,
! Among the new fabrics there II no