The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-07-05

New YOrk.-The radicals are at II
again. They are agltating for the
Standardization Of wOmen's dress as Il
war measure Of equal Importance with
the conservation of food. Rumors of
frocks all alike, cut by the millions
and placed on the market for the col
Onel's lady and Judy OGrady so That
they may become sisters in their attire
as well as under their skins, com
ments fashion authority, reach us
from time TO time through the sec
lions of the daily press devoted to
women's affairs.
Sometimes the arguments are quite
learned. The French revolution Is
freely quoted as being the event final
iy responsible for the standardization
Of mems dress. TO be sure, one OF
the first things that Napoleon did,
when he reached the position of being
able to set the fashion, was TO make
mems clothes as gorgeous and ms COM
plex as they had been before the abo-
ltion Of the BOurbons. But the effect
did not last long. "Sans culottism"
had taken too firm hold on mems af-
fections. They soon went back To
that dignilled but ugly garment, the
long trousers, and they have remained
faithful to them ever since.
Students Of the history OF costume
cite this as an example, and tell us
some hopefully, some regretfully-that
the present Armagcddon will do the
same for women. But then come 9th
ers-students, too, but students of the
human nature back of the clothes,
rather than of the clothes themselves
and they give an emphatic No! to
the whole proposition.
"The standardization of women's
dress has gone as far now as 1t ever
WILL" is their contention.
Easy to Get Into.
Very busy women-and what other
kind is there at present-may make
lnsistent demands for clothes that are
easy to get into. Easily adjusted,
madam" will sell more gowns this
season than the catch phrase, This
Is what they're wearing" Coats and
suits and one-piece dresses will main-
tain their popularity; "shirtwaists"
that launder like mans shirt will
refuse to be ousted. But there will
be more variety in women's
dress than there Is in mems, and wom-
EN- as whole will continue To he more
with the question OF
they shall be clothed.
One reason for the continuance of
variety in feminine attire in spite of |
wars and rumOrS of wars, is the fact !
that women as whole are rested by !
4 change of occupation. So the busi- |
ness woman, on her return from her |
office, is quite willing to sit down to I
darning, so that she may con-
tinue to wear the thread-bare hose in |
which her heart delights; she sits up |
late to run ribbons in her lingerie; /
she will wash out and iron her own |
her serge suit or froCk more becoming |
Dy softenng it with frillS at the throat. !
Did anyone ever hear of the man who .
washed his own collars? He will pol
sh his own shoes-traditiOn says that |
ne will perform this operation more !,
and oftener than any woman;
he will brush his clOthes-but there
MS sartorial measures of preparedness
md. SO he is naturally restricted to
form of garment which is easily
Kept in order.
Mans lnsensibIity to Temperature.
Another reason is the average mans
absolute insensibility to changes in
empcrature-at least from the wOm-
ms point of view. He declares that
here is vast difference in warmth
between his winter-weight blue serge
md his summer weight, but no wOm-
IN can see it. TO her he is il mys-
cry as he goes to his Office on
,oiling August morning, clad complete
y in wool, with a high-Starched collar
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