Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-02-07

'eo sNaW WIN y large mower worked
out In worsted in the front.
success a good many years ago. For
spring. the combination Of materials.
which seems 10 please our own de-
slgners and manufacturers equally
well, will be featured.
There really ought TO be few WON.
en- with 'the face" 10 knit in colored
woods for their own adornment. in
these days Of crying demands from
the army and navy. But the slip-on
garment without sleeves has taken
such hold upon our affections that
II Is difficult 10 think Of abolshing il
altogether. Nor need we do no. Amer.
lean designers, anxious 10 serve their
soldiers and sailors In this vital mat.
ter, have had the clevcrness to offer
Tie same type of garment In mate.
rails OF which there is, at present, no
such pressing need.
Vests of flannels, Of heavy shan
lungs and other rough weaves Of silk.
even OF satin, made almost exactly
Ike the sweater vest Of last summer,
have been made up and are being Of
fercd 10 women whose patriotic inten.
ton might weaken If these novelties
were any less attractive than they
are. Jersey, both in wool and silk, IS
another fayorite material for them.
Jersey Weaves Taken Up.
In fact, jersey weaves have not in
the least diminished in popularity.
The first wool jersey woven In this
country was rather too reminiscent OF
Uncle Joshs red underwear TO have
Il success with fastidious women. But
the weave has greatly improved
As for the silk varieties, there IL n
heavy sort, Of vegetable fiber, which
is Immensely satisfactory. II is heavy
and lustrous aud not too stretchable.
II hangs In the rich, long folds that
cling 10 the figure and lends itself
particularly well 10 strictly Une-picce
frocks or coats which hang from the
shoulders in Hn Oriental effect. Such
material Is never lined, but IL is worn
over n lining Of some sort made espc.
cially for IL.
Paris is using this heavy kind for
outdoor coats, some Of them of the
sllp.on over the head sort. which have
failed 10 achieve success with us. but
which she still fancies. our hotels,
restaurants and houses are still. I'm
spite Of threatened coal famine, so
woll-heated, for the most part. that we
have retained our habit Of slipping
IN our outdoor garments Mt the
slightest provocatlon The idea of
wriggling out OF coat made all In
one piece or pulling II over our hends
like sailor boy taking or his blouse.
does not appeal 10 us; neither does
the French woman's way OF getting
II on again, which is simply TO make
u circle " the garment on the floor
and step into the middle OF II. pulling
II up around her. Here is another
reason for the retention Of the small
hat. Such feat would be- impossible
In n big one.
Most Of the millincrs say small hats
for spring, for the beginning of spring
at any rate, Lewis is reported 10
have said "toques" very distinctly and
TO he making them 10 suit individual
faces, by building them on the head
Of n client fold by fold. II must he
an interesting operation to watch. or
course, as long us hats do such things,
hnirdressing Is doomed 20 remain very
much as NJ present. And no one has
either time or inclination 10 indulge
In the making Of elaborate puirs and
curls in these times OF strenuous en-.
dcavor, war work and 24-hour waking
days.
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