The Jasper news., 1918-12-26

necessary for the house, In fact, 1t Ia
very probable that they will be. There
Is small doubt about 1t under the new
fuel request, which is that every room
shall have q thermometer, and that
not single thermometer In America
shall go above 6S degrees. Now, you're
not used to IS degrees In the house.
Many of us are used to so, and the
majority Of us will shiver for the first
few weeks under the new regulation.
We may take as our only comfort that
fact that this temperature is supposed
to be healthful; but, mind you, it is
only healthy when the body Is warm.
No medical expert, however great, Will
try to convince you otherwise.
Therefore, the clothes that are to
be chosen for the house, as well az
those for the street, must be protec-
tive. And because of this new ruling,
which comes through the federal reg
ulations, there is an entire output of
new types of house. gowns that we
once thought impossibly old fashioned
for American women.
Service Coats for Women.
Those who design clothes are not
averse to new output to meet new
fuel laws. They nre quite happy to
supply women with variant on the
accepted style of winter costumery.
They have rung so many changes on
chiffon and, satin, on crepe and serge,
that they are willing to 90 in for We
lours and angora, for skirts of heavy
velveteen. They quite endorse the
idea Of immense pieces of peltry, worn
in the house as well as on the street,
and they exploit new types of jackets
that protect the body. 1t means
brisk trade to them; 1t changes the
dullness Of autumn into the optimism
Of winter.
Chief among the new outdoor wraps
that have appeared since the cold
weather made its first approach is q
service coat designed by one of the
leading furriers Of France and Amer
lea. 1t has caught the fancy of every
woman who likes something that sug-
gests the military. 1t Is genuine
service coat, copied from those worn
by the soldiers, which were first fash
Toned In Great Britain, who has led
all the world in smartness and COM
fort in uniforms. It is of nutria, which
is poor cousin Of beaver; 1t Is heav-
lily lined, and yet It is not awkward In
Its lines through bulklness. There Is
Sam Brown belt; also broad waist
belt of leather. and the four immense
pockets, which hold all the packages
one needs to carry, are fastened with
big leather buttons to match those
down the front. There Is high roll
ing collar Of leather and nutria COM
bined, which Is made to stand up when
required and fasten under the chin
with big leather button. Smart wo-
men who are out In these coats carry
one Of the new, short, fashionable UNI
GERS sticks.
The British "Warm."
The American artillery officer who,
after the first months of winter in
France, said all he desired was Ger
man helmet and n British warm" has
been echoed, as far as the latter part
Of the wish goes, by the American wo.
men, who have discovered that the
British "warm'' is about the most de-
lightful bit of covering that has been
invented for an unpleasant spell of
weather. A woman brought the first
one to this country, as far as sartorial
history tells II, and she sold 1t to
man. who was so excited over 1t that
he tried to get dozens over for other
men. Now the women can buy them
over here and wear them with content.
They are made Of leather and lined
with sheepskin in Its rough undyed
state. The buttons are leather, the
pockets are ;apacious, and the high
collar is cut on good lines.
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