The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-04

| braid, embroidery or other Ornamen>
tntlon for gowns. One finds that mans
ufnctured articles are becoming more
and more limited.
Once upon Il time this world, which
dearly loves II phrase, twisted and
turned the words "irreduclble mini
mum" In fantastic ways to suit va
riety Of meanings. This phrase was a
sister In popularity TO President Cleve-
lands famous 'irmocuouS desuetude."
Today the expression that has super
seeded all others Is "the elimination Of
nOneSsentIalS," and there are thou
sands of women who will tell you that
that means both "irreducible mini
mum" and "innocuous desuetude." IL
is well for an eXtrnVagant continent
that the irrcducible minimum can be
arrived at through cOmpulsiOn.
Trimmed With Bits of Themselves.
A report of what women have done
in devising ornamentatlOn for their
clothes would read as an interesting
bit Of war history out from the
depths have come some of the Orna-
mentatiOnS. The designers, however.
have found that the best way to trim
Il gown Is with itself. There Is very
little danger then of its becoming
patchwork quilt
TuckS have returned, therefore.
They have been launched on the new
auutmn gowns as something of nov
city. They are not permitted in wool
en- clothes, because the government
asks us to omit every inch of super
tluouS worsted material. but we are
emitting IL by the yardage instead Of
the inch, and are finding ourselves
quite content with composition gowns
that have only dash of wool in
them, and often none at all. A woman
depends on furs capes and top coats
for warmth.
As for the materials which are
available today. they may last through
the winter. There is much talk of
wearing satin, taffeta, pOngee and va
riOus heavy Chinese silks throughout
the cold weather, making them com
Portable for the open or for heatless
houses by the addition of warm un-
lerwear and top coverings.
The designers have banked heavily
Dn the usage of thin materials for next
winter and therefore they have
brought about this resurrected fash
On of trimming Il gown with itself,
which is quite easily done when the
is soft and pliable.
When tucks are used they are ar
'anged horizontally. They do not con-
use themselves with pleats, which are
vertical A few of the new skirts are
ucked from the bone of the hips to
he hem, the tucks touching each 9TH
'r and matie from an inch to two
nChes wide. Sometimes this cOnsti-
utes the entire trimming Of IA gown.
But when the skirt Is extra narrow
It the hem the barrel effect is more
striking than it has been for two
ears.
Affecting the WaistIine.
There is no possibility of reducing
'ur waists to a small measurement.
rhe pIanked-shad type which has pre-
allied for eight years can wear its
;aSheS where it pleaSes, but what
bout the thousands of other women,
hin and stout, who have allowed
heir waists to broaden out into sculp-
ural measurements? These waists
ave muscles that are strong and un-
liabl2, and they will not be squeezed
n by cOrsetS. Therefore, only the
willow type-the slim, little, boneless
OungSter-can pull in her waist and
ie a sash around 1t with impunity.
one thing is practically certain: If
he tight, draped skirt brings back the
Ormal waist, women will allow the
traight line of their figures to con-
nue. and they will merely drape the
'aist in its new, large measurements,
'ithOut an attempt to make them
elves uncomfortable.
Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
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