The Jasper news., 1919-01-23

ment her delight In and her desire for
clothes, 1t is like seating the little col
ored boy on the steam valve of the
boiler Of a Mississippi steamboat
Mrs. Pankhurst's View.
Cyril Maude, the English actor, ex.
patiated upon this subject at lunch the
other day and told two stories to Illus
trate it. He said that Mrs. Pankhurst
said to him: "Mr. Maude, you realize
that am Woodworking woman, don't
you? You have firm belief that no
woman has been more strenuously ac-
tive in the worlds activities than i
have. And yet, here is my secret de-
sire. want to be butterfly. When
this war is over, want to be dressed
like butterfly and filter to and fro
in pleasure"
Mr. Maude went on to say that Mrs.
Pankhurst added the last part of 1t in
the most whimsical manner, showing
that she was true woman to the
core.
The second story was that no one
could realize, In the work of NUM-
lions in England, why it was that over
q thousand girls applied for work to
one factory in a day, while none could
be gotten to go to another factory.
Upon investigation of the matter, the
women, who all spoke out at once, said
that it was because the successful mu-
milton factory had the most becoming
caps In their uniforms! Mr.. Maude
added that it was necessary to change
the caps and costumes in the other
places before they could get the wom-
en- to apply there for work.
Well, Mrs. Parkhurst is not the only
woman who wanted to be n butterfly
in so ardent way that she burst from
the chrysallis as soon as the armistice
went into effect and turned herself out
into the sunshine in radiant colors. At
this season of the year there is an
especially good chance to show ones
self off in bright hues, for the South
ern season beckons, and even those
who have not the money, the time or
the inclination to drive in the Georgia
woods, to dance at night in the Geor-
gla clubs, to swim in Palm Beach wa
tiers, or to frivOl in its coconut grove,
can still follow the trend of fashion
that is launched for these resorts.
There is nothing startlingly new in
the silhouette that need frighen one
away from the clothes one possesses,
but all the signs of the moment induce
one TO believe that the Orient will
again rule in the contour of the figure.
Splendid Evening Gowns Go South.
1t did not need the impetus Of the
revival of Southern gayety to bring
about the recrudescence of splendid
evening frocks. They sprang into be-
ing as soon as peace opened the lid of
the box. They were the first real but
terfiies that futtered into the sun
shine.
There is one frock In red, green and
gold brocade that shines like some of
the pieces of medieval armor found in
European museums. There are other
brocades in white that are embossed
with crystals and jewels, and there are
midnight blue, dull silver and deep red
brocades that look as though they be-
long to fifteenth century canvas in
the Louvre. Probably they were made
before war broke out and were then
submerged by the demand for simple
materials. None but an expert in the
manufacture of cloth could tell from
whence they came, but it was an inter-
esting spectacle connected with the
coming of peace-thls leaping into the
light of brocades that we have never
seen.
There is q peacock brocade which
has been superbly handled in a gown
that gives one an instant thought of a
proud peacock summing itself on an an
clent garden wall. BY this time the
gown Is well known In Europe, If not
! in America.
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