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The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
NOW THE CORSET is TO GO
Tendency Among Women Is to Dis
card as Many Garments as Pos
sibIe, Modiste Asserts.

American women are returning to
the days of Greek gOddesses when cor
setless figures and gowns which hung
straight from the shoulders were the
style. according to dressmakers at
tending a semi-annual convention Of
dressmakers.
Women in this country says Madame
Marguerite, New York modiste, are
getting thinner and do not have to wear
corsets. Madame Marguerite said the
tendency among women nowadays is
to discard as many garments as posi-
BILE
"She discarded the petticoat and it
isn't coming back" she said. "Now
she is getting rid of the corset"
women are dieting more than ev-
err" she said. '"They want to lose
weight. 1t gives them their natural
figure and allows the graceful use of
their body minus the tightening cor
set"
Non-corseted gowns, dressmakers
said, are having q great sale, indicat-
ing women are having considerable sue
cess in their dieting.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
AS SEEN IN PARIS
No Style Changes of Drastic Or
der Are in Evidence.
Long, Straight Line, Long-Wasted
Corsage, Plated Skirt and
Cape Hold Sway.

Now that we have all settled down
for next winter we are able to realize,
and with considerable satisfaction, that
very few important changes have
taken place in the world of dress.
Changes have been made, of course !;
but none of a drastic order. We still
have with US, observes a Paris fashion
authority, the long straight line, the
lOng-waisted corsage, the plated skirt
also the plated cape-and pictur-
eSque sleeves.
Even the rObe-chemise is in evil
dence. True, it is now decked out at
the sides with loops, puftings or plait-
ed panels, but the outline remains very
much the same.
The one-piece robe and long tunic
have proved so universally becoming
that women refuse to give them up.
For this reason our big dressmakers
have set themselves the task of MAX
ing unimportant tchanges-here and
there while the dress itself, practi-
cally, remains unchanged.
It will be an exceedingly pictur-
esque winter. All the best dressmak-
CHS III lAc Uue uo Ia ola anu A''NN
Vendome are showing what may be
called picture Style; indeed, this
feature is carried almost to the point
of exaggeratiOn.
For example, one charming model
was in reality a smart little indoor
gown, meant for boudoir use, but it
would be the correct thing for dance
tea, in conjunction with a big velvet
picture hat And the same may be
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
SILK DUVETYN COAT FOR FALL
Garment Should Be Equally Attractive
When Collar Is Buttoned SnugIy
or Opened.

For cool autumn days a cloth coat
of some sort is really a necessity.
Something warm and at the same
time light in weight to be used while
it is not yet cold enough for the lux
urious wrap of fur.
An attractive coat of blue silk
duvetyn will be very smart worn
over a pretty afternoon dress. Cut
with semi-kimonO sleeves, which are
tight enough to suggest those of
frock, and which are so popular this
fall, it may be trimmed with a collar
and cuffs of gray squirrel, which also
are very popular at present. The COL
lar should be cut so that it is equally
attractive when buttoned snugly at
the throat or opened on the Shout
ders.
A striking hat for wear with this
coat is of black velvet made in
draped toque effect and tripped at the
side with a dropping cluster of coQue
feathers.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
WOMEN WELCOME NET FROCK
Dress Serves as Sort of Go-Between
in Matter of Formal Clothes
Cool for Afternoon.

Every woman welcomes the return
of the net frock, a sort Of go-between
in the matter Of formal clothes. And,
too, net can be made so simply that
1t is lovely and cool for afternoon.
This year the net and lace dress
has come in for it's own again.
And isn't it a delight to have so splen-
did an opportunity to use odds and
ends of lace? What you have prob
ably worked out in the patch collar,
composed of bits of embroidered
net, filet, Irish Val and other laces,
you can work out with net On a larger
scale on a net gown.
Some of the net gowns are made
with puffy net petticOat, drawn in
like the sleeves with bands of lace
and over this a slim chemise tunic
with the waistline marked only by a
twO-tone ribbon belt, narrow picot and
tied with streamers. It may have a
lingerie look, like the net and lace
waist and mOdeStieS, and it may be
ornamented by fiat little bunch Of
handmade silk flowers, or perhaps the
lovely colored organdie flowers.
Other net frocks are made with
deep tucks edged with fine filet, a
tucked bodice similarly treated with
bands of insertion in between the
tucks or a little vestee made of patch
work and collar to match. Then the
edge matches the edge on the skirt
In the wider laces, like filet and
irish, it is necessary to have the real
laces. And if one had these already,
it is wonderful what can be found in
imitation edges to match. No one
but the closest student of these things
can fell them from the real edge.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
CAPE STILL WORN
Large, Loose Outer Garment Re-
tains Its Popularity.
Nearly Every Woman Possesses Roomy
Wrap and Cannot Afford to Throw
1t Aside.

It Is glad news to find that pictur
esque capes are still fashionable and
are likely to remain with us all
through the winter
A few months ago many dress ex-
perts insisted that "capes had had
their day." and that smart women
would not wear them when the autumn
leaves began to fall.
Capes have proved too useful and be-
coming to be lightly cast aside and
then, writes a Paris fashion CORE
spondent, another important fact
nearly every woman possesses It least
one loose cape in good condition and
with present-day prices no one can
afford to set aside a good and comfor
table garment. In any case, capes
are still very fashionable and they are
being shown by all the best tailors and
dressmakers in Paris.
A Redfern model in wool-backed
satin was lined with duvetyn and
trimmed with bands Of mink. There
was long, gathered cape which fell
from under the second band of fur.
Between the two bands there was a
fiat quilting of satin which formed
particularly becoming yoke on the
shoulders.
The cape was long and very wide,
but both satin and duvetyn were so
supple that the folds hung perfectly.
The duvetyn lining was plain, the
quilted yoke being laid on it and the
gathered cape skilIfully attached. In
Paris they are showing a new make of
duvetyn which is specially intended
for cape and coat Innings. 1t is very
warm but much thinner than the cloth
used for wrap coats.
Nothing could be smarter than the
mixture of satin and duvetyn, in the
same color or in contrasting tints. For
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
ShawIettes and Scarfs,

The shawl-scarf has made for IT.
self place that promises to be last
ing. AS a summer garment it has use
and smartness, and in winter its
warmth commends it. Width and
length vary in these scarfs, accord
ing to taste, the wide ones being more
especially intended for summer wear.
The narrow scarfs, 1t is found, sell bet
ter as winter approaches. The manu-
featured scarf has the homemade va
rieties as strong competitors. These
are of fine serge, or fur fabric, and are
knit and crocheted. One of the knit
variety was worked in plain garter
stitch, the ends being finished with
deep band of large meshed f1let Gro
Chef. A dull rose formed the knitted
part, the ends being taupe gray.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
ELECTRICIANS. QUIT
WHEN WAGE IS CUT
Grew Employed by Riley &
Adams Allege Working Agree
ment Was Broken.

Refusing to stand for a reduction in
wages of from 1884 cents an hour to
821A cents, which they claim was I'M
warranted under present conditions, 10
electricians, members of Local co. quit
the employ of Riley Adams last week
and put their cases up to the union for
action, alleging that the firm violated
the working agreement.
Under the agreement made several
months ago by the union with local
contractors, either party wishing to
break it was to give the other 90 days
notice in writing. Riley & Adams, the
workers allege, gave them only four
days notice of the cut.
A committee was named to wait on
the firm but to date has been unable
to gain any satisfaction, the firm init
mating that if the 821z cent rate they
had decreed didn't fit their purposes, a
further reduction of 10 cents an hour
would also be made. According to the
committee, no reduction is being made
in the contract prices charged by the
firm, SO they are at a loss to under
stand the reduction of the workers
scale.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
COAL RECORDS BROKEN.

Washington, Dec. REPRODUCTION of
both anthracite and bituminous coal
reached a new high-water mark for the
year during the week of December 4,
according to a statement by the geologi-
cal survey. which shows the output for
the week to have been 12,757,000 tons of
anthracite. The weeks soft coal pro-
duction has been exceeded only four
times since the survey has been record
ing the weekly output, three of which
were in 1918 and one last year.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25

said Of many Of the more important
models. When they are exhibited one
says: SIS it boudoir gown, or is it
q frock for a dance-tea?"
Plaitings of all kinds are amazingly
popular.
In Paris they are doing wonderful
things with accordion-plaited goods of
filmy texture; they are also plating
serge, taffeta and shantung. But,
though the accordion plat is first IA
vorite, it is run close by the larger
fiat plat, which recalls the genuine
"kilt" of Scotch renOwn.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
A Snuo SIipon.

A warm little slipOn for baby can be
made out Of a wool neck scarf by
placing the middle of scarf on the
front of baby's dress, then drawing it
around to the back, crossing and pull
ing up over the shoulders, then draw
ing down to the front again and
fastening at each side with two baby
pins or safety pins; it is both snGg
and comfortable.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
BRITISH LABOR WILL
ACT ON IRISH PLEA

London, Dec. 23.-The national ex-
ecutive council of the Labor party has
called a party conference for Deem
Der 20 in London for the purpose of
inaugurating a national campaign in
favor of an Irish settlement on the
lines advocated by the British Labor
party and endorsed by the Irish Labor
party and the Trades Union Congress.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
STATE BODY FORMED.

Wilmington, Del. Dec. 23-Represen-
tatives of trade unions in this state
affiliated with the A. F. of L. organized
the Delaware State Federation of La
Dor. Matthew c. Ralston, a member
of the Railway Car Mems union, was
elected president.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
ANTI-JAP LAW UPHELD.

Vasa1ia, Cal. Dec. 23.-Contention of
Japanese land holders that CALIFORNIA;
anti-alien land law is unconstitutional
was denied bv Superior Judges Wallace
and Allen. The Japs claimed that the
law does not conform with American
Japanese treaties.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
UNION BUYS HOME.

New York, Dec 23.-The Interna-
tional Ladies Garment Workers union
has joined the list of international or
CARNATIONS that own their own homes
The garment workers have purchased
four-story building in this city for
it for the various activities. of this or
ganization.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
Fashionable Fabrics

Pile fabrics Such as duvetyn, plush
and veIours abound, and leading COL
ors are gray, brown, taupe, and navy.
Novelty color favorites seem to be hec-
tic tomato hues and turquoise blue.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
Novelty.

Bracelets with little charms and fig
ures hanging from them as bangles
are worn great deal this year.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25

The union label is the best medium
of advertising as it is costless to the
employer and the union pays for it.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25

The union label makes woman the
strongest as we'll as the gentlest of
Gods creatures.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25

ordinary wear lovely circular wrap
may be made of tete de negre satin,
lined with thin duvetyn and finished
with big straight collar of brown fox
or any other fur; or it would be equal
ly correct to have the duvetyn outside
and the satin for lining.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
FLORISTS

FURNITURE
Billiards., 91-97 Orange St.
w. B. Hall, 458 to 40 State, near Elm
St.
S. Stein, 81 Broadway. ~,
Boston Furniture Co., 82l and oAo
Grand Ave.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
TIRES AND TUBES

Al1ing Rubber Co., 1913 Church St.
New Haven Rubber Store, 8l9 Chapel
St
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25

FURS AND FUR WORK
The Friend E. Brooks Co., IFS Church
ST.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
WATCHES

The Bijou jewelers., The Store of
Quality, 81 Church St.
Samuel H. Kirby & Sons, Inc, szz
Chapel St.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
TRUNKS AND BAGS
WALL PAPEL

John Brown, Inc, 153-157 George St,
corner Church St.
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25

H. M. Hodges & Bro, 2 stores, o52
Chapel St, and 2o0-2o2 York St.
New Haven Wall Paper Co., 80 Crown
St
The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-12-25
PHONOGRAPHs And RECORDS

The Edison Shop, The Pardee-EIlen-
berger Co.. Props. o64 Chapel St.
Roy J. Ward, 176 Temple St.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-12-03
|S FOUND
 0N THE DESERT

Yuma,-While prospecting out on the desert last week, Newt Gray, one of the best known of the old-timers in the valley. made a gruesome dis covery of a desert bleached skelton, says the Holtville Tribune.
 The discovery was made while Gray was out in the country southeast of Holtville, and there was nothing of any kind in the vicinity which might be used as a clue in ascertining the identity of the unfortunate victim of the deserts heat.
 There are some who are inclined to the theory that the bleached bones are those of party of three or four MeXicans who were lost out on the desert three or four years ago. Search ing parties at that time discovered the bodies of two of the Mexican party but no trace of the other two of the party was found. It is advanced by the speculative ones remembering the former tragedy, that the bones dis covered Friday by Newt Gray were those of one of the men who was un- discovered by the searching party of several years ago. in this case, it IS considered likely that another skele- ton will be found not far from the place where yesterday discovery was made.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-12-03
MANY COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS ID
 SUSPEND WORK

Boston, Mass, Nov. 29-In an arti- cle on newspaper mortality the Boston News Bureau in current issue says:
 ''The narrow margin of profit which exists in the newspaper business be- tween publishing cost and selling price has been wiped out in very large number of cases by the steady upward march of contract prices for pewsprint. Many publications are now retailing on the streets for very nearly the cost of the blank papot on which they are printed.
 Naturally this rising tide, has caught and drowned many publishers who were not strong enough either to climb above it by raising their prices or to keep themselves afioat on the earnings of more profitable years in the past.
 The magnitude of this flood tide and the number of it's victims is indi- cated by the decline in registrations of second class publications with the postoffice department:
 Decrease from previous fiscal year 1919. 115S; 1918, 11S3; 1917, 9l.
 These, of course, are net figures; that is, they do not measure the num- Der of publications which went out of business without offsetting it with the new publications registering for the first time.
 "The full measure of discOntinua- [ tion of established publications is contained in the figures of Messrs. Ayrs & Son of Philadelphia. Their compilations show the following sus. pensions. net listnigs and net losses for the three years:
 publications suspended-1919, l.. 6S9; 1918, 1854; 1917, 1859. New pub lications listed-1919, 1043: 1918, ITS; ! 1917, 1043. Net loss-1919. 646; 1918 117S; 1917, 616.
 "Only a few of the largest metro politan dailies have their own print i mills: only the largest publications relatively few in aumber-contract direct with producing companies fol i their supplies at the published con- tract prices.
 '"The greater number of publications get their newsprint through jobbers not even have contracts. These are the consumers whose need drives them to pay the spot prices fol i newsprint-sometime as high as 1: l and IS cents pound. A few years ago newsprint sold under cents { l pound.
 ] ''The passing of the country news ! paper will mean the loss of unique i American molder of public opinion, al i we'll as the loss of one of the thing f which helps to keep the worker ol the soil Where country newspaper go out~of business, the exc dus iron
 the farm. it is feared, will reach ever i larger proportions"
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-12-03
HAYDEN WILL HELP
 M|NERSOF ARIZONA

Members of congress from the west ern states will make special efforts to obtain the enactment of a measure eEempt1ng unpatented mining claims rom assessment at the coming ses- sion of congress. it is reported A sim liar bill failed to go through last spring, but it is expected that another one will be present and favorably con s'dered before January 1.
 In discussing such a bill Congress man Carl Hayden said:
 Last spring the committee on mines and mining of the house of representa- tives definitely refused to report a bill waiving the requirement of annual as- sessment work on mining claims for the present year. Notwithstanding this adverse vote. it is certain that the western members of congress will make every effort to induce the com mittee to resc:nd it's former action and favorahlv report such measure because conditions have materially changed in the meantime
 At the beginning of the present year copper was at fair price, while now there is no market TOT the red metal Gold mining has been greatly curtailS ed, and the same is true of other met als, due to the world wide business depression which we are now expert encing Under such circumstances most of the owners of mining claims are finding it extremely difficult to ab- tain the necessary funds for assess ment work, and I believe that they are fully jutified in asking for fur ther exemption for this year
 Tt should not be difficult to pass such a bill through the senate because the west has a greater proportionate influence in that body than in the house. Six of the ten members of the senate committee on mining are from the west, but unfortunately there is but one member of the house commit tee, Hon. M. H. Yelling of Utah, who coms from a district containing metal mines. Our chief difficulty has always always been that the mining commit tee of the house is made up of mem bers from districts which produce
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-12-03
Out of Present Situation Will Come Better Times, P-D Manager Says

Douglas as-Manufacturers and retail merchants are those who will suffer most in the present financial crisis which faces the nation, Walter Doll glas, president of the Phelps-Dodge corporation, declared in an address be- fore the luncheon club of the Douglas chamber of commerce and mines, at noon today.
 This is true, he said, because man. ufacturers and merchants, as whole, are overstocked with goods made from materials which are now de- ching in price, People, realizing this, will not pay the high prices for the finished nroduct and the merchant lGust sacrifice his goods at a loss be- fore he could gain return to sound financial basis.
 Conditions Not Bad
 Entering into industrial conditions, both home and abroad. MT. Douglas said that despite the appearance of facts in the case, the financial condi- tions are not as bad as some would claim. The federal reserve system, he said, has done much to avert panic, such as tn nation has exper- fenced in years gone by.
 NO hSCuCcQ axes
 In his opinion the present rate of taxation in the United States cannot be reduced for the next two or three years as the nation owes debt of over 26 billion dollars. However. he stated, he did believe tn excess prof. it tax would be remedied, as it was unfair and did not lay an equal bur den
 No Real Depression Here
 This section of the country has not yet felt the depression which the east is experiencing; he said. He told of the many New England mills which were closing because of over produc tioI and cited an instance ip Detroit where 80,000 mechanics are reported to be out of work.
 Inefficiency Responsible
 MT. Douglas said that not war time wages, but inefficiency was greatly to blame for the present situation, not only in the United States, but in ln,. | ope as well. In England. with 90,00C more miners working the pits during { the past year. production decreased i by several million tons.
 ! Discussing the copper situation he { said that it's statistical condition al i this time last year. With copper sel ling around IA cents now, while it soli at IS cents last year, he admitted this might sound paradoxical, but that the basic facts confirmed his contention
 Surplus Copper Lowered Price
 Copper, he said was not worth 1s cents last year, and is not worth l. cents now. This condition was brought about by the gigantic surp Jus which was on hand at the close