El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-17
CHEMIST SCALES
Bic ENOUGH To
WEIGH GOWNS
Eight Ounces Of Filmy
Stuff Suffice for Dress
for Milady.
MORE DRESSING
LESS CLOTHING"

I ONDON, EnE, July 1T-Bring out
your chemists scales. my dear.
pile on your latest frock, hat and
unmentionables, and let's see whether
you are really well dressed
Tbs Ascot races set the pace. Deli
carely adjusted chemists scales alone
viii register with precision and ex-
actness the true degree OF your pro-
gress IN the race to keep pace with
dame fashion.
It isn't many months since 8 scien-
tifically keen but fashionably dull
scientist aVerreu IN print and en-
phatically that folks aren't wearing
enough clothes. He proposed a
butchers scale test To keep proper
" warm and healthy-he didn't men
ton style-one must wear a pound Of
clothes for every "stone"-or four
teen pounds-of ones weight
London discussed him seriously.
And now, one gathers, the original
stone Of weight measure OF clothes
may still prevail. but the proportion,
perhaps, IS less than one ounce OF
clothing for each "A pounds on the
hoof.
Fortunately. Ascot week was 4
warm week And there was only one
mild shower.
Fortunately. because:
More dressing and less clothing
than ever" was the verdict OF q witty
few ounces OF lace.
Dress weighs 3 Ounces.
A bright idea ounces. Investiga-
lions were made with above-men
toned. delicately adjusted scales.
Actual laboratory experiments
proved that enc white charmeuse
dress, yelled with a drapery OF blond
lace" weighed EIGHT ounces Il cost
a tuIie cloak worn with the dress
weighed three ounces; an amethyst
and silver clasp for the coat IL
ounces white tulle hat with large
gauze rose trimming . ounces: silken
underEarments AZ ounces white bro
cade shoes fand silk stockings 10 81
Grand total. 2s1s ounces.
Yes, you'u say that was stunt
an exception So did the scientific
investigators Sc they investigated
another outfit. OF which a black
chzrmeuse gown with paniers was
the chief visible token weighed IN at
only IS ounces. the gown itself being
one-qusrter Of the total
Mere Men swelter.
Stiu another Ascot costume was
bgiit around a dress Of pale blue en-
broidered wolfe which weighed Itself
only ounces. The girl who IN
habited II was 90 forEettul Of the
-styls OF weight" test that she wore
But even then she followed the ponies
carrying only a 80 ounce handicap
IN the clothing line
And still one might believe the
ounce test" merely somebody's Jest
But the dauntless experiments ad-
5usted their scales and examined
heavy outfit
A dress u yellow net stitched with
beads weighed, thanks TO its beads"
all OF Il ounces. A hat Of lace straw
set the wearer back 2 "a ounces; a
cloak OF yellow taffeta meant a han
dicap- Of 20 ouncess corsets were worn
in this case. Nc are told. and they
scored s ounces and satin shoes we're
ounces. This heavy outfit ran to an
impressive total OF So ounces
Cloves. sunshade and bead chains,
Il was found. were usually heavier
than the clothing worn
Did mere men do his betting under
these rules2 Hardly.
All week long they cast envious
ewes at the airy comfort Of their
women folk, and sweltered in black /
morning coats Of material about as
thick as felt faced with heavy braid
the eEtrsuities being clad respective ]
". IN dark gray striped trousers and ]
4 tor hat Since the king and queen
were present the toppers were ike
wise Of a heat-absorblng black.