The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1942-03-26

lilio 10 WildC DIG Gays dDOuL ouUs
iect which she knows we'll:
Let women keep all thought Of
war out OF their clothes. Let them
make themselves beautiful for their
men returning from war or training
to make war. Let them be high
spirited too. to lift the spirits Of
their men. That's one of the Jobs
women must do today. They should
dress to do this Job as intelligently
as a defense worker dresses to do
her job. or nurse dresses to do
hers"
Madame Lyolene was In Russia
during the Revolution and In Paris
during the World War. Now she Is
In New York. well qualified to adj
wise women In their attitude toward
the war and its immediate effect
on their wardrobeS. She believes
that in their costumes. figuratively
If not literally, they show their true
colors to keep up their own and
their mems spirits.
Keeping a Standard
Fashion may seem in eclipse be-
cause Of the war, but those who
have given the subject thought be-
lieve firmly In the Importance Of
women maintaining q standard Of
dress appropriate to the times and
q social standard that Is geared to
the needs Of civilians. as we'll as the
military, for escape.
It Is no news that among women'S
war worries comes, first. adequate
air protection for children. air raid
shelters and adequate nourishment.
There is intense interest in priori-
ties, in the conservation Of not only
food but of clothing and in ways
and means Of protecting what we
have. whether 1t be clothes or COM
moditieS.
One Of the problems Is where and
how to keep tin cans or old bed
sheets and clothes that we may
want to remodel and all the posses
sions which have, with the war, be-
come too valuable to discard-pos-
sessions that certainly litter up the
premises, even II they are collected
from time to time. No one dares TO
throw anything out. which In itself
constitutes an annoying and per-
picking problem.
Another crop Of HEIRESS-LOVE books
has sprung up in the land - not
here's how to be beautiful or to get
your man but how to mend and
darn, how to make nourismng meals
out of nothing, how to conserve
tires and gas. how to live and Still
salvage something toward tax day.
Women who never turned their
hand in the house are learning how
to make soap, use substitutes for
sugar, to turn clothes not only IN
side out but upside down.
Petty economies are no strangers
to women. Most women are quite
familiar with and pretty clever at
practicing them. Pinching pennies
isn't any woman's idea Of q good
time, but It's become second nature
to many wives with families to feed
and clothe. They are quite accus-
toned to the short end OF the stick
those who are not soon will be.
Economical Women
It's easier for women to pinch
and scrape than 1t Is for men. Iney
come face to face with stih compe.
tition and. therefore, cannot af1ord
to look down at the heel.
The self-indulgent hush n q
wants his wife to have the new coat.
II it's q question Of which shall
have It, but he's wrong. Women can
dress we'll on q relatively small
am GU t Of money plus infinite
pains and ingenuity. Mems clothes
lack fexibility. They don't lend
themselves to remodeling.
The housewives war problem Is
upkeep. It's UP to her to maintain
the family standard on q money
standard that amt what 1t used 70
be-except in the case OF the de-
Tense worker.