Evening star., 1942-03-13

II carried through, will cause mil.
lions Of men to honor and revere
him as few Americans have been
honored and revered before.
1t concerns the Standardization
Of women's clothes. r. r. Il am
calling him by his first two initialD
Is considering rules and regulations
toward the freezing" Of styles In
women's clothes. To use r. RS
own words, "the object will be to
prevent radical changes in style
which would make women's clothes
now worn or already cut, out Of
style. Designers will have to work
within the limitations that are be-
ing drawn up and which shortly
will be issued in the form Of an
order"
r. R., II you are having any trou.
BILE getting those orders typed or
set up in print, I'll be glad to lead
delegation Of husbands to WASH
ington who'll work "A hours q day,
without pay, to help you get them
in shape. Yours Is the most hearten-
ing bit OF legislation to come out
Of Washington in a long time and
nothing should stand in the way
Of its being put in operation.
Before we go into the tremen-
dous financial saving the freezing"
Of styles will effect for the husbands
Of the United States, let us consider
the beneficial results it will have
on the conversation Of Americanus
Femalus.
The first thing to 60 by the
boards will be that internal chant:
I'D love to go. but I haven't .
thing to wear"
When woman says that, and
they all say 1t at least once q week.
she doesn't mean that acceptance
would force her to appear on the
streets in Lady Godiva fashion.
When she says that, she may have
enough clothes in her closet to keep
half the moths in the neighbor-
hood busy. What she really means
is that she hasn't brand-new dress
one that Kay and Gladys and
Helen haven't seen and appraised.
Either that or she hasn't a dress
that has the newest rufile, nufne,
slit, slice, or gadget on 1t.
Boys, If or R. r. doesn't weaken
and let me warn him right here
that he has gone 50 far that II he
backs out now he will be burned In
efigy by every husband In the land
we are in line to enjoy one Of the
few blessings Of this war.
Your wife will look Just like nv
wife and my wife will look Just Like
Johns wife and not one OF them
will ever have any reason to get
that melancholy. resigned look on
her face that all women do when
they pull on dress they have worn
five times before. Nor will they
have any excuse, when they pull
it on, to say: I'm 50 sick Of this
thing I could burn 1t. The only
person who ever tells me look nice
in this is you. Here, Upper 1t for
me-"
II Guthrie refuses to be shaken
and hammers through his plan, .
dress bought in March will still be
acceptable in April and May.
This will have a most Salutary
effect on the husbands pocketbooks.
II will fatten them Just as peanuts
do pig. Without any statistics at
hand, I venture to say that the
Standardization Of the neckline and
waistline alone will save the hus-
bands well over $4,000 900 q year.
An equal sum will be saved by put
ting an end to the business Of
lengthening and shortening skirts.
Even If there were no war, 1t Is high
time some one In authority told the
dressmakers to choose the proper
place on a gals shanks that q dress
should reach to, and stick to 1t. It
will make the girls happier. Those
with lovely legs lived in fear that
the length would be heightened;
those with peculiar ones lived under
the shadow Of short skirts.
r. R.. don't let us husbands down.
If you are married. you won't.
If you aren't-well, hold fast for
one more day. I'll be In Washing
ton tomorrow and want to have q
long talk with you.
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