Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1917 — Higher and Tighter; The Eye Strain Will Be Terrible [ARTICLE]

Higher and Tighter; The Eye Strain Will Be Terrible

With the aid of M. Jusserand, the French Ambassador, in the reformation of women’s dress styles for 1918 a saving of twenty-five per cent in the amount of material used has been effected by the commercial economy board of the Council of National Defense. , “Higher and, tighter,” is the slogan for women’s clothing during the year of 1918. Men’s clothing styles have also been simplified and to a great extent standarized with a saving of about forty per cent in material.