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Show FROCKS OF SIMPLE CALICOES Conservation of Wool and Silk Maks Call for Material Which Will Lessen Demand for Others. News comes that one of the Iatesl developments for war time fashion will be frocks of simple calico, says Women's Weur. Some of the smartest smart-est houses which specialise In garments gar-ments for women Whose happiness do. Deoda on being chic ure creating models mod-els lu this fabric which certainly before be-fore all else should appcul to the war economy Instinct. Women have been warned to conserve con-serve wool and to go lightly as to silk, so naturally when they are offered gar. mentS Of so humble fabric tiny will believe they are deuionstrat ing their patriotism by accepting it and a calico l frock will bo the reward of virtue. The calicoes that are engaging the attention of designers at the present moment tire those of quaint printed ef. fecta on light grounds. It appears that many of the frocks will be given certain lightness not expected of calico b combination with sheerer fabrics such us organdie and net anil (bat the extreme of fi tnlnlnlty and qualntness will give them n . I men, ,n of their own wbleli will not I I null them to bo si oi in d by even tl i moat exi luslvu of in table women. |