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Show DRESS.MAKERS Less Than Five Yards of Cloth May Be Used in Any Winter Dress. PARIS, Sept. 20. The Paris dress-makers' dress-makers' syndicate chamber, tho association asso-ciation of all the chief houaes, has Informed In-formed the government, In answer to i an official Inquiry, that tho length o wool cloth for dresses for tho winter I )W of 1917-18, will not exceed meters, a little less than five yards. " B V The director of one of the best mVt known houses in Paris and London, m interviewed on this decision? which 1 ' W w seems to foreshadow the continued use I'lf1' of short skirts and to insure the tailor m "J- made costume a3 general wear, said: "The diminution of the length of M cloth used in wool costumes has real- M ly been in effect since last season. K Without any general agreement, mere- M ly under the pressure of necessity, B dressmakers had already restricted the amount used before the war by 25 M per cent. Army needs, in America as well as France and tho diminished pro- : ductlon in the two countries oblige us to continue along these lines. Of Ml course we shall make no attempt to i K ' K get around tho chamber's decision bv K 3r ordering cloth of greater width; w'e : K shall rather try to emoloy a mixture W' 0f-4mat,Trlnls' combining wool materials 1 with silk and silk or cotton velvet. I "The recent decision cannot affect R our models for next winter's gowns for they were ready before it was W I reached. l |