WOMEN IN TROUSERS.
BRITISH WAR MODES SPREAD TO THE I'XITED STATES.
The women war substitutes of Britain are responsible for a remarkable new fashion which i-, spreading all over the I'nitcd States. Overalls and modified trousers are not only becoming the "correct thing "among domestic servants, women shop assistants, and women factory workers, but even among housewives and society women for housework, motoring, and a score of other purposes.
The overalls and bifueated garment*, nf special design, are made in chambray, soft cotton, black sateen, in whites, blues, khaki cbe ks. stripes, and r.ther pattern-. Cue purchasing agenthas placed an cider for tho delivery of tho new girmcnt* in 320 stores in the I'nitod States and another has prepared to supply 250 i-torcs. Ordors for overall-; for women have been received from department -teres in New York, Brooklvn. Philadelphia. Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago and other largo cities.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 274, 11 May 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)
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146WOMEN IN TROUSERS. Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 274, 11 May 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)
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