CONSCRIPTION LAWS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 134, 9 June 1942, Page 6

CONSCRIPTION LAWS

"TAKEN iN OUR STRIDE"

(By E. Ruth Sibley.) LONDON. March 12. Even the new drastic conscription laws applying to men and women alike Jiave been taken in our stride—there is simply no argument with the stupendous task we have.in hand. Tokio's supreme act of treachery under cover of "peace" talks has increased our obligations. There is only one argument that the Axis partners either understand or respect, and we \ must steel ourselves to be as i-uthlessj as the enemy. GOOD VIRTUE TO ACQUIRE. Unconsciously, we are. all becoming not merely economical but really ihrifty, and from what I can see of lean

years ahead it is a good virtue to acquire. Certainly, the Government is adding fresh difficulties for the dressmakers, who must now pay one-third of the; cost of a model as a tax—whether it is sold or not! There will certainly be no freak fashions during this war. Quite a number of frocks are featuring the jumper line bodice, both for formal town frocks and with country tweeds. It is a youthful style, and yet looks well on so many mature figures that it is bound to be popular. Sometimes the effect is heightened by the jumper being of a contrasting colour, but even more expensive looking when finely pin-tucked. The model sketched, made in grey or stone beige, would look elegant with brown, black, or navy accessories.