The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume], July 22, 1918, Image 6

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BLENDON CAMPBELL,
Who Drew Thi Lovely
Head, Believe the
Red Croi Uniform Is
Jie Most Beautiful
Costume Ever
rVorn by Woman.
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CAMPBELL
W. HASKELL COFFIN
Prefers the Farmer
Girl for a Subject.
By Ethel Thurston
ART rritirs who love to deal In paradox have
declared that for some years past nature
has been Imitating art.
They contend that the successful artists were
not reproducing feminine fac.s and fashions as
they existed, but were rather creating types of
their own. which the fair sox afterward sought to
emulate.
The, DuMaurler girl and the Gllison girl were
at first artlbts' fancies, afterward voluntarily imi
tated In real life.
But war has put an end to this unnatural and
paradoxical tendency, and artists today find their
best Inspiration la drawing American girls as they
really are.
The wlnthc-war girl, whether In uniform or
working togs, has furnished the dominant note
and Inspiration for the cleverest designs of the
season from contemporaneous brush and pen.
Five artists present their Ideas of the winthe
war girl on this page. Kach has reproduced an
actual, existing type of the American girl as she
is today.
Blendon Campbell, whose w ork has been known
for many years, and who is now busy in the
camouflage division of the service, has taken time
from his military duties to draw the Red Cross
Girl, whom ha thinks is most typical of the present
The Newest "Fashion"
"When dreaming of the 'summer girl today,"
said Mr. Campbell, "it la Impossible to think only
of pretty furbelows and laces. To me the most
beautiful costume ever worn by woman Is the
Red Cross uniform beautiful not only because Its
lines are really graceful and lovely but beautiful
In deeper sense because it Is the emblem of self
sacrificing service, of mercy and of untiring labor
In a noble cause."
Once upon a time the women who lived far
H WvWisV..r7iJ C D BATCHHELOR (above) W ' fT ?fe 0 . '
g 1 ' 111 Finds His Inspiration in the "Conductorette"; While 1 rl '' " ! .'fif!1'
C. D. BATCHHELOR
Finds His Inspiration in
HAYGARTH LEONARD
from tho great fashion centres were slightly be
hind the reigning Btyles, but now In every town
nn I every city the great and necessary "fashion"
of uniforms for service are found.
From coast to coast and from north to south
the uniform and war work garb are recognized,
und wherever there Is a branch of the National
League for Women's Service the trim khaki suits
are seen and respected.
Two hundred and sixty women In New York
city alone are wearing these clothes in the motor
corps. The woman of wealth, the society girl, has
laid aside her laces and dainty dresses for khaki,
her satin shoes for stout footgear of tan leather,
t-he steps firmly on flat-heeled shoes, rather than
mincingly on French heels.
She has given up designing favors, selecting
menus and worrying about decorations for recep
tions and parties to devote her time to studying
the internal arrangement of an automobile and
running this eight hours a day. This Is the woman
that lluygarth Leonard has elected to draw the
Motor Corps girl as bis summer girl of 1918.
W. Haskell Coffin Is serving his country with
his brush by producing many and convincing pos
ters for the government pictorial publicity com
mittee. "How can I settle on one type." said Mr.
t'oltln. "fur the summer girl of this year? There
are so many. Tbe navy bas girls doing yeoman
duty, the Red Cross, the doctors, the motor drivers
and many others are all wearing uniforms. But
just recently a new set of women bas sprung up
and this helongs to the Land Army of America,
the uniform is the simplest of all. but tbe idea be
hind It is great and tbe labor required Is arduous.
' "Feed Lne Army Is the cry. We all recognise
the importance of this. Everywhere conservation
of food Is going on, but to conserve this food It
must be produced, the farmer must grow and
rather his crops, and as farm labor Is now a great
er problem than ever before the women bare
donned overalls to keep In the fields.
"This is my summer girl the fanner girt"
John Vinton Early, a newspaper artist whose
Arts NwiIiisplraitIoi
American Artists Who Used to Depict Lovely Woman in
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Frills, Furbelows
Garbed in Military Khaki,
in the Lovely Red Cross
Costume or in the Industrial
Uniform of the Women War
Workers Who Are Helping
to Beat the Hun.
(above)
the "Conductorette"; While
(right) Paints an Ideal Motor Corps G
Doing Men's Work
"I have chosen the munition girl as a subject,"
said Mr. Early, "not merely because she is heroic
ally engaged In a highly hazardous occupation to
help win the war, but because she, perhaps more
than any of tbe other war-girl types, represents
the ability of the modern emancipated young wom
an to compete side by side with man In forms of
industry which up until a few years ago were ab
solutely barred to the gentler sex. If a girl can
make good In a big machine shop, she can make
good anywhere."
While waiting to be called to service C. D.
Batchelor Is busy with bis pen producing pictures
in black and white. He bas undoubtedly drawn
more women In uniform than any other artist, but
the one that he has made with which the public
is most familiar aside from the Red Cross nurse. Is
the "Conductor," whose khaki uniform every one
knows. These conductors on tbe street railways
of the country are rendering patriotic service for
tbey are releasing men tor military duty. Mr.
Batcheler rather objects to calling them "Conduc
torettes." as he thinks that too trivial for the work
In which they are engaged.
"The eternal feminine," said Mr. Batchelor, "is
bound to come to the surface, no matter what tbe
costume. There are some mighty pretty girls to
be seen working on the street cars, and though
tbey may attend to their duties as well. If not bet
ter, than many of tbe men, they can not change a
pretty face or subdue the Jaunty wearing of the
uniform If that Is In their natures. The 'step
lively girl has become well recognized in this
new capacity, and her's Is one of the most impor
tant posts a woman is filling, so why not give her
credit for bar war work, she is surely a true 'sum
mer guTT
HiiiHMit Featara fttrvlr
work is rapidly gaining national recognition, has Vrwt 4"' "X-7--l fy?4-;'
chosen as his type of wln-the-war girl, the courage- V "" ':iJf - ,'
ous munition worker who aids in the manufacture . - " mir ' '"' "
of the death-dealing explosives which are being 'fffit' 1 ' ' : ' (! U
used by the allies against the hated Huns. Afcj& X ' 'v' '
Wi-&ar Girl
and Laces, Now hmd I
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heir Ideal or femininity
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