Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 225, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1911 — AVOID TOO MANY CLOTHES [ARTICLE]

AVOID TOO MANY CLOTHES

All Right to Be Well Supplied, But a Surplus Is Neither Economy Nor Sense. A woman who desires to dress well on a small Income, and it can be done, must learn first of all never to have too many clothes on hand at once. Let her buy the things she needs, wear them out, and then buy others. It Is better to have one well-fitting, 'tailor-made suit, keep it rigorously pressed and in order, wear it until It shows signs of wear, and then replace It, than it is to have, several inferior suits. As to large stocks of underwear, they are only an anxiety. If not looked after frequently they grow yellow. Styles, too, alter frequently in underwear as In outer garments; also human figures alter and grow fat sometimes, and the treasured articles won’t fit when they are brought out As to shoes, It is better for the feet and better for the shoes to have several changes and wear them in rotation, but if kept too long the leather is apt to rot