Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1913 — PAYING LESS FOR DRESSES [ARTICLE]

PAYING LESS FOR DRESSES

One Thing That the Woman of Today Has Some Reason to Be Thankful For. Grace Margaret Gould, fashion editor of the Woman’s Home Companion, makes the point tlAt the material required for one dress eight years ago wilt make two costumes and a blouse today. She publishes a picture of a silk dress that was the height of fashion eight years ago. She says that it required exactly 13% yards of 32-inch m&terial to make this dress. She says that the fabric then required for the, full sleeves would make an ordinary fashionable waist of today. She goes on to say: “In these days, when the cost of living seems to be constantly on the increase and fashions are regarded as extravagant in the extreme, it is interesting to stop and look back a bit. When we have to pay more than we have ever paid before for most of the necessities of life let us be thankful that we are at least paying less for our dresses.”