Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1914 — BARGAINS IN FROCKS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BARGAINS IN FROCKS

THIS SEASON AN EXCELLENT TIME TO PURCHASE. Wardrobe May Be Replenished for This or the Next Winter at Comparatively Small Cost—Coat and Skirt Dostumes. r+4 1 ■ ■ ■ V. • By MARY DEAN. Now Is the time for leisurely and appreciative shopping. ' Genuine bargains are to be found in all of the better shops, pnd if any money has been gaved from the Christmas buying it may now be invested to advantage. There are still at least two months of winter weather to, be laced, and there is another winter coming, though It lies beyond a- distant summer. If one buys wisely, winte r bargains In furs and frocks and coats picked up now will give comfort and satisfaction until spring and will come in most conveniently at the opening of another cold season. Naturally one must not buy the extreme or freakish mod-

•Is if one counts on wearing them another season. In some of the shops ths prices of high-class winter coat and skirt costumes are cut in half bo that room may be made for the coming spring goods, and the old stock may be cleared out. When such sales occur, one may obtain for $26 or $36 a coat and skirt costume which sold early In the season for from $46 to $65. - In velvet costumes and frocks the reductions are still more sweeping. This winter’s lines are so individual and in many cases so extreme that holding winter models over to another season would be a hazardous business proposition for the merchants. Yet hesitate to buy exclusively winter models for the same reason that prices fnust be made low enough to tempt customers into buying for the three cold weather months remaining. Both in the small shops and the large department shbpi ; ei^elleat—hargains In velvet, velveteen and corduroy are offered, and in fur-trimmed garments as well. Winter coats are quoted at prices which, in some instances, seem absurdly tow, and the leftover hats are much reduced In price. But there are few desirable things among them, and a hat made to order costs as much as It would have cost two months ago. This last statement does not apply

to frocks. A number of the smart tailors and dressmaking departments of many of the shops offer tempting rates at this season of the year. The southbound crowd does not by any means furnish enough oiders to kefep the dressmakers busy between winter and spring seasons, so reduced prices for work are announced.

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