Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1914 — GOWNS MADE IN BRUSSELS. [ARTICLE]

GOWNS MADE IN BRUSSELS.

That City turns Out Quantities of “Paris "Do you know wfeore many of the frocks are made that American women buy in Paris?” asked a man who has lived abroad f<* many years. “In Brussels,” he went on. “That is about the greatest dressmaking centre of the world. I know one woman who has a dressmaking establishment in which she employs MO girls. Her output Is tremendous, and there are many similar establishments. “Every freight train that leaves Brussels for Paris carries big consignments of dresses. Labor is cheaper in Brussels than in Paris and conditions of living different Then there is no Sunday holiday for the worker* in millinery establishments. The proprietors are so swamped with orders that they keep their hands going. “My wife tells me that she cka Wet in Brussels an exquisite hand toto for SIOO. and the beet' turned out there —a court dress in fact with train—for $l4O. Brussels ls ; fast becoming an American shopping centre."