Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1918 — SIMPLY COULDN’T FIND SIZES [ARTICLE]

SIMPLY COULDN’T FIND SIZES

Clderly Lady Wasted One Whole Afternoon, and Finally Gave . Up Task in Deepair. “Gosh I I wish I was—not a Belgian —but a pole; not a native of Poland, but a tall, slim willowy pole, that could drape herself in the ready-made dresses which the stores are selling now, or, rather, offering for sale, for if every one has my luck, not many sales are made,” said the matronly one to her street car companion. , “I am fair (gray), fat and forty (bust measure), and the other day I went downtown to buy -a —wash dress, we used to call them, now you ask for a tub frock. Well, I asked for them and that was about all. One saleswoman showed me what she called a simple little gingham (it looked like the ones the nurses wear) for $19.75, and another which she said was of better quality for $25. I was prepared to pay the price, but I didn’t like the gowns. It was the same way at the other stores. Every thing that was attractive was ‘only in the smaller sizes.’ “There was one simply made georgette crepe that I thought might be becoming to my matronly style, but when I inquired about it, it was a six-teen-year size. ‘Do you have it in a sixty-year?’ I asked, but the clerk ignored my query. “I met numerous other women about my build and age during the afternoon at different stores—some of them so often that we grew quite chummy, but I don’t suppose they fared any better than I did. I finally met one I knew and I said to her: ‘You might as well go home. They don’t make ’em. for us.’ “I also looked for a small georgette hat (they had been advertised), and the clerk said: ‘Yes, we have them, but you wouldn’t want one with fringe on it.’ She was right. I wouldn’t. “I shopped from 12 o’clock to 5:30 and came home bearing with me the two articles I had been able to find in my size—a hair net and a belt. Really a comfortable costume for hot weather, but hardly suitable for a fat lady sixty years old.” —Indianapolis News.