Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1919 — HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS ON WISE SPENDING TO THOSE WOMEN ANXIOUS TO ECONOMIZE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS ON WISE SPENDING TO THOSE WOMEN ANXIOUS TO ECONOMIZE

(Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) In a shopping trip a woman found two blouses with the same price at- u tached to each. One was trimmed with quantities of fairly good-looking but rather cheap, conspicuous lace, and the other was plainly made, trimmed only by the hemstitching on the collar and cuffs. Unable to decide between them she bought them both, and was taught a lesson worth any woman’s time to learn. •' —r— Coarse and Cheap. She wore the lace-trimmed one to a picnic one day and had the complacent feeling which comes to a woman* when she Is‘wearing clothes which she thinks are becoming. She was aware that it was conspicuous, but she was sure that all the women were envious of her appearance. However, when it was washed the first time the lace tore in several places and it took half of a valuable hour to repair it. The material had lost its new stiffness and appeared coarse and cheap. When wore it the next time she was not happy over its effect, for it looked cheap and in. poor taste, even to her.

In contrast to the lacy one the simple blouse gave her no cause for self-admiration. When she wore it the first time she admitted to herself that although it didn’t feel new it was comfortable to know her friends were looking at her and not at showy lace. After its first trip to the washtub it was a welcome contrast to the other, for it was even prettier than before. The material was soft and fine and the seams required no repairing. Long after the - tawdry, much-trimmed blouse had been relegated to the old clothes bag the other was doing-serv-ice. —* Tasteful Trimming. For what did she spend her mopey ? In the first one, much' trimming, a great amount’ of only fair workmanship and poor material. ' In the second she paid for a little but tasteful trimming, good workmanship and good material. For what do you pay when you buy clothing? The thrift leaflets issued by the United States department of agriculture and the United States treasury department give helpful suggestions on wise spending to those who are anxious to economize. , / „

When Selecting a Wash Waist Buy One Which Will Launder Well.