Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1920 — Paris a City of “Old Clo’.” [ARTICLE]

Paris a City of “Old Clo’.”

Paris just now is full of “old clo*.” Not only are new wardrobe dealers starting in all quarters, but even the cleaners are filling their windows with half-worn frocks and cloaks for sale. Obviously madame is making economies, remarks a writer in the continental edition of the London Mail. She must be as smart as usual, but as dress costs more than ever, she sells everything she can before it goes out of fashion, and thus manages to balance her accounts. The 'chand d’habits walks the streets more diligently than ever, and his dismal chant may be heard all day long. He easily fills his big black bag. Clothes, like money bills, are now constantly changing hands, and they are worn to the thread by their successive wearers.