The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-05

New Yarf Times.l
Although 1t seems so SNORT .'u'e s'" es.
the war began and eOded there are sVo.
many seopie IN the country whose eafne"
rcsoi,ertkops 90 no sxrlber back thah Tue
marcbug Of troocs about the ch!' .ue
hes,iuv OF, drums, anil the anxious ws'"S
., ar news from The front. These people
sock their first notions OF living iTou'
,ne state OF affairs brought on W
war To them st seems perieeuN
na,prs, and proper 10 pay war pIces
Tor ,vbat they buv sid receive war prices
for hal they sell. S'bey do not Know, eA-
zen. by hearsay, taat the prices OF 'uose
times when they 6Ht began 10 Know any
thru about prices ~sre what on, pnan.,s'
call abnormal" These people nen"
rres,. deal OF talk st the time, OF couIse, y,
ihe - good old tines when sugars 'nu
csii,,es and all household articles were so
.heap that q man with an income VI ""
dollars a month wa as bappy Us hu'
I,onaire: but they looked upon inose
daxs as gone. never 30 re'ufni Soou o'u
times 10 talk about. GSe 'tapes.rieu wan
and sai,s Of srmor, be, gone IKE tuf,n, 10
he seeu no more. They were ih's'"n
that was all. The "good ora ,''hes VI
low na.ces have come beck, anu tue n"pps
man Mbo has dollar to-day can pu! luS. u
much s,itb il ms he could have bought Wheh
Rnchsp,n was our President. All the ne
.,essarie.. are A. cheap tbs first week IN the
n.u ,e,, nc thew were before the war, ana
thew are more plentiful. ard there aie more
Jn,isrs 70 bny them with. Not that the
,sonie VIA ever live upon the same income
,bey Ilyed anon before The war, fer the!
never will. They want fof tunes as man!
LVXURIES
now as tbeC did twenty years 2go, anu '"Nu.
ri,s are dear. Then, being tA.SometnihS o'
a state Of nature, they were satisheu WIN
enoupb TO eat and drink anC wear now
they have seen how people tiEe IN France
and in England and IN lialy ana III "er-
many. and they must follow sSne VI 'nc
customs OF these countries. Itr> i hoic
noticeable IN the country than IN she c'''es'
New York has always bad me latest mover
Ties from Paris and London. BAT III INC
coun,ry, here twenty years a%oa sai hei
parlor was well FURNISHED IL 1t had plain
Garnet and iltlie cane-seat Iuihsute' II
now mas Brussels Gy Administer, upfois'ei-
ed furniture, and piano. ana lhe 6augh'
ters are in the city ut school. Inc c"Sthes
we wore twenty sears age were hSd d.
good as the clothes we wear now. lDe
food we ate was just as GOOD, out IL was
not as well cook, d, nor was there rs great
variety. The restaurants OF twenty wears
400 wouId not satisfy New Workers to-day
The hotels Of twenty years ago-look al
them. The stores Of twenty years age
what was in them compaled with what they
now boldy The truth OF II Is, the millloI-
aires twenty years ago were hVlng !usi
about rs a man with two OF three thousand
"a
come down TO the old point we do not see
il so quickly. because we buv so many
things we did not want before. In these
holiday times especially prices have been
down 10 the very lowest figure. All sorts
of little Christmas novelties have been
almost given away. In .he stores every
hing is down, down, down. Give your
wife ten.dollar note and she buys wagon
load. Take the single article OF
MEMS CLOTHES.
II Is ONLY few years since preseniable
busjpess-suit cost anywhere from SoO 10
S75. This was for nothing farcy, but
plain suit, made OF English, Scotch, OF
Irish stuff, and plainly lined. WIN fancy
Innings and The little extra touches tne TAI
jors know so well how TO charge for, the SUIT
COS, $50 or more. About i've years ogo TWO
or three large tailoring firms began 10 make
good business. suits for $40. Here was re-
turn to the good old prices, every body
thought. Then they went a little lower
down TO S36 Last year they went down 10
$50: this year you buy the same suit ior
S2s. or even for s25, II you are AN ola
customer. Ii did not used 10 seem
extortionate 10 pay 800 for full
dress snit; to-day Broadway is full OF
In n
for $50 as any body need care TO wear; and
il gentleman buys such suit under pro-
test, (most gentlemen do buy dress suits
under protest. ''just TO wear this once,")
he can buy his suit for $40, or even $50.
A dress suit that has graced every opera
night this season was bought for $50. In
the matter OF overcoats, il must make the
t,iIors sick Ut heart. 1t is only little
while since they made us pay $50, $40.
for very ordinary overcOat. IL is only
Overcoats that are meant 10 decorate the
corridors or the big hotels and restau-
rants that cost that much now. The
most beautiful ulster, thick and warm,
full OF pockets that will not bulge Out,
the whole thing as light as feather, costs
less than $50. And as TO hats, you can have
a hat for any price you choose. A DERBY
hat. as good as any seen 10 the avenue, can
be bought for 1928. The trademark OF a
fashionable halter, neatly printed III gill on
the inside, costs about 1920 extra. The
best of silk bats, or rather the highest
priced ones, still sell at war-prlces, because
when man orders an eight-dOllar or ten
dollar hat it is not an unusually good nat
that he wants, but q hat that costs $40. The
batters continue 10 crafty the desires Of
these ambitious gentlemen. and why
shouldn't they! Tue very best silk bat
made can be sold probably for So; the
kind OF silk bat ordinarily in Use can be
bought for 90.
are an important article. Any gentleman
who will stop 10 think Of the high tops he
wore 10 bus boots twenty years ago will
thank Heaven that we know more now than
we did then. The prices Of shoes ale as
elastic as purse-str.nes. (rhough why say
purse.stringsy No purses have strings
nowadays. They either have rubber bands
or patent steel clasps. Aud you can buy a
good article OF either kind Tor nifty cents.)
A good pair Of shoes can be bought for 81.
OF course you will not credit this, and
YOUR shoemaker will tell you IL is sheer
nonsense. So please TO hear IL repeated,
with emphasis, that good pair Of shoes
eau be bought for 81. What is Il good
pair OF shoes: 4 pair that will wear for
six months without repairs. aud keep rea-
sonably well ~ shape. Such shoes as this
can be bought anywhere in the 30 @ery.
anywhere In Third avenue, in Sixth.
Seventh, Eighth, or Second avenue. and IN
a thousand other places. in any one of ten
Thousand shop. for e.. Wouldn't wear
such shoes yop ssyS Well, you don't have
10, you kUoM? Your shoemaker will make
you pair, eQuslIy good, for So, unless you
have to help Mm ply yers high rent,
and then he w,il charge sou $40. 4 pair OF