Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-10-27
DISCARDED TINERY.
WHAT BECOMES OF THE CAST OFF
CLOTHING OF RICH LADIES.

porfcr--GarmeDts Pound In Second Hand
Clothing Stores OF tho Better Cinss--Thc
Poor Relations Not Forgotten.
"What do tho fashionable and wealthy
women Of New York do with their dis.
carded garmentsf" This question is sug-
gested by one Of our thoughtful readers
lie says: ITO be In the swim these ladies
must have cords and cords of clothes to
cast of, entirely too many for supply OF
their poor relations. DO they sell themf
Do they invite the old clio men to their
housesf They cannot give 'em TO their
servants. What do they do with 'emr'
Looking this subject up, a reporter
learned that the ladies Of New York have
various ways of disposing Of their dis
carded garments, and instead Of being at
all embarrassed TO do SO, they could dis
pose Of many more IL is certain that
none of them Is thrown into the street
That many Of them are sold Is obvious
from the fact that In second hand cloth
ing stores of the better class there arc al
ways TO be found rich garments that have
been but little worn. There 10 quite as
much difference between second hand
stores as there Is between stores where
only new goods are sold. There are plenty
of second hand stores where only goods
Of first quality are sold; where very nice
silks, satins, lace, upholstery and brio q.
brac can always be found and where tho
prices are kept quite above the reach OF
ordinary people, although far below first
hand prices for such goods. IL need not
be inferred that nll these goods are bought
directly from first owners. In many cases
they are bought Of second owners, who
have received them MS gifts from the first
owners, who discard everything the mo-
ment that It goes out Of fashion.
DISLIKE THE BOTHER.
Yet there are rich ladies who sell every.
thing of this kind, not so much for the
money ns for the convenience of 1t. They
do not like the bother of doing ont gifts.
OF course, they do not call in the ordinary
old clio man They would not for the
world exchange q word with the conten.
tious junkmen who arc so anxious to cX-
change crockery for old garments. They
deal with quiet, nice people, who make a
business Of going TO dwelling houses by
appointment to appraise and purchase
such goods. The advertisements of these
upper class" dealers may always be found
In the newspapers. The fact that tho
business Ia profitable Is apparent from tho
fact ethat such advertisements do con
stantly appear, and such garments may
One very capacious outlet for such goods
is'found in the aid societies Of the various
churches and the rapacjous demands Of
ladies' fairs. Much rich clothing gets cut
up 10 make crazy quilts, pin cushions and
the million knickknacks that go to fill
ladies' fur. The underclothing is easily
seized by tho benevolent ladies for distri-
button among the poor, TO whom rich
outer garments would be an Inappropriate
gift.
Some rich ladies' do not scruple TO use
up all their old silk or satin dresses as
lining for new garments. These silk and
satin Innings uro not only elegant and styl.
ish, but they are very comfortable and
convenient. They arc lighter than ordi.
nary Innings.
But the poor relations arc not forgotten.
There are many of them in New York.
Most of tho rich families have come up
from poverty by q long course Of hard
work and active business. Very few have
been able to bring up all their rt lations
with them. The poor relations have
daughters who must be made presentablc
when they visit tho rich houses, and they
are not only not ashamed to accept gifts
Of clothing, but nre very glad to get it,.
There are also many poor women in Now
York who have once been rich, whose hus-
bands or fathers have failed in business
or died with embarrassed estates, and who
rely upon old associates among tho rich
for suitable clothing to keep up respect.
able appearance.
ACTRESS COSTUMES.
AS to the leading actresses who have
large and expensive wardrObes, they do
not need to give away or sell much cloth.
ing. The eXigencies Of their profession
require large quantities of material to pro.
Vide costumes for various parts, and their
good dresses are made over and over
again and reappear In various forms, arc
interchauged, mixed and mingled 80 that
the original shape is unrccognizabie.
There Is no end to the uses that expert
costumers can make of good material,
which, whether the property Of the rich
or the professional, need mover 60 n. beg
gipg. Much of the discarded clothing Of
rich ladies docs find Its way to the stage
costumer, and reappears IA the court
trains, the ball room robes, and other
wonders Of the toilet that grace the fair
forms OF walking ladies', and astound tho
unthinlking female in the audience at the
lavish expenditure which the manager has
made.
Much Of the best material of the dis
carded dresses of rich ladies finds it's way
TO the dye house, and there assumes some
more marketable or fashionable color, OF
gets done in black, which is equally the
taste of the grave aud gay, the lively anl
severe. And thus in many ways the old
dresses of rich ladies are conserved and
contribute their mite TO illustrate that
triumph Of civilization that is approaching
when nothing goes to waste. The rcfus'
Of the gas house is mado into the mosi
gorgeous Gniline dyes, and applied tC
faded rich materials, 10 again reapPear il
those delightful forms that ever flscinat'
the gaze OF man and absorb so much o.
the time and thoughts Of women. Thu
ever the old Is transformed into the ncv
in the alemblc of time and through tn,
genius and invention of man and woman