Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-18
EXCHANGING DRESSES.
PEOPLE WHO SUPPLY EXPENSIVE
COSTUMES FOR A SONG.


butler, or 10 any needy friend Or relative
who will take u ont u biz way. But what
becomes u the gowns the fashionahls
woman wears once aud then discards for
syeri They arc never SEEN sgain, but they
arr utterly useless 10 the servants, and 10
b-stow upon poor relations the Worth OF
Felix creations % game and hfocade would
be like giving Dresden china 10 a inan who
has nothing TO cat.
Sometimes one il tempted 20 believe that
there " n Kind of dress burran 20 which
these wonderful CONNECTIONS which hit be.
fore NJ for moment are translated with
out touch Of human hands. How many y
woman would Ike 10 rcvel In the glofies Of
such paradise.
Bot there l. more tangible solution 90
the question Of what the fashionable won.
an does With her gowns Asgcfet-saorc'ily
oonccaied-soft o. dress exchange givcs oo-
oppatiou 10 many Fcntlewornen Of modest
means. behind the veil Of most profound
guntilty. The most h0ufishing exchange
l. 20 managed that the proprietors own
husband never dreams that biz clever wife
clothes her daughter. OF the proceeds of
buying aud selling other peoples gowns.
These pitosa are never advertised. for
publicity would speedily Nil ra,ronagc.
one woman whisper 10 another Of the
wonderful bargain. 20 H. found AZ Nine.
B-'a, and one mairnn suggests 10 anoth.
or the advantage Of leaving her cat OF
finery In this market The woman rroph.
stor u NECESSARILY one u the elect, knowing
aud known " iargo circle u ffiendk
COSTLY nnnia ciiEAF.
Perhaps her husband has lost his money.
A. A. 4 a..
daughters Ia Paris gowns and pay tho ca.
tercr for balls and dinners. The lady b.
sins In n small way 10 net ~ mediator
b,twsrn tho woman who would like 10 veil
q gown and some other friend whom shc
fancica u will suit, and all Tor a small pres.
ent But when larger custom l. secured
ahq deals In more important aiaiu. A
society woman who goes 10 many dinners
And balls finds NJ the elo.s u the season q
lause number Of valuable gowns on Der
baniA
Zach has h-,n worn but once. or possibly
twios. and cannot h. worn again. She
sends them by private messenger 10 the
exchange and they are sold for whatever
they will bring generally about half their
value. the seller ruoelvlng a commission on
the amount she manages 10 secure for the
gowns Perhaps a lady gets a misft gown
that shs cannot wear. That. too. goes
quickly 10 the woman, who perhaps knowa
some one Il will suit and notifies her A
lady going into mourning usually has
many gowns, aud Jewels as we'll. 70 h. sold,
MI of which bring q fair price.
Now A. 10 the purchasers. They, TOO, are
ladies eitheroi different social circle from
thosc who E-li FROM another town, or PCT.
haps 81 small means. who would never
dream Of buying gowns In a Second hand
place. but can Ind wonderful bargains Ia
thee exchanges.
The woman who Roes TO many dinners In
-eason very often buys for eco a dinner
gown oo.,ing tsoo. and made Of most ex.
pcnaive and elegant material. which can h.
femodefd into every appearance of now
gown. Aud women hangers on 20 the rim
81 soclsiy'a bright circle are glad 10 avail
themselves of the gowns Tor which they
could not pay first cost.
one lady has bought almost har entire
summer outfit at n brown stone house In
the fashionable district WHORE n man IN
buttons opens the door aud tho elegantly
drsasci woman who receives hor looks loas
Ike a shopkeuper than like a qunan.
nov niCn WOMB or MDsEY.
Another point Occasionally the woman
who drives In her carriage with servants In
livery ON tho boa has less hard cash 20 call
her own than the maid who combs her
halr. And such n woman Il vrry GLAD %
holl the old bits Of iowulry that l,crhAp. bet
husband has forgotten that ho gave her, OF
70 RAISE n uttlo money on her diamonds
Tor time of need. Jewellers In good stand.
ins viii not purchase iady'a jewels with.
out asking too many uncom Portable CUES
tions, oonsulung the husband, perhaps, ot
tho father, when hrr comfort aud safety
deponda on the greatest Secvcy Ia The
transaction.
II l. an Interesting, aud 10 the wlfo m
hEgfa'hting fact, that many men Of wealth,
while allowing their wives every luxury
OF lie on account, give them very llttla
spending money. A woman In sahlts aud
diamonds mtist he In rather desperate cir.
euinntances u step down from har carriage
and ak 70 have ten dollar worth Of post,
Agr stamps charged, and then asks the
clerk 10 buy the stamps again that she
may have tho money, fot this has been
actually done by tho wife 81 one Of ths
most prominent men In tho city. Con.e-
luvnily u may bo readily seen how the
dfes. ukrhhngu u paironlzed by women
Whose husbands would be- furious II thor
Knew % this little rrsuft for ready money,
And on the other hand. a woman obliged
10 drus- on small allowance, II she hap.
pens 10 have friend who 4 this kind OF .
dna- broker can secum a Paris gown
which has never been worn, perhaps. l,o.
cause u owner went Into orepa after tho
seasons Quilt was secured one OF the
gowns hung away Ia dress brokers cab.
inrt Il a wonderful competition OF silk and
lace prepared far, but never wurn, at tho
queens drawing noon. Therr Il no more
resemblance hrtwrrn these exchanges and
Tho ordinary second hand store than BE-,
tween boNely pawnhroker and Broad.
way bank, aud the ladies who patrunizs
them would tcorn 20 sell their nnury At a
second hand store almost a. much ~ 10 buy
u Al tho same place. New York Sun.
Il 4 not generally known that tho late