Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-05-27

| design Wa tho light flannel drawn q,
| No. 7, with lines Of red and blue ND
brown going ove its white ground. II
cost me IS cents . yard, and 1t 4 frat.
class store at home l could get lust the
same thing for the same money. Now,
all these samples that / have drawn,
and that / am talking about, do NOT
come from e~xtravagant places, but in.
stead from the shops f%requented by the
great middle class, to which you and /,
my friend, belong. Many of then
were samples quoted as bargains. Just
what bargains they were you can see.
l.
My experience is the experience OF
hundreds Of women who do not stop to
think that in going over, and spending
their money in a strange land, they are
absolutely aud honestly, or say rather
dishonesty taking the bread from the
workers in their own country. Az q
people we are young, but We have abil-
ity and energy, and we can make lust a.
good etutfs as are made on the other
side, but W. won't make them until we
are encouraged In it. 1t is snobbery of
the worst sort to gloat over material be-
ing imported" it is patriotism of the
best to show a good fabric, and to claim
that 1t was designed and made at home.
The women of this country can do so
much toward making it the greatest in
the world, first by guiding the men in
the way they should go, and next by
encouraging home industries. There
would be Y hundred thousand workers
where there are Il hundred thousand
idlers II the factories were ut work sup.
plving our shops with American mater
ials, If the women OF America would be
as patriotic az were their g~reat-yrand-
mothers, and decline to wear ANYTHING
that was not wrought by American
looms and sold in American stores.
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l had written home Some of my ex-
perience about getting things for moth
ing, and in return a letter had come to
me, enclosing samples of American
silk, the black silk that almost g
woman likes to have in her wardrobe,
for 1t is a gown suited for 80 many occa-
sions. The letter said: IL enclose
some samples Of black silk; unless you
can get them cheaper, or better, for the
same money, l will buy my gown at
home" For the quality that in New
York was $40, | should have to pay
Sl.7O in London; for that which was
Sl.W the price was $l.25; there were
cheaper silks, but they were pool in
quality, and would have lasted but q
little while, and every woman knows
how very, very mean looking is q
shabby black silk.
We found handkerchief about the
same price as in this country; that ID,
the nice d
/
Veilings, collars and cuffs, and the
very small etceteras Of the toilette, do
not vary much in price; but as in Lon
don the Princess of Wales, or some
great beauty, will set 4 fashion. make
one style popular and force a run on it
for the season to the advantage of the
shop-keepers, they do not so often have
great quantities OF small belongings left
On their hands which must be sold, no
matter at what price.
In black mate riais-cashmeres, hem
rietta cloths, grenadines and lace brill
lantines-the prices are about the same.
One style of lace b%rillian,ine which sells
in London for 50 cents u yard can be
gotten in New York or Chicago for 30
cents. White cashmere, 50 inches
wide, pale blue, pink, and the various
standard colors, sells for IS cents a ward,
and | can get it quite as good, and for
less money, in either Philadelphia, Bos-
ton or New York.
=
1t was rather q sad experience. this
going over and expecting TO get so much
for 80 little, this having nv belief in
the great desire of the English people
to sell me much for nothing, shattered;
but, after all, ! had to confess it was a
good lesson, and | did have the moral
courage to keen my word and bring my
money home with me.
On the steamer | met the same man
who had given me such good advice ON
nv way over. He looked at me and
said; well"
And | answered. al am bringing nv
money back to the land of the free"
Being an American gentlemen ne did
not say, 81 told you So" but he could
not resist asking, as he took nv hand:
"Where did YOU get your Cloves"
[ never had q Ratchet except a cboco-
late one, but | looked in his face and
told him the truth.
"Tn New York. The English gloves
are not adapted to the American hands.
and thew are not half AZ we'll made. and
the same fault can be found with the
French ones. in New York you can
get them to fit all kinds of hands. long
fingers and short ones, broad and mar
row ones. You can buy gloves in Lon
don for 80 cents a pair, but they are not
worth wearing; they are old-fashioned
in color, badly cut, and altogether un-
desirable. In Paris they make a great
fuss about making gloves to order for
YOU, but they can do that in New York.
do it lust as well, and the colors are az
novel as those shown in Paris. Since |
have been away l have learned what
you mean by patriotism. have learned
how the women of a country can make
it prosperous and great, and / have come
home with a respect for the Americun
w%orkingman that | never had before. I
believe he can do anything he wants
to; and if there is anything that thew
know how to do on the other side that we
hayan't vraspea vat va ara rich ono,,,b
lidfCH ' kihspCu NSi, Nca are flCu enough
ta,,Lt in ,,r nonurootnr;,. W.
import knowledge ana pay q proper