Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-05-29

W modish on what Is left from
board and keep. 1'he balance between
the necessities of living and the de-
SRA bilities Of adornment Is 50 dis
tressingly uneven; one eats so much;
yet good, nourishing food Is impera-
tive II satisfactory work is to be
turned out each day. Distances are so
far, If one lives in q locality where
rents are reasonable; yet carfares
must be paid twice daily. Bed and
board, carfare and laundry-the eter-
nal must-haves of daily eXstence--on
even a minimum basis cost quite as
much whether one is earning ten dol
lars a week or twenty; the difference
has to be made in ones clothes, and
as every business woman knows well,
a n-doIlar-a-week difference in dress
Is immeasurable az far as outward APP
pearance and inward satisfaction are
concerned.
1t is a wise business girl who looks
conditions squarely in the face, sets
her soul sternly against tho entice-
ments of longed- for-pretty things in
Dress and with pen and paper in hand,
decides just what shall be spent for
needed wearables-And just what
wearables may be afforded. This list
should be planned on the basis of the
years salary; tho total amount APP
portioned for dress being divided into
weekly sums; these sums to be set
aside religtously-even II one has to
race home on Saturday afternoons IN
order to resist the temptations Of
small bargains in the shops. All the
department stores make a specially
of "bargainS' that will appeal to loH
waRe-earners on the half holiday; and
aisle-oounters TEEN with Especial
values" IN neckwear, shirtwaists
near-s.lk stockings, embroidery, pet
tiooats, imitation Shell pins for the
hair, trinkets and jewelry.
Keep Away From Bargain Counters
All of these things, desirable as they
seem when the eye-hungry for pretty
thtngs-lights on them In the shop
could be very easily done without, al
one usually discovers when the pack
ages come home; and several dollar
may have been FILTERED away wher
new boots or warm underwear arr
really needed and when an imminen
change of seasons demands the closes
economy because Of necessary new
raiment soon to DO purchased.
the Special Sale and the Bargain
Counter. The former Is the bushes
woman's best friend while the latte
Ia her Waterloo. At the Special Sal
really excellent merchandise is ad
vertised, and sold, at lower price
than it Is worth to attract custom, an
very often rare values are to be pick
ed up at such sales, especially in tn
mid-season weeks when eNclusiV
models have been marked down 70
quick dispersal. The bargain counter
on tho other hand, is the merchant
device for getting rid of unsaleabl
goods Out OF date blouses, misfits
failures and other hopeless items o
his stock are thus shufled off at at
tractively marked prices before it
too late for him TO dispose of Their
at all. And, If one stops to think
the marked down price is really no
SO far below the ordinary, reasonabl
price Of an article OF the Same class
sold in the ordinary way. The bi
Of ncckwear marked temptingly IRE
duced to nineteen cents" Is not nearl
ms desirable as the bit Of necSwea
on the regular counter marked TWEEN
ty-flve cents, and it will be niue
wiser to pass by the doubtful nine
teen-cent opportunity save up 81
cents more and make ones purchas
at the regular counter after one ha
had time to think it over. Tn min
cases out Of ten the final conclusio
will be that one really never needle
such bit Of uecl,wear at all and ca
very well do without IL