The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-08-13
THE CLOTHING AND SHOE SPECULATION

WHAT Is food specuatorH Why, everyone knows the
" answer-he is the man who buys commodities at the
lowest prices often getting foods at less prices than the
seller paid for them What is clothing and shoe specu-
latorP Why he /, an unknown individual Just now. but
he's getting ready to swoop down the clothing stores
and the shoe and buy the good, which are being
offered at such low prices
The clothing and shoe speculaor reads In the news
papers that he buy $50 suit for 5000 he expects to
call around today al the big and pick off the bar
gains the clothing to be laid away until next spring
Well why not1 Why overlook the advantagcs' offered
right in all the big store, down town. You can buy
pair of lowcut shoes for s. they worth So they'll
he worth sll next spring unlc" Mr.. Humble Citizen can
find way to hamstring the leather trust
take $50 today visit the leading shops for
men, and select outfit that will likely cost him $40 next
spring And yet talk about the high cost Of things to
wear.
isn't the high cost at all so far unreasonable goods
concerned And every knows that the low cut
shoe of today will not go out of style by next spring
And so far the clothing line i, concerned only the
asdous &c, caught by making purchases for the
early months Of 1918 OF styles will change. but
don't the medium priced suits OF this look good
deal like those last YEAR, Certainly they do.
While We arc aware that the designer will insist upon
bced jacket year and plain the next designer
earth work fast enough keep up with the thrifty
man who buys garments at the END OF a and
Judgment in picking standard clothing that won't get out
Of style
And suppose the styles do change b2 Isn't it worth
while half the cost, of the clothing bill by taking
advantage OF the misfortune of the clothing who is
forced to his goods account of the fact that
merchandise for the change OF is waiting to be
unpacked1
a IN WhO said that tbe IN
practice real thrift to buy the straw hat in the fall
and purchase coal in the spring While we're doing so
much talking about thrift and conservation it will be well
TO listen to the wisdom expressed by that man who looked
two seasons ahead
Look at the ads right You'll see that you can buy
good straw hat for 81 you'll pay three times that much
next spring for similar hat And only the expert can
tell the difference in style of the hats You can observe
in the clothing ads that values up to SIS be obtained
at $o9s, all because the for summer clothing is
nearing end
In a shoe ad few days ago it noted that summer
shoes could be bought half the value asked in early
May And so it goes
In the older countries where the people practice real
thrift you'll find buying summer suits in September
1t is one sure road to riches
The man who neglects 10 get into hi, game where h,
can become clothing speculator and shoe speculaor
hrowng money away barring only the Of those few
who have unlimited resource. and can follow the style
| regardless Of the prices,
he clothing 'pecuator; be a shoe specuator You'll
hnd that your bank account grows by the process Ant
you'll give direct aid to every legitimate line Of business
When those Usage were selected for mtar,
service they had chance to claim exemptions on account
of having dependents They the only people in th,
world having per capita incomes