The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-08-06
OUT-OF-FASHION GARMENTS
WILL PLAY IMPORTANT PART
IN WAR TIME CONSERVATION
The Perplexing Problem of Fall and Winter
Garments for Women Who Want to Save and
What a Great Cloak and Suit Manufacture
Thinks and Suggests as the Best Way TO
Solve Ii.

A l.WOOL materials are scarce this year, os every one knows
~ Wool is scarce. The government has fixed She price OF wool
1 y and viii take what it needs for military equipment which
viii be a very large part of the total available supply. Desirable
woolcns will hc hard 10 find and whether w the bolt cor mad" "p
into suits and fail and winter coats, the prices viii b" high higher
than ever before IN the history of thi, country
Therefore the new fan and winter suit and tI" new tall and
winter coat form one of tho p%crplcSup problem, OF the woman
who finds il necessary 81, save to ucot new conditions and II
creased costs Ut living, and likewise ibc woman who can afford
TO buy new things at higher prices, but who really vi>nr. Goo
exercise real thrift aud thus du her part 100 the coumou cause cot
conservation Tor the winning col the war.
Here are the views ot 81 widely known manufacture of vom.
en- rcadyto-wcnr quits and coats, who paid a hrlct visit To- Ahu-
qucrquc recently and whose expression was given Joe the colrs of
a business convdrsatou. The manufacturer Wa not talking for
,ho,.5 ne ,r,,batl, would ,t ohi,,i Sine. bc sn .iu.cr, a,,,,.,t.
of strict conservation m iIc lNr OF me year available supply of
high priced fabrics.
This manufacturer called upon a vcl known Abuqnrpuc
merchant. Tie found the mcrrnan' working through d pile OF
winter coats of all wool materials.
What's ala his you have ncrc'' asked the manufactures.
I'm clcaninR up my whole stock of out ofdatc winter
coats, the merchant said. things THAT ha'" been carried over
from season to season. for several years and from invoice TO hr
ypic".
You're marking them ur then. said tc manufacturer
Its yor chance TO clean zap. an rght.
No. replied The merchant "I m marking them down"
what exclaimed tine manufacturer. and his expression
was one OF utter amalcmcul marking down broadcoth, ker
seys, y"Ionrs and allwooI mixtures: Why man. you're crazy.
Let see your pricings.'
"Tbc,c coa:s," defended the merchant. are dead stock.
The styles are off from two to four seasons we iuyoiced ont my
losses on them and had determined to clean them out at a single
"Wcl replied the manufactures, as bc ran through TIE
garments, that might have been sound bushes, in 1916 and even
in 1917, but i'm the fall and winter of 1918 il is au Unnecessary sac
ritce of your merchandise. In nearly every instance the goods
in these garment is worth more than the price You are putting
on them.
Let me tell You something, % ho continued. DO You know
that in the big towns back east, and boo some western towns where
I've been, far>ighted women who know what real thrift Is. have
been going INTO the big store. and demanding 10 bee shown Just
such outoi.t,la garments %. these YOUR proposing to sacrifice
mn and made over into skirt. tailored ,uit. or fa1 and ,lrT,r.r
garmcnts for children. They have found that they cam get goods
IN this way cheaper than they cam buy it Off the shelves. a. you
certainly know, you cannot replace, yard for yard, .th. NooIpus Dos
these pbNtN It fmn tTMU. fr which I ItTut.. In. soil .Hy