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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-14

POTRZEBA doSwiadczonych do pra
sowania koszul recznie. Staia pra-
ca. Dobra zapiata. 0lsons Hand
Laundry. 1929 N. Wells ul. IA
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PRACA.

POTRZEBA wykonczarzy, spray
hands coaters' i patches. sDobra "a
plata. staia praca. Zgiosic sic 1918
Clybourn ave. IA
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-14

DOBRZE sic o~placajaca %piekarnia
ma J6zafatowie ola Polaka, tanio ma
~sprzedaz. Prose- sic zglosic do Wa
leryana .Kordi. 2153 Southport av.
Telefon Diversey 9497. Is
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-14

POTRZEBA kobiet W fabryce mebh
W departamencie wykonczania i ia
picerowania. doswiadczenie ME po-
trzebne, dobra zaplata. Staia pra-
ca. Chicago Mission Furniture Co.,
1919 ClYbourn ave. IA
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-14

POTRZEBA doswiadczonych ma
szyniarek ma suknie l spodnice. MOI
ma zarobiG $24 1 wy&ej. 1o49 North
Ashland ave., 1sze pietro, z tylu. -
KlimasZewski. 10
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fanny
Fanny

Przesz}o 1000 rodzin polskich INA
lazio zdrowie, szczescie | majatki na
Farmach W powiatach Clark i Tay-
lor W srodkowym Wisconsin, W o.
kolicy LUBLINA. To samo wy
motecie dopiac z malym kapitaiem.
FARMA 40 ARROW najlepszej car
nei ziemi, iblisko miasta, szkoly 1
kosciola polskiego, kosztuje 800 do
Iar6w; Iotrzeba 200 got6wka.
reszta ma diugie lata spiaty.
Pc ma2y 1 opisy piszcie do wlasci
cicli.
NJ. DURSKI LAND CO..
.LUBIJN WIS.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-14

POTRZEBA kucharki ma dzieh -
godziny cd 6 do 4 1 kucharke ma
noe. Godziny cd 4 do IL 1 2 kobietv
d. mycia naczyh. 8 godzin dzien-
ME. Kranz, 1114 Bryn- Mawr ave.
II
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-14
PRACA.

Meaezyzn potrzeba do piracy W stat
nj I w~ewnetrznej piracy. Zgiosit sic
zaraz. Liberty Dairy Product Co.,
847-53 N. California ave.. blisko
Iowa ul. ID
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-14

POTRZEBUJEMY 10 OPERATE.
REX Ma MASZYNIE PREY DOMO.
WYCH SUKNIACH. STAHA PRACA
PRZEZ CAhY ROK. ZGLOSIC SIZE
HARAZ A. NEITHER, 1O58-58 No.
WOOD UL. 10
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METROPOLITAN BAY co.

FAMILIPNY dom must bye sprzeda
ny bardzo tanio, dwu pietrewy. \
Cieslik, 1922 s. Troy ul. Rockwell
1881. 10
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1919-04-14

POTRZEBA doswiadczonych opera
torek do rozmaitej roboty PREY ka-
mizelkach. takze dziewczat do ro-
bienia dziurek i do szycia recent"
prey rdzmaitej robocie. Anderson
and Sander Co.. 1900 N. Francisco
ave 10
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PRACA.

POTRZEBA krawca do reperacyi i
do pomocy PREY surdutach. stala
praca / chlopca do nauki fachu. -
Z:losic sic zaraz. 1929 Milwau!-9e
ave. 10
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ASYSTENTA PREY BfIAWAT-
NYOH TOWARACH.

MUsJ Bye DoSWIADczONY PRIV
IOKCIoWYCH ToNARACH. Do
sKONALA SPosoBNost Ola on.
PoN1EDNIEGo. ZGIDSIC SIZE DO
OFISU SUPERINTENDENT.
WIEBOLDTS,
MILWAUKEE Az. ROC PAULINH.
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MA SPRZEDAZ a fletowy frame bu
dynek ,rentu SIS. Cena $500. -
Latwe warunki. ZglosiG sic do DR..
Applegate. d~entysta, 2722 w. North
ave. Telefon Humboldt 321S. II
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
General Merchandise

ARDMORE. Okls-H Baum. dry goods.
1850 Broadway. room 1915
BALTIMORE--Rouse Hemp pstoae & Co J:
F. Gourley, shirts. overalls. underwear =.
white goods, fancy knit goods and sweaf p
ers; Pennsylvania.
BARNESBORC. Penn. Luxcnbere
Company; L. Gutenberg. eweiry: Pennsyl-
vana.
BosTON-A. Levy, generalmerchandise
Herald Square
BRIsToL Tenn. Hendirck. General
merchandise; Pennsylvania.
DAYTON, Ohio-T. Barlow. general mer-
chandise: Pennsylvania.
GAINESVILLE, Texas-A league, gen
eral merchandise; Aberdeen.
KINGSTON: n. y. Oppnheimer, gen
" M1NNEAPoLIs, Minn.0Powers MINI Po~srs Merea,-
tile Co; c W. Warnock merchandise
manager. dry goods; West Thirty-sev-
enth Street.
NASHVILLE Tenn.--Lebick Bros: Lou
Lebfck, merchandise manager; 1861 Broad
WAY and Grand and Mercer Streets
PIIlLADELPHIA-N Snellenburr q CO
r. B. Ransohoh, wholesale dry goods. l2sl
Broadway; McAlpin.
PiTTSBuRGH-W " iliam Wciner Co.
Grand.
PITTsBuRGH H. Graham. general
PITTsBURGH-McCreery & Co.; Miss c
H Nelson. representing, dry goods: 2s East
Twenty-sixth Street
SCRANTON. PENN. T. Weir, genera
merchandise; Grand.
SPOKANE, Wash - Culbertson, Grot-,
Rankin Co.; J. s Heintzelpan. genera
YOUNGSTO w ~ Ohio-H Goldstoin.
merchandise, Park Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
Miscellaneous

ALTOONA, Pa.--H. Schweitzer Co: H
Schweitzer. representative. Colllngwood
RALTIMORE-H Goldberg Co. L
Goldberg. mems and wo,nen's wear. York
BUFFALO-W. Hengerer Co. g "
Benzow, TOYS sporting goods and trunks
West Thirty seventh Street
BUFFALO-Mitchei Parker & Brown
Co.. p. Barthotomy. draperies. upholstery
etc; Commodore
Blair interior decorations ana draperies
Commodore
HENDERSON. N Y.-p. sweyer, dry
goods and general merchandise, Herald
Square
Los ANGELEs-Rrock Co: q. A.
Brock. iewelry. chinaware. glassware and
lamps Pennsylvania
OH CITY. Pa.-The Barber Co. Mt
Barber. drugs: Pennsylvania
PIII.ADELPHiA - G n b g Bros g..
broadway and Thirty second Street. g.
Z. Dunn. art needlcworl1 ana artistic no
teriais
PIyTsRURGH- Krieger. wall paper.
etc. Herald Square.
Mason Jobs oil and grease. Pennsylvania.
PITTSBURGH HI. G.. Knocpp; l.. q.
Knocpp, wholesale notions. Pennsylvanie.
SCRANTO M f.. Wallace & Bros Co.
f. Williams. baker supplies Grand
ST. LoUIS-B. Johnston. general line
Holland House
ST. LOUlS-M Shaughnessy Co: ".
shaughnessv. representative. Pennsylvania.
WI. X ESBABKE, Pa, b. Shuran. gen
ersl line; Holland House
WILMtNGTON. N &C, c. Covingtcn
Co: {. Z. Covington. repre- resentatfve; Tenn
sylvania.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
Silks
Business in Silk Goods
Unusually Heauy for
Easter Weeb,

Buying Of manufactured silks for
immediate delivery yesterday was sup
plemented by large orders for fall fab
RIGS. A number of the selling agents
declared that spot business has been
unusually good, far in excess of that
ordinarily done In Easter week, when
buyers are accustomed to staying at
home. Goods were purchased for de
livery during the remainder of the
current month as we'll as throughout
the month of May. Some OF the lead -
ing concerns stated that orders for
prompt shipment run 80 per cent ahead
Of those placed in the corresp sponding
period of last year. High colored dress
and metal brocaded weaves for use at
social functions this fall attracted the
attention Of buyers The goods are sold
from sample. Some of the brocaded
materials command as high as $40 a
yard at wholesale. The early and large
demand is attributed to the certain be-
lief that social festivities will be in
dulged in on broad scale the coming
autumn
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
Textiles
WooIleu Agents Expect
Selling Season for Fail
Goods viii Be Pro-
lOuged

Although July 1 usually marks the
end of the season for producing fall
goods at the woollen mills, agents for
several leading concerns have expressed
the opinion that 1t will be necessary
for the mills to operate on fall fabrics
after that date to take care Of the de-
mand that exists al present
These selling agents say that cloth
ing manufacturers overeStlmated the
amount of goods that could be turned
out and proceeded early IN the ian
selling season on the assumption that
goods would be plentiful. Recent
events in the market, such AS the cut
ting down the orders indicate that a
scarcity will develop and selling agents
expect fresh influx of orders soon.
The chief reason for the expected
shortage is the fact that the mills
which usually begin the weaving of fall
fabrics in December did not begin oper-
ations this year until late in February
and in some cases not until March. To
make up for the period of non-produc
tion at the beginning of the season, the
selling agents say it is logical for the
mills back of them to continue pro-
ducing fall goods on into August.
Deliveries OF fall goods viii be later
than usual and this may delay the
showing of samples for spring, 1920,
which usually would start in about the
middle of July.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
.Jewelrv
Heory Buying of Jcmels
and Siluerrcare for June
Wedding Gifts

Business has reached the stage in
the jewelry industry where manufact-
urers have been forced to refuse or
ders, or to accept them only with the
understanding that delivery cannot be
made for some months. Sales are
limited only by the quantity of ma
terial available and the speed at which
the curtailed working forces can turn
out the orders.
Diamond dealers declare that retail
ers are buying up the offerings as
quickly as they appear in the mar
ket. They say that the demand is
far in excess of the supply, and that
prices have to be revised upward every
day.
With the big volume of business al
ready in hand manufacturers are an
ticipating an unusual call for the lines
of jewelry and silverwear that are
in demand for June Weddings Sill
verware manufacturers have been ex-
ceptonally busy for several months
past filing orders that resulted
through the many weddings that
marked the return of our soldiers from
France
Thousands Of soldiers who were
married before leaving for the battle
front also have established homes Of
their own since their return, and this
meant boom FOR the silverware con-
Germs. Silversmiths report that the
shortage Of labor in their business is
not as severe as in other branches Of
the jewelry industry, and that condi-
tlons are improving daily.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18

Dyes Slump in Japan
Bankers Reported Cautious in
Extending Credits 10 Dealers

The japanese market for dycstuFs
has been stagnent ever since the sign
ing of the armistlcc. according to the
report of George II. Scidmorc, Amori-
can Consul General at Yokohama Mr.
Scldmore quotes the Japan Chronicle'
to the effect that transactions in dye
stuffs are confined to few local or
ders, and consumers are reported to
be endeavoring to cancel contracts al
ready made. Japan, it is said, does
not look for keen competition from
American manufacturers in her home
markets, but bankers are said to be
extremely cautious in extending
credits to Japanese dye merchants,
some of whose security has not been
sound enough to save them from bank
ruptcy.
Since the armistice yellow dyes have
suffered remarkable Decline Quota
lions per 100 kin G32.27 pounds) have
fallen recently to 1,2O0 yen (S59S),
whereas they were as high as 4.2O0
yen (S2,094) during the war. Black
dyes, however, have shown less de-
cline, the market price falling from 40
yen lS234) per 100 kin to $50 yen
($ll5).
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
Piece Goods

RALTIMORE-H. Goldstein, piece goods
RosTON-wiliam Levy; j. J. Herne.
cotton piece goods; Imperial.
BOsTON-C. Baker Co: c. Baker, man
ufacturers cIothing: 7 waverley Place.
Holt, blankets linens. white goods; 1os
ciIicAGo Arhin & Rose; H. Rose
manufacturers clothing: Pennsylvania
CNlCAGo-Charlton CO.. c. p. Anthony
tions McAlpin
cHlcAGo - schin. weinstock & Ksut-
FALL. RIVER. Mass-.i Mcnard, dry
goods. Rrcsliu
NEW HAVEN. Conn. r A. corbin.
PHiLADELPHrA-I. refnb.rs & Co;
! feinberg. manufacturers skirts; Cum
PH1LADELPHIA-w aits,nan & Son; NJ.
Waitsnlan. manufacturers boys clothing
PHlLADELPHrA-Trio Waist Co: II.
Thirty second Street.
pHlLADELPHIA-s -strawbridge & Clo-
thier. J. w. Powers linens; ESQ Fifth
ROCHESTER, N. y.-M. Nushaum. dry
goods, Continental
sEATTLE. Wash acDougan 3 south
Innings. laces, trimmings and cmbroideries;
care W. r. Knott. IS East Twenty sixth
TROY. n. Y.-c. Lamb. dry goods
sPRlNGFtni.p. Mass-Forbes 8 Wal
lace; ~ Alexander. domestcs. hannels.
blankets, upholstery. linens md white
SYRACUSE. n. y-syracuse Dry Goods
Co. J. l.. Scely. domestics. 10 West Thirty
fourth street,
Co. p W. Kincaid. mfrs. clothing; AIS
FOURTH Avenue. yoom 2ooI
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
Higher Grade Cotton
Goods Sell Readily
Converters and Dress Goods
Manufacturers Not Restrained
bv Higher Prices

Buying of unbleached cottons made
Of the coarser yarns abated somewhat
yesterday, the recent advances III prices
having apparently acted as check
rein. But the higher grades OF un-
bleached goods, fine lawns, organdies,
voiles and fabrics made of silk and
cotton were sold in large way to con-
verters and the dress goods trades at
increased prices. 1t was reported that
the New Bedford mills, the principal
producers of these goods, have accepted
orders calling for delivery as far ahead
as next October. The mill agents con-
1inued to book large orders for col
ored fabrics, and many of the mer-
chants stated that the trade had per
manently passed to surer ground
Jobbers, garment manufacturers and
exporters seemed to be operating with
more confidence in the stability Of
prices, the movement also being helped
by indications that production has been
held down by labor troubles at the
mills.
In the bleached goods section of the
market jobbers and garment manufact-
urers placed large orders for cambrics
and muslins. 1t was stated that the
mills were averse to taking orders call
ing for shipments beyond July 1 next.
Southern shirtings were advanced 12
cent yard. Export business was re-
ported to be coming along at better
pace.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
BUSINESS NEWS BUREAU,
Tribune Building
154 Nassau Street
Japanese Inspecting
Our Textile Machinery
Inability of England to Make
Quick Delivery Brings Far
fasteners Here
Business Netrs Surcdn
Snrr,cI Cofrcsnoricncs

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April IL
The opening of new field for Ameri-
can business is indicated by the visit to
Massachusetts cotton mills of five tex
tile engineers representing the Keneg-
fuchi Spinning Company of Japan.
They are examining textile machinery,
cotton spinning, silk weaving and tn
ishing, with view to placing extcn-
sive orders.
According to Charles H. Taylor, cx-
port sales manager of CASTOR. Williams
& Wigmore. of New York, who Is con-
Quoting the party, approximately 75
per cent OF Japan's textile machinery
was made in England before the war.
But as the English companies cannot
make deliveries speedily enough TO pro
vide for the rapid growth of the Japan
csc concerns business, the Far East is
turning to this country to fill the de
mand. Rises in the cost Of labor and
other developments abroad are giving
the American manufacturers the op-
portunity to compete with English
firms on more favorable basis. Con-
Germs here are able to offer better de
liveries, which is an important factor
with the buyers.
The delegation consists of X. kabori,
S. Saibuya. A. Sirai and Y. Orto
After leaving the United States they
will visit England before placing or
ders
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
TO Rebuild Antwerp Plant
Bell Telephone Co. Ships Nee
essary Electrical Eauipsnent

Ten carloads Of machinery and cleo
trical equipment have been shipped to
Antwerp by the American Bell Tele-
phone Company for the rebuilding of
the Bell plant at Antwerp. This plant
was stripped of its equipment by the
Germans during their occupation of the
Belgian city and hardly a wire re-
mained in place when they left
The work Of reconstruction will be-
gin at once and it is expected that the
plant will again be ready for occupa-
ton in six months. Preparations for
resuming work in the American plant
have been going on for over year.
AS soon as word was received that the
Germans were removing and DESTROY
ing machinery and equipment, the Bell
interests in this country began as
semblying the exact duplicates or all
the machines located in the Antwerp
plant. These were shipped across the
Atlantic at the first opportunity, so
that operations could be resumed with
the least possible loss of time.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
Leather
CIore Output This Year
Is Being CurtaiIed by
Sheepskin Shortnge

'iove manufacturers declare that
the shortage of raw material has be-
come so serious that higher prices are
inevitable when next falls lines are
placed upon the market. This short
age of sheepskins and goatskins is
World wide in scope, affecting the
french manufacturers just as much as
those in this country 1t is predicted
that the output of the Gloversville
manufacturers will be smaller this
year than in some time past.
Shoe manufacturers also have felt
the scarcity Of these feathers. and it i,
reported that in some cases they have
been buying leather from the glove
makers and glove leather dressers at
prices that net the latter the same
profit they would have made through
the sale of finished gloves.
Importers declare that it is almost
impossible for the French manufact-
urers to get sufficient glove leather to
meet normal requirements. With
movement on foot for the conserva-
ton of cattle so that stocks decimated
by the war may be replaced, manu-
facturers handling glove leather do not
look for the supply to increase in the
near future
It is expected that fall prices on
imported gloves will be from s1.5O to
50 dozen pairs higher than in 1918.
In commenting on the shortage of i'm
ported gloves in this country one large
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
Chemicals
SfICfIElCdlS
Couernment Seeking Bids
on Glacial Acetic Acid
and Unused Drums

Bids were asked yesterday by the
United States government on quanti-
ties Of glacial acetic acid, an important
industrial chemical Its stocks are
offered in barrels and carboys, the
amount being estimated at 100000
pounds.
One bid was made for large guam
tity at slightly under 10 cents pound.
It was reported that the Du Pont
Chemical Company is Offering this
chemical at 1925 cents pound, E. o. b.
Philadc lphia, while the Grasselli Chem
zeal Company IS quoting 1925 cents II
pound (. 0. b. Ncw York, barrels in
cluGod
Five hundred tons Of soda ash were
offered for sale by distiller Tho
product was offered packed in barrels
for export. Soda ash was weak, quota
tons being ut around Sl.60 per hun
drod
There wss greater inquiry for
cauatic soda and sulpnuric acld for ex-
por', the latter being in demand by
South American consumers.
Chemical dealers yesterday received
requests from the government for bids
on 900 drums of b5- gallon capacity
and J, 900 drums Or 10 gallon capacity.
The drums offered for sale have never
been used and arc located at various
points in the East
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
Rubber
4rrirols of Crude Rubber
Continue Heavy, With
buyers HOLDING Of

heavy arrivals of crude rubber IN
'nls country during the last six weeks
or so have put damper on buying
oy rubber goods manufacturers. Sew
eral days ago there was a slight stimu-
.as .atlon to the buying situation. but YES
.eluay the only activity in the market
was speculative. N0'
r.. shipments of crude rubber to the
IN Ini'ea states continue to keep up to
snr snp,a fecord d established in March, and
some sons, dealers hold the opinion that
Aprli ARRIVALS will exceed those Of Ia at
month. no,no, Normally 10000 to $4,000 tons
represent at a months arrivals here. but
o0o IN March the receipts totalled over 2se
4po tp'' TONS. S While receipts in this coun-
Try have been heavy, importers sav
mat production at the plantations Is
being curtailed as agreed upon bv ~
4wners tba Tfs last last year. In January, 1915,
cne cne plantations produced, thew sav, 90,
69O 63O tons of crude. compared with 81 81
zoo tons in the corresponding month
OF 1913. For August last the nroduc-
tion figures show $4,000 tons aea;nst
$4,000 tons in August, 1917. N'''''
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
Expects Germans Will
Buy American Furs
Dealer Says They Will Buy Di-
rect Instead of Ordering
7hro,lri, London

Germany Will be one of the largest
purchasers of American furs as soon
peace is declared, in the opinion of
George B. Herzig, Of George B. Herzig
e. Company.
During the war he said, there
were relatively few furs imported into
Germany, and that country itself is not
large producer of skins. The avail
able supply there must be small and
in the past the Germans have worn
furs more generally than even the
British, or the French. | understand
that Germany is importing furs from
Russia even now by way of Copen-
hagen, the furs being sent from Russia
to Denmark and thera transhipped into
Germany.
'"rhe staple American furs such as
muskrat, skunk, opossum and mink had
q great vogue in Germany before the
war. but in those days they were pur-
chased largely at the London fur auc-
tions. | believe that now the Germans
will buy direct from American dealers"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
ti,.s
v. II. Bacon Elected Pres
ident of Local Fur Auc-
ton Organization

n. II. Bacon, recently American and
Canadian purchasing agent for al sup
plies outside Of munitions for the
French government, has been elected
president of the New York Fur Auc-
ton Sales Corporation. He succeeds
Charles S. Porter, chairman of the
board of directors. who has been presi-
dent of the corporation since its estab-
lishment a few years ago
For fifteen years Mr. Bacon was
fur trade commissioner for the Hud-
son Bay Company, and in that capacity
became widely known among the fur
men in this country and abroad He
is now abroad on business connected
with the fur corporations affairs.
William Iobcl is retained as man
agei for the corporation, and other
officers remain the same.
II was announced yesterday that the
noNt New York fur sale Will be held
on October 13. The last day for the
receipt of SHIPMENTS is September 80.
November 10 will be prompt day for
the purchasers at tie auction.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
Metals
Price of Copper Reduced
Slightly; Extension OF
Tin Embarg0 LikeIv

Copper was reduced in price yester-
day, being offered by the large selling
interests at 154 and 1855 cents a
pound. On the New York Metal Ex-
change bids for the metal were made
at 10 cents, and 15is cents for the early
delivery.
The lead market continued dull and
unchanged. Spelter was fraction
lower III price for New York delivery
The London market was unchanged
The New York Metal Exchange will
be closed to-day and tomorrow.
1t was reported among tin dealers
yesterday that the restrictions on the
importation of the metal may remain
in force even after the stocks in the
hands of the tin committee have been
disposed of This action may be taken,
it was said, so that consumers. who
have bought supplies at 72ls cents a
pound, the present price, may use them
up before TIE lifting of the import re-
strictions reduces the price
New-York tribune., 1919-04-18
shiny Toppers'' Coming
Back in England
FnsiprsS .Ncne Prrrom
,Encc,nl CnrrccrnnH.ncr

LONDON, April 5.-Thcrc las
been q remarkable revival in silk
hating in Denton and one firm is
sending away hundreds of dozens of
"shiny toppers' 10 the Continent
and to home merchants.
The same activity is reported at
Radcliffe and Ogden's.
The demand is phenomena! and
entirely unexpected and the reason
for il was adduced by the represent
atiVc of a leading firm as follows:
Racing is to have big revival
this year. Every man means to go
into Tattersall's we'll groomed and
perfectly dressed and then the
peace celebrations viii mean numer-
Gus full dress functions. Another
reason is officers coming home in
clude topper in their postwar
wardrobe
"W hatevcr may be said against
the silk hat. and it has endured rid
icule and jest for many years, it is
still and Will be the outward symbol
Of man of mark
The difficulty which silk hat max
ers experience is not so much the
scarcity of plush and shellac as the
scarcity Of labor. Silk hating is
trade, entirely its own, and a man
is compelled by the rules Of the
union to serve seven years apprcn-
ticcship.
II the present boom continues the
manufacturers will be faced with a
stern labor problem, for there are
few silk hatters left, and these are
men who have grown gray in their
trade and have been loyal to their
craft through life.