The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1919-12-31

Underwear, 1914. $3.50 to IS;
1919. $40 and up.
Silk bloomers, 1914, $3.50 a pair;
1919, $3.50 a pair.
Undervest, 1914. 81 to $3.50;
1919. $3.50 to 81.
Petticoat (silk), 1914, 81 to IS;
1919, $12 to $13.
Waist (georgette), 1914, $40 to
SIS; 1919, $25 and up.
Suit (woolen), 1914, $75; 1919,
$50 and up.
Hat, 1914, IS; 1919, s25 and up.
Fur neckpiece. 1914, s35 to $50;
1919, $3.50 and up.
Nun, 1914, $50; 1919, 800 and
up.
Gloves. 1914. $3.50; 1919, 81.
Total. 1914, $193.75 to $217;
1919, $476 to $4S6 and up.
The foregoing applies to what the
shopkeepers regard as a moderate"
wardrobe. Serges, formerly the
cheapest and most common dress
material and which, before the war,
could be bought for 81 to $1.25 a
yard, are now retailing at 81 to IS
for the same quality. Velveteens,
another popular dress material,
could be bought five years ago for
81 and $1.25 yard and now are
bringing $3.50 to $3.50. The biggest
advances, dealers say, have been
in cotton and wool and not so much
III silk. Babies buckskin shoes
which normally sold at $3.50 are
now priced at 81 to 50 q pair.
Many women of means, the re-
tailers say, are paying as much as
$3.50 and up for pair of silk stock
ings but these are beaded with pearls
and are decorated with fine hand
embroidery The public demand for
furs, in spite of the advance of so
to rs per cent since spring, dealers
say. is so per cent greater this win
ter than last season. Fur coats cost
ing many thousands of dollars are
more in evidence than ever before in
New York.
An artist for New York fashion
paper recently sketched coat, suit
and dress at local factory, the
combined wholesale price of which
was 1915. The coat, coarse wool
fabric. was marked 1915, the geor-
gette dress at 1915 and the suit at
$325. Here were three garments,
which, sold at retail, would cost the
buyer at least $500, it was said.
Such instances in Fifth avenue shops
of how the high-cost -of-living has
hit the rich are by no means rare.
One window displays a rose white
blouse for $500.
"'Untold millions are being in
vested in furs this year by American
women" said J. w. Argenbright, a
Brooklyn importer, "and the demand
is less exclusive and more wide
spread than ever before, showing
that prosperity is general. Coats
costing from $4,000 to $S5,000 are
uncommon but they are being
bought.
America is not only importing
the finest Russian sables but is pro-
ducing the best specimens Of the
black and silver fox, mink, seal, OF
ter, beaver. fisher, wolverine, bear,
lynx, badger, skunk, raccoon and
muskrat. All these and many 9TH
ers, in hundreds of varieties, from
the richest and costliest to the mod
erately priced are domestic pro-
ducts"
Reports that wealthy Americans
had representatives abroad buying
up so-called royal furs were dis
missed as nonsensical by Mr.. Argen-
bright. For rs years, he said, there
had been no such thing as "crown"
sables. Ermine also is less popular
than ever in the history Of the trade.
"It is an old and mistaken idea,"
he said, "that the finest Russian
sables are not shipped outside of
that market, these skins being sup
posed to be the former crown Rus
sian sables. In former years, when
sables were not so expensive, natives
in the interior used to pay their
taxes with pelts. In those days the
enterprising fur collector had not
penetrated the wilds Of the Siberian
forests. 1t was the custom OF the
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