New-York tribune., 1919-08-03

the price the easier is +, O.,
those who have money 70 draw h,y
ines OF dcmarcation between the.
selves and the crowd. says The rns.
don Daily Mail"
During tho war - was not als.y,
possible 20 distinguish the man q,
woman of wealth from the res. ~ ,bs
busy world. To-day the costumsr
glovcmakers. bootmakors. jcveNer.
florists and motorcar havc b-oagbt
back to Nine Midas the long soorh.
opportunity Of showing the length -
her purse Her little summer 'roek.,
her parasol. her glove and Shoes are
now no, only irreproachablc ba, una
tainable by the lesser norlo"
The Mail" goes on with some sx-
amples of how the war profteor.
spend their money. Everything -.
day must he very new or very old. 4.
says
Not TOO old there ls 70 rrce, c.r
for Roman and Greek antiquities ba,
just old enough TO be quantity an
ccstral' The very newest fh'ngs A..
probably the Belfast linen. straigh,
from our own looms A mans linen
handkerchiefs are valued in one BOND
Street shop at sS 3s the dozen 81 Sd
for plain square of fnc cambric Az
these and many other pre- Is ihings
have been made since the government
released tho looms on April !
But il is not handkerchicfs ard
pretty things for use FOR which tho
newly rich are writing BIZ chequo.
They have discovered the Joys o.
beautiful blooms. fresh cur from ,h.
most expensive nurseries and gass-
houses f5 5s. for an orcnid bloom.
luscious fruit carefully forced ari
picked for he London market - for
d peach. Price here counts for moth.
ing.
These things are ordered and Pad
for IN the monthly account. perhaps
with little gasp Of aston. shnenf a.
the size OF the bill but with the GER
tainty that they are the r eht hing
and the house or dinner table would
be incomplete without them A
hundred pounds for flowers anu
$50 for fruit h'm. yes. but it w@s
worth 1.-THE show vent OF rcmsri-
ably well, and even Mrs So-and SO ~ss
complimentary
The Bond Street caterers are de-
lighted with their new oierts. Their
French chefs are back from ,he war;
and Jean or jacques has los' nothing
Of his cunning during the time he has
been catering for hoadqasrters mes.
Rather he has added somcth ng 20 ~
knowledge and rcsourccfulness So no
dinner ia ordered and cooked and
served, and the bill goes ia Wi'h 70
apology al all for it's size The newly
rich know that everything is W "a
price and hard TO get. and such ski.l
must be well and promptly paid fof 4
the success is to be repeated
There is no lack of diamonds ard
fine stones for those who have me
money to buy The old families srs
selling and the new are buying Here
they lie In sparkling array the her-
looms - At great family. sold by or
der Of the court Who with a swollen
bank balance cou refuse s. GEO for
that wonderful spray with its big
centre stone. or SAY mo- 20 ths' SQUARE.
cut emerald with IT, depths of purest
green Pearls are for the connoisseuf,
but well-cut stone tells its own story
20 the woman Of wealth
Second only to the possessio. Of
fine wardrobe Is the smart motorcar
as hallmark of newly acquired
wealth"
Showing how prices have gone On
since 1914, The Mail" compares
prices at the summer sales ~ the
big shops in 1914 with those = this
year, remarking that the sales price
Of 1914 were at least % per cent he
low current prices for that year.
The NAL" says
Comparing advertised sale prices
u 1914 with present prices and r.
strictlng the comparison 10 the SANE
article bought az the same shop, ws
have the following: