Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-29
PRICE LADIES
CLOTHING SCARS
Biggest Advances Have Occurred In
Cotton And Wool, The Dealers
Say.
Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 29-Ihe mother
of an 18-year-old New York girl who
for several years has kept an account
drobe, in a letter to local newspa-
per, recently complained about the
present prices of clothing, shoes, glo-
yes, hats, cts.
Serges, formerly the cheapest and
most common dress material and
which, before the war, could be bought
for 81 to $1.25 yard, are now retail
ing at 81 to SIS for the same quality.
Velveteens, another popular dress ma
terial, 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 in
silk. Babies buckskin shoes which
normally sold at $3.50 are now priced
at 81 to SO pair.
Many women of means, the retail
ers say, are paying as much as $3.50
and up for a pair of silk stockings 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 Is per cent
since Spring dealers say. is fifty per
cent greater this winter than last sea-
son. Fur coats costing many thous-
ands of dollars are more in evidence
than ever before in New York.
An artist for a New York fashion
and dress at local factory, the COM
bined wholesale price of which was
1915. The coat, a course wool fabric,
was marked 1915, the georgette dress
at $275 and the suit at 1926. 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 invested
in furs this year by American women y
said j. w. Argenbright, aBrooklyn
importer, "and the demand is less
exclusive an dmo1e widespread than
ever before, showing that prosperity
is general Coats costing from $5G, 900
to 5000 are uncommon but they are
being bought.
"America is not only importing the
finest Russian sables and silver fox,
mink, seal, otter, beaver, fisher, VOL
VERNE, bear, lynx, badger, skunk, rae
coon and muskrat. All these and
many others, in hundreds of varieties,
from the richest and costliest to the
moderately priced are domestic pro
Ducts
Reports that wealthy Americans
had representatives abroad buying uI
so-called royal" furs were dismissed
as nonsensical by Mr.. Argenbright
For rs years, he said, there had beer
no such thing as Grown sables. Err
mine also is less popular than ever In
the history of the trade.
"It is an old and mistaken idea, che
said, "that the finest Russian sables
are not shipped outside of that market
these skins being supposed to be the
former Crown Russian sables. In for.
mer years, when Russian sables were
not so expensive, natives in the IN
terror used to pay their taxes with
pelts. In those days the enterprisine
fur collector had not penetrated the
wilds of the Siberian forests. 1t wa:
the custom of the trappers to dispose
of their seasons catch to the Russian
government but since sables have be
come so much in demand and the
prices are so high, the natives have
found they can do much better selling
directly to the collectors who come
from all parts of America and Eu
rope"