The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-04-22
OVERALL CLUBS
STARTED in STATE
Mitchell, Yankton and Sioux Falls
Join the 0yeralls Gang

Mitchell, S. d., April 20.-Bib over
alls adorned the person of DIR. w. ID.
Schemmerhorn president of Dakota
Wesleyan University here this morn
ing when several male faculty mem
bers headed the first public parade of
the Campus Overall parade of the
100 members of the student body.
Dean M. J.. Holmes, a former chap
lain of the Rainbow division, appear
ed at the morning session in a swag-
ger outfit Of denim of a pronounced
bed ticking stripe.
Despite the cold damp air, many of
the students wore their uniforms, old
and new, over abbreviated summer
underwear rather than to permit the
extravaganza of an inner laying of
warm trousers, it was said.
Sioux Falls Wearing EN-
Sioux Falls, S. D., April 2O.-About
ESQ adults here have pledged them
selves to wear overalls at all times
except when "in bed and attending
| church, A fine of S. has been fix
ed for any member of the club violat-
ing the pledge
A school club being organized has
enrolled 200 children and the member
ship is said to be increasing rapidly.
A fine of 25 cents a day must be paid
by any member of this club not keep
ing the pledge to wear Jeans" at all
times. School girls have adopted
bingham dresses for class rooms.
YanktOn Has a Club
Yankton, April 20.-Overall clubs
are making their appearance here.
One being organized at an industrial
concern has so members pledged to
wear denim at all times for a period
of three months. A club organized
among the schools has about 100 en-
rolled including many girls who are
wearing bingham aprons. A rule has
been adopted by the boys prohibiting
The wearing of silk shirts with the
overalls.
Sell at $3.50 Per Pair
Newark, N. j., April 20.-Overalls
at $3.50 a,pair is the latest quota
ton in thu nations war on high priced
clothing.
The following newspaper advertise
ment, inserted by a local merchant
appeared today:
Substantial overalls in fashionable
one-piece models made of strong ser
| yiceable material suitable alike for
dress, for office work, for bricklaying,
for banking, boiler making, book
keeping, fishing, school, gardening.
Lanquets, church and the theatre
They are priced as follows:
"Plain overalls. $2.25 to $3.50; ov-
| erals with belts from S10.25 to $40;
oyeralls with Rhinestone bucklesS AZ
% to $43.5O.
New YORK PIanS Garaue
New York, April 2O.-Headquarters
for the organization of a mammoth ov-
e.all organization which will invade
the clothing manufacturers district
| Saturday we're opened today by the
cheese club, local leaders of the back
to-overalls movement. 1t was an
nounced that persons who preferred
TO wear patched clothing instead OF
committing the extravaganza OF
buying new overalls would be well
come in the line of march.
Fancy as well as plain ovcralls will
appear. On firm inserted advertise
ments in newspapers today Offering
dc nims custom tailored in stylish
spring and summer models" at $40
and denim tuxedos for evening wear
1T $3.50. 1t also appears "modish
evening, wedding and afternoon gowns
of calico" and ginghams at SIS.
Detroit, Mich. April Gone thou
sand stenographers, bookkeepers. and
other office workers have rebelled
Against high prices and pledged them
selves not OF exceed these maximum
prices:
Hats and shoes $40; suits and coats
$50; dresses, $35; hosiery $3.50: and
gloves $500,