Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-16
New York Cheese Club to
Don Them-Women Plan
to Fight H. C. |.

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New York.
! The advance matter said today's
promenade would arrest Broadway
| startled eye at about the hour thal
the us.dnee crowds begin to gamer.
The prmenaders planned to fortlfy
themselves first with luncheon az
the National Vaudeville Artists CLUB
| A grand rally and overall parade as
promised at later day. 49,,
Boy students at the Jamaica Hlgn
School adopted khaki as their stanu
ard costume at a rally yesteruas,
They will seek to avoid profteerinS
in khaki by cooperative buying.
Overall. supplants "Pinchback."
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, April 16:-Ihe
Iiowly overall today supplanted inc
''pinchback'' in Birmingham. A..
Rainy weather, which sometimes as
jheartens the crusader and blights many
an important event, served only 70 1or-
tify the wavering intentions OF those
who had resolved ito see what the otner
fellow did, before they donned denim
themselves. AS a result the pledge 70
put 'em on today was universally kept.
I Scores of men wore jeans under !heir
raincoats on the way to work and later
when the sun appeared they poured into
the streets in their new costumes.
City commissioners functioneo IN
denim, judges applied the law in the
same uniform. bankers. doctors, lawyers
and merchants wore their overails WIN
an assurance which could nave peeh
acquired only after long practice before
! the mirror Democracy was rampant as
men in all walks of life mingled ana
cheered one another on in the fight
against the high cost OF clothing.
! Women Organize mt Home.
| The women had quietly organized
at home. Toward noon many appeared
in dresses of calico and Bingham ana
the variety of colors gave the downtown
ia or carnival
| More than three thousand men had
signed the roster of the overall club
when 1t was organized Monday night
and twice that number; 1t was e $.
| Retail clothiers have advertised
! bargain sales" in mems wear and
! lower price marks were observed In
| some Of the store windows. the cost
of overalls and jumper Is Sc. and
there seems to be an unlimited supply.
| Il would rather pay Sc for my
overalls than $50 for suit" said
Judge William T.. Fort of the circuit
| court. This movement is no joke.
It will bring down the cost OF cloth
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Spreads to Southwest.
! KANSAS CITY, April 16.-The
"overalls club" movement. intended
clothing. is spreading rapidly
| throughout the southwest. according
| to reports received here today.
Dispatches said clubs had been
| formed in numerous places in Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Oklahoma. Texas and
| began at Jefferson CITY. where state
| house officials and employees are sign
I ing pledges to wear denims until
| clothing prices fall.
| The Kansas City, Kan. club had
the support of the chamber of COM
/ ~, tai ha
| Salina took the denim pledge. Fed
| eral employees. both men and women,
| at Wichita, Joined by 40 employees
| Of the live stock exchange, reported
| an overall club, with the movement
| spreading through the Wichita high
! schools.
Mayor-Elect to Don "Them."
The inaugural outfit" of the Rev.
Joseph Brogan. mayor-elect OF En-
poria, Kan, and president-elect OF the
| Emporia Overalls Club. will be over
alls. he announced. The Emporia Club
reports several hundred members.
In announcing organization of an
overalls club at Kansas University,
| Chancellor Frank Strong said ne
would lead the membership among
| the young men and that Mrs. Strong
| would set an example for the young
kwomen by adopting the cottage apron
as the approved garb for both home
and street wear.
The movement in Oklahoma is of
statewide proportions, Oklahoma City
reported. Dallas and Amarillo, Tex.
and Pine Bluff and Hot Springs. Ark,
reported formation of clubs.
Club Formed Mt Louisville.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 16.-An
Overall Club" was formed in Louis
vile today by the Exchange Club. in
an effort to force down the cost of
clothing. Eighty-five members pledged
their support to the movement, which
has been Endorsed by Mayor George
Smith.
1t is proposed that women Join in
the movement by DOMINIC bingham
dresses.
The Exchange Club voted fne Of
81 against any of its members who
appear at the organizations luncheon
next week not attired in denims A
parade Of members dressed in over
alls and ginghams is planned for
next week.
State Senator Organizes Club.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va, April 10
With several hundred men in the
offices of principal industries already
appearing on the streets clad in over
alls. the mass meeting called by State
Senator Saxon w. Holt will be held
tonight for the purpose of organizing
an overall club.
TAMPA, Fla. April 16.-Threats of
local retailers that overalls would
probably soon cost IS or IS per pair
in st. Petersburg were answered last
night by Mayor elect Noel A. Mitchell.
who took orders for renovated army
overalls at so cents per pair.
GREENvILLE. s. c.. April 16.-The
faculty and student body of Furman
University. by unanimous decision.
will begin Monday the wearing of
overalls to combat the high price of
clothing. Employees OF several Of the
large cotton mills near here have
formed overall clubs.
ATLANTA, April 16.-Four thousand
pair Of overalls to be worn by Allan
tans in an effort to combat the high
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