The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-08

London. January 20.-(Reciprocal News Service. )--London is the Mecca of the bargain hunter this year. There is not another city in the world where women can find the clothes, materials, gloves. furs and shoes at the prices they are being sold for in Oxford street, Re- gent street and even in Mayfair
 Paquin and Lucille, Worth and DOucet are simply sheliing out their exquisite confections for what the material alone must have cost them few short weeks ago, to say nothing of the work and the time. But there is little enough to sell ! now and by the second day of the sales which began the second week in Jan uary there was scarcely anything worth having at spectacular prices.
 In London sales are sales, bona fide affairs where short lengths and old stocks are put on the counters the first day and when they are gone the coun- ters are bare. No special sale goods, no manufacturers bankrupt stocks are produced by London stores. And if you go into Liberty's, for example. week or two before their sale you cannot possibly buy short length or rem nant even at regular prices.
 All these are being held for the great clearance sale of which they have only one in the twelve months. This year 1t was a perfect crash in war time stand ards.
 There are many materials which this famous manufacturers shop will never be able 10 make again, or al any rate not for very many years, some Of their skilled weavers will never return ana some of the processes have become so expensive that the goods could not pc produced at a saleable price This IS the case with a beautiful quality or heavy oriental satin crepe. What re- tmained in stock this year is sold at s2 Ia yard The pre-war price was $4 Their small stock of wool back satin, a speciality of the house which has been steadily rising in price the last four years, is sold now at $2 yard. When the new stock is opened up the price or this satin will be s5 yard.
 It is said that this is the last time m history when heavy dress crepe de chimes Georgettes and ninons Will eyer be sold for $2 a yard.
 Liberty chiffon velvet which has been costing $S and s10 yard is on sale Tor s4 yard, but there is very little or 1t and the good shades were very quickly snapped I'D. What an American woman with her pocket full of American money could do in London these daysl lyou have only to give s3.79 for pound). At this exchange rate even the moderate bargains become thrilling to an Amer ican.
 And when you get to the ready made department the figures are more astonishing still A shellpink, heavy Liberty crepe de chine dress with long tunic heavily hand embroidered in self color and silver, hand-ein- broidered Georgette collar finished with handmade pendants of silver and pink silk is on sale for $49.27 in actual dollars and a pale primrose georgette with a Liberty satin slip, made with a deep girdle, yoke and wrists hand smocked in the elaborate rosebud pat tern in natural flower colors, costs only s41.69.
 Spun silk jumpers in every shade with variegated borders come at $1327 and hand knit heavy wall jumpers with Roman borders cost $7.59.
 tf Heavy all silk lingerie crepe de Ijchine is sold at $1.50 a yard. Printed gcrepe de chine is $2.S0 and you can still get exquisite hand made embroid- - cred linen nainsook chenises made by the Irish peasant industry for $2.
 For the first time in years triple-pl raincoats in colors. blue with black collar, tan with blue or gray collar, or black with white, gray or blue collar, sell for 8.
 In Bond street shops. where dresses ran to $500 and over just before the holidays. you can get anything you want now for $50, and Paquin seems eager to clear out her salon at prices that range from s75. These dresses are all the very latest fashion and have come from Paris daily by aero n1ane post during the last six weeks.