Gunnison news-champion., 1920-05-07
WEARING DENIM AND
CALICO ALL RlCHT-BUT

EAklNG DENIM AND
CALICO ALL RICHT-BUTl
This appears to be the day Of the |
overalls-everybody is either wearing |
'em or else wishing he had nerve to
don them. And the reason for the
sudden popularity of the blue denim
garments is simply an effort on the
part Of well-meaning people through
out the country to bring down the
price of clothing, which, as one knows,
is exceedingly high ut present. Now,
far be it for Us to rise up and knock,
but We cannot help but wonder what
Is going to happen when the supply
OF calico and denim gives out. You
very well know that when we create
shortage in the amount Of anything
or reduce the supply, the price prompt
ly goes up. Said . prominent state
official Of Washington the other day:"I
would rather pay $500 for q pair Of
overalls than $50 for suit of clothes
to wear" Well, the sentiment Of the
words may be all right, but what is
going to happen to the poor class and
those who wear .overalls from neces-
sity not choice! The man who wears
them to work six days in the week,
and has TO make them last as long as
possible in order to save q few dol
airs out of his weekly pay envelope,
isn't going to throw his hat into the
air with joy when he finds his new
overalls are three times higher in
price than formerly-no-s street
| The women have gone in for calico
aprons and also denim. And there
are millions Of little folks attending
school all over the land, whose parents
dress them in calico because they can
not afford anything better. You are
liable to raise the price Of the
clothing they wear while bringing
down the price of the clothing you are
in the habit Of wearing.
Why not COMPEL the reduction of
prices by wearing out your old cloth
ing You can do it--yOu know you can.
AS long as the writer lives she will
remember q remark resident Of this
city made during one of the drives
for. cast-of clothing for the French,
while the war was on. When asked
for donation Of old clothes, she re-
marked: "You bet have some! There
is closet full Of perfectly good things
that ] am tired Of seeing around, hut
they are too good TO throw away. I'll
let you have them and welcome" and
she did.
There are lots Of garments laying
around in clothes closets and trunks
that can be made over, dyed with any
good, reliable dye sold on the n,arke,
and with q little ingenuity, they car
be rc-mAtle and altered and fashioned
linto q. servicable. II not beautiful ar
ticle Of wearing apparel.
The drug stores sell different pre-
mn fn, - L.
In patching garments with The sam,
piece of goods from which Il was ori
ginaly made, the patch can be mad,
to look pretty much like the carmen
by allowing the piece used for mend
ing to lay in the hot sun short time
this will fade it out to correspond il
some respect to match the article t,
be patched. In the case of wash good
the new piece can be put into boiling
water for short time to obtain tn
same result. Just put away you
! tatting and crocheting and fanc
: needle work and instead, get busy OF
, the dozens of garments that are still
, able to be worn and from which som
, good wear can be obtained Make zen
over, patch 'em, and when you ge
.. thru with them, you will wonder hov
you ever came to imagine they wer,
ready to be thrown aside fDr good.
: Mems shirts can be made into yer,
servicable. aprons for small girl
I Cut the neck of, and use the front O
the shirt for the back of the apron
J thereby saving making huttonholes
Sleeves can be made from the shir
sleeves, or they can be worn Sleeveless,
and the raw edges trimmed with an!
washable braid.
Stockings that have been darned S,
often that they are really not worti
while mending again, can, il the legI
are good, be cut down for small folk
to wear during the summer vacation
' save the good ones for school.
Don't stop buying clothes entirely
that's not fair to the merchants, whit
probably are hit as hard in the poe
> ket book as we are, but when you buy
get good, servicable articles; cut ou
d the fancy things; articles that Will,
beautiful and the last word in style
4 are really not worth anything in tn,
long run. Get your moneys worth
then take care Of what you buy ant
: make it last three times as long a
You generally do. It is as easy as pie
Let's have an old clothes club, in
stead Of overalls and calico clubs, ant
!. thereby do more good than all the fad
invented. We will soon see the prices
: tumbling.
4 Mrs. Effie Lashbrook was hostess O
a the isabella Tourist Club Tuesda,
afternoon. After the regular meet