South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-01
Prices Fall
By Winifred Black

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pair.
the big shoe manufacturers OF the
country
Blessings on your head. Mr.. I. Q.
Whfte-whoever you may be and
wherever you may make your shoes.
You're the bearer OF good tidings
and fair news.
Now IL somebody viii only rise
and say a few words like abraceda-
bra, over the glove situation. so that
you can wear a decent pair OF gloves
without having something like heart
disease. for fear you'u lay one OF
them down and lose II, the skies Will
oncs more smile for millions OF wo-
men
Gloves and shoes-thsre used 70
be a proverb about them
A shabby hat, an oldfashiOned
coat. even a dress that was not quite
the latest thing in cut-these things
one might endure, but good shoes
and good gloves were the one in
dispensable, never 20 be forgotten
items OF the dress Of that benign
creature known TO fame as a per
feet lady"
Alas. the day-how could anyone
be a perfect lady" with shoes at
SIS pair. and gloves 80 a pair7
BIZ, somehow. we all got them
maybe some OF rs went into debt for
them, but we got them-som chow.
the SIS shoes and the 50 gloves.
And we never thought Of fair ting
when q modest little friend with a
quiet little husband on "A modest
little income boIght a $40 hat and
wore Il 20 the Christian Endeavor
meeting. and rather hoped that
somebody saw IL in the window with
the price tag on fl. before she bought
IL.
Stockings? Well do I remember
the time when silk stockings were
"for best"
You might have two or three pairs
of-er-pretty. embroidered Isle
thread, IL you were a bit vain OF
your ankles-and possibly two pairs
OF silk stockings for special occa-
sions. but everyday-plain Isle for
yours. and nobody ever dreamed OF
anything else.
Ask Sweet Sixteen to wear a pair
OF Isle thread stocking to high
school, and listen TO her Mortified re-
monstrance.
Now. the prices are coming down
so they tell US.
And I wonder how much good It
will do us.
Well do I remember the old lady
who told me once that she had the
first sewing machine In such and
such a county.
L thought my sewing would be
just play when 1 got that machine"
said the old lady, smiling wistfully
and there was something about that
smile which made me see her as she
must have looked when her brand
new husband came triumphantly
home bearing the brand-new sewing
machine with him, in the back Of
his little-single-seat buggy
But" she said, Il just made more
things, that's ALL and put more ruff
files and tucks on them. Husband
said he wished he'd never bought the
machine. after all"
And she smiled again and sighed.
And I could see that she was
thinking just how Husband looked
when he said it-poor fellow, he
was young then. too. and his eyes
were bright.
What an extravagant. careless.
spendthrift, here-tOday- -gone-to-
morrow lot we've grown TO be in the
last three years. 70 be sure
Some day I'm going out into the
country to live. and when I do, I'm
going 70 have three house-dresses
that you can slip on over your head
all made alike. and one goiug-tO-
town dress. and a pair of Mary Jane
slippers for the house and a pair OF
easy shoes for town-and then I
won't care whether the prices go up
or down. and-whisper-I think I
shall be Just exactly as happy then.
II not a little happier. than I am
now.
sUN-PG 1-2-OLD FASHIONED j..
BY WINONA WILCOX.
There are a few old-fashioned girls
left in the world, and they are not
having a very good time. writes one
OF them.
IF a girl can find contentment at
home. II she takes pleasure in know
ing how 10 prepare "a good meal: IL
she prefers a book to bridge; II she
would rather go TO a concert Than to
a dance. she is called 'old-fashiOned. >
and the boys let her aIone
We'll. am one OF them And
although I am not 20 years old. I
can SEQ very we'll that am destined
to travel along Ufe's pathway alone
and starving for a little bit of love-
II suppose that deep IN every girls
heart is the wish 10 love and be
loved. I've heard girls talk. I know
some who have gone to universities,
not to study, but solely 10 pick out
husbands. Usually they succeeded.
We'll. 1 was brought up 10 sup
pose that a man must do the wooing.
That notion is as old-fashioned as
my love for books. In spite OF nv
longing for a husband and a home. ]
want 20 be wooed and I could not
dangle my prettiness before the boys
as 1 see some OF the girls doing.
Now can you tell mc what is co-
ing 20 take the place OF this deep
need OF the husband. and the home
i never viii have2
i don't want 20 be a missionary. !
don't want 20 be a welfare worker
/ don't want 20 so into business
What IS left for me TO do?"
A bachelor girl can adopt children
Many adopt more than one. They
give these little sons" and "daugh-
ters' the incest homes. the best OF
educatons. and the sincerest affec-
ton. But even so. something Is
lacking IN the life OF a child reared
in a spinister's home.
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