New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
What Retailers
Are Buyinp
BY Alfred anil

Fashions seem to Be pett;a
TO them. While Ameriesns kc
have been more or less rasa. Woileirll
over styles outre and Saa.ag mad
women of Paris have .smdde,s,sllss ds'lss As
economical and are going n LsFnes
and inexpensive simplicitv e M ehasts
the newest models there isct many rs
and brocadea and come g. ets osn sats
est, cheapest materials. Tba p'aiEs
Minister of Commerce bfs a French
stagnant industries and aas;asS u pa
snas tne american tariff alt ' .IIs N.Y.,
wash frenen customs exactions elasi asi
taxation, high wages and sheyt alga
ing hours, cause national ecore,se Sofs'
SO long as Paris r@les ssas
American imitation may be- d.rIIas dLasnlSas
on. go the result Is liable to he psaaaes 81
slhnpiielty sl Of attire on this sjss jss'S's =
Spring fashions, heraldes :,
tent by Palm Beach styles, arr ;sss. - sxs
to take all the latitude Of s.v var;ai ;.aelinsd
novelty which ample purses ana ana asa
fancy can inspire. But knit,sa llysly
and dresses, so far, depart froraa fea se'is
lines more in details than II s .eiay
design. In millinery, saaues sessss y
kinds, aiming chiefly to be Ynp.rsi Y
in some instances achieving the -, s,..l ssa
have the call. Sweaters. ii Se,1 sfss
nish golf models, and $50. nsas
jacquettes, have much pron;.s
Southern resorts and for tbe -! as
while the new bathing suits ara sssS KEY
ped with as many novelties in sasssl
and design as Imagination can T,ssas nTssss
The spring is expected TO brins f'.ss fglsss
ment of the popular craze for En;ssss E;s4,
which this fall started.
For the present, coats show i;tst.
duction. But within a week Or tes ss's ~. =
manufacturers should be eIearin. z.
their surplus winter stocks, and sris.,
are likely to drop. TIE thrse.nis,.ss
suit, having reached the popular priss
stage, is available as spring faydrs
and 1t should then hold marked nrs,,;s
nence. Capes are in such wide SsrsrS
that many coat houses belieye ssns.
will be featured, in the spring, With .ss
three-piece suit. =
Fur stock houses, overburdsuea w;.s
coats on the rack, have cut Tudsan .sis g.s;
prices, but find only small demand
Prices for natural raccoon, squirrel sSS
muskrat coats remain firm.
During the week satin k1ts safsysd
a decided slump. The weeks outaans.
ing item was faille six: group in hirh
shades, having flower trims and ~
broidery effects.
First distributors are markedly al.
yancing prices on knit undefvest.
Similar conditions prevail in cotton 10.
siery and work shirts. Mems riSbss
shirts and drawers are hard 20 ret fro~
original sources. Nainsook underwea
bids fair to advance in line with IL
rest Of the market.
In silks, printed crepes de chine look
very good for spring, as do also the col
ored honans, which can be had Il, prae-
tically all colors. The bandanna fad
has extended nov to broad silks aad
will probably prove frequent aessa-
sorry TO women's costumes.
Manufacturers report holiday hsni-
demand for the sixteen-button length
continues. Short gloves have not yet
begun to sell, except at points iii the
Middle West.
There is no marked change in shoes
for 1923. Evening slippers in metal
brocades are sweeping the country
Jewelry threatens to become craze,
The American prediction for self
decoration, SO long and SO mercilsssY
condemned by well bred Enghshwones
has suddenly transformed the Engliss
woman herself into an animated jingA
jangle. The repercussion in the Uni:s
States is inevitable.
(This is the seventeenth Of ars
of weekly surveys of the Neg gas
wholesale markets by Mr.. FanSt sasis e I.
a we'll known resident buyer.-4lnaa.
cial and Business Editor.)