The Washington times., 1922-03-11
.b|C CITY GIRLS
.SCOFF At IDEA0F
sSOF0R DRESS
Kansas Court Notion Of Finevy
Obsolets-New Workers
Need $500.
By MARY MAMIE.

By NARY MAMIE.
NEW YORK. March 1l.-What
does II cost the. average business
girl who likes to appear well
dressed to keep up appearances !?
Out In Emporia, Kans.. naer-
chants testifyin1 at the hearings
Of the Kansas court Of industrial
relations said that 500 . year
would do it. Ninety dollars q
year! ~
Emporia, Ha! Hal
Girls of the New York League Of
Girls Clubs made q comparison to-
day with their own needs. ana here
Is a separate budget. their very own.
1t costs $500 q year for . New
York girl who wishes to look trim
and capable and stand the competi-
ton to dress herself. they say. and
the rest Of the country may ~ veil
know II. Emporta, Kansas. - .
long way off. they scoffed. They
based their budget Of $500 on after
war prices.
Twelve Representative young
womsn--clerks, stsnographers, book
keepers. milliners-are authority for
the above estimate. A few higher.
q few said less--but this 10 the aver
age. II they don't buy q spring and
fall suit each year. then they buy
more dresses. and the budget evens
up,
They also made II plain that It
requires good judgment to be well
dressed on that amount. and . girl
must know the values in this shop
and that and know style.
Madelyn Lueck. Of Brooklyn. ex-
planned hoy she managed to get
through on $500 . year:
II get my dinner frocks 10 that
! can wear them to business when
they get old. / buy a winter coat
each year, and the one from last
year serves as second best.
"I'd like to see any girl dress on
500 . year! Employers don't like
like . freak has q fine chance In
New York;!
Wooden Shoes Theref
Tho merchants Of Emporia had
down on the list: Cotton stockings
at - cents . pair; one WOOL dress
st &la.90 for the year; one cotton
dress at $0.98; one coat, $22.S0 Ito
wear three years); one coat suit.
STATS ito wear three seasons); one
pair OF shoes, ss.ss; one pair OF OK
fords, 32.98, and other things IN line.
IA
Marion Blust. bookkeeper. wanted to
know. do the girls dance in
wooden shoes out there, or don't
they dance or 20 any place at ailf
pay my board at home. and the
rest Of my money goes to clothes.
and i am glad of It,"
It was brought out in the inquiry
that only two girls in twelve do any
sewing, and that tho majority
prefer to buy all their clothes ready.
made. They said that they rot bet
ter styles for the same money.
"But you have " know whore to
buy" Miss Lueck emphasized.
She was wearing $25 silk and
lace party frock that looked twice
Its price, and questions ELECTED the
Information from others that some
buy their stockings at bargains, and
their dresses after sampling . dosen
shops.
The great majority Of New York's
office girls live at home. according
to the League Of Girls Clubs, and
that makes II possible for most OF
them to dress up to standard. The
younger girls give their mothers all
they earn. and the mothers look
after their dress; but mothers Of
young girls are dependably In.
dulgent.
The older girls contribute on an
average Of % q week for their board,
and the rest 10 theirs. Most Of them
confessed that they also saved in TIE
waning weeks Of a season for the
beginning of the next season, and
that savings usually ,were drawn
upon In this manner.
A Sensible System.
It should be brought out that the
budget given, Ia compiled on practical
and sensible articles Of dress.
The seven pairs Of shoes required
include three pairs Of walking shoes,
and four pairs OF dress and. party
clippers. II Kansas does not know,
the life Of q pair of thin soled.
French heeled slippers IL usually two
at . conservative estimate.
The girls claim that a, shirt waist
has to be washed every two days. 30
that the life Of the finest IL short.
And most Of them prefer to be IN
style apd buy inexpensive new mod