The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-19
Heavy Sales in Topeka Stores
This Month.
Real Showing, Tho, Begins
About September 1.
SOME BUY EARLY IN JULY
Then There Is a Rush for Vaca-
o ton Wear Clothes.
Men Are More Practical i'm APP
parel Than Women.

Topeka merchants are now prepar-
ing for the fall sa1es in ladies' ready
to wear goods The sale of fall ready
to wear merchandise will begin about
department managers of several of the
dry goods stores. The last of the
ladies' ready to wear summer goods
is being disposed of this month and
the stores will be ready for the fall
sales within the next ten days.
sales managers in all but two of the
Topeka stores report that 80 per cent
Of all sales during June, July and Au-
gust were of summer wear. F. R.
Miller. manager or the ladies' ready
to wear department at PeIletier's.
stated that during the latter part OF
July and thru August 80 per cent of
the sales were of the new fall stock
which is brought in about the middle
of July. The sale of the extreme sum-
mer wear practically ceases about the
middle of July, according to Mr..
Miller.
Capt. ARTHUR Mills at the w. w.
Mills Dry Goods company said that
the fall sales in his store began during
the latter part of July and continued
thru August The sale of fall goods
this month has been retarded on ac-
count of the hot weather, he said.
The sale of ready to wear goods at
the Warren NJ. Crosby store during
the month OF August is about evenly
balanced between summer and fall
GOOASa dCCOEQAIb " OAAdEAGS
department manager. Mr.. Adams
stated that the sale of fail furs has
been exceptionally large this summer.
The real sale of fall goods does not
begin until the first of September,-he
said. ~
Buy Vacation Clothing.
Earl Williams. of the Crosby Broth
ers company, declared that the. sale
of fall goods would not begin until
the first of September. He said, tho,
that a few fall purchases were made
during the summer months by persons
going north for their vacations and
by girls who are preparing to go away
to school.
every one fall garment during June,
July and August. was the statement
of Maurice Friedberg at the Partisan.
On account of the greater value of fall
wear the actual amount of money
spent on fall and summer goods during
August is practically the same, he said.
MIR. Friedberg said that the real fall
sales would begging until September l.
''Our summer stock will be entirely
sold out this evening and the sale of
fall garments will begin Monday" W.
G. Bodine, department manager at
Berkson Brothers said I'VE have
been selling our summer stock at cost
since the first of August in order to
get it out of the way for the fall sales"
Men More Practical
According to p. w. Vanderhoff, of
the Palace Clothing company and o.
F. Engle, of the Voiland-Engle COM |
pany, there is a tendency among men
now to wear a medium weight gar |
ment turnout the entire year. Very |
few men buy heavy wool suits for |
winter wear and light suits for sum- |
mer wear. The average man buys a /
medium weight suit which will be |
comfortable in any season, according |
to Mr.. Vanderhoff. Mr.. Engle stated |
that a majority of men now wear ath-
letic underwear thru all four seasons |
Both Mr. Vanderhoff and Mr.. Engle |
estimated that Il per cent of the mems /
ready to wear goods which is sold dur /
ing the summer is medium weight |
material. The remainder is the ex- \
treme summer wear.