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Show I Women of Denver Start Boycott on the Milliners By Associated Prcfis. DENVER, Colo., Fob. o. Women of Donver havo started a boycott against 'the milliners. Mrs. Claude E. Griffey and Mrs. Edward Ed-ward L. Prentiss, two of the younger matrons in Denver society, have announced an-nounced that thcystand ready to stnrt the boycott and scores of fheir friends have made known their determination to stop into line. The trouble is over tho price of hats. i "We have been imposed upon long enough," tho women announce, "and wo aro tirod of paying $50 for n hat wo once could bny for :j;l9. 11 is an out- rage and quite ns absurd as any meal or coal trust demand that was ever made. "It is ncaring summer anyway," said Mrs. Griffey today, "and any woman wo-man with good-looking hair, false or roal. looks well without a hi.t.'J "And hair." oxclaiiued Mrs. Prentiss, Pren-tiss, "why, the way they chargo us for hair is something to marvel nt. But think of not being able to get the simplest sim-plest hat: for less than $2:1. If that is not a hold-up game, I 'd like to know what it is." "Tho men boycott people who hold them up." put in Mrs. Griffey, "and why can 'I the women?" ' |