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Show How Much Do You Pay for Dress? Wf lARORHr WatlX. TM) vou realise that you uad to draaa on leaa money be for the war? And do you know that It la poaalhl to reilu. a your prant expenditure for dreee to something Ilka urewar figures? Yea that Ib a real and workabla fact, though few girla recognize tha truth of It. Thla la what happened to ydur psychology psy-chology of dreaa money. You wet accustomed to spending a eertatn I'lm, nd you stuck to tha limHa of that mount with a good deal of accuracy firs and laat. Tou had to. heraose that'a all tha money which Beamed to he coming your way. Then price began be-gan to go up, up, up. Vou felt you rnuldn t Hear It. Ynu lonked at the pru-a taga In the windows and you knew for a certainty that you would lieer e a well drensed girl again You oldn'l see how vou could ever foot the bill- Hut gradually you seemed to get a Tit 1 1 a mora ealarv or allowance, you ahnvei off some from vour food and rent Midgets. You gathered the dress pennies In from here and thare until ou were dressing with vour teus-t teus-t nmed heauty. Vou became uad to handing out 2. where formerly you could part with only l. I.OIIHIXI A Hit AD. Now you are doing all this aa i mat-1 mat-1 ter nf tours Hut ia It necessary? No. I aav It Is not Vou mil go hark to tha old, prewar basis of ,ay ing for things, uecause whnt ued to cost a little now prot'-aMv prot'-aMv c .ata a great deal And any attempt at-tempt to curtail expenses on tha? U round would h worse than ueless. Hut ou can readjust In a mont remark-ahle remark-ahle mannr. Vou can substitute new )iiem f.ir wornout old onea. It s just possible that ou have not ao much to spend on clothea a you had a ear or two ago. Than It la cheering to know that yoti can no Just aa well dreaaed aa you were then, not 1 be l Ime til spent. No matter how little you have to srend you can arrange your wnrdrobe In au. h a av by looking a yenr ahead (hat vou will alwaya have a llttl of Bom-thli'g new to supplement the old wearlng-out article of fttttre And In thin manner you can keep up o".r pep and vour appearance In the most remarkable re-markable degree. OMIim-SR VAI.l I-". Never buy a dress onlv berausa you think It la pretty and becoming. Hit down and taka statistics about tha value of (in materlala, how many places there are where ynu can wear It. how long will Ita color laat without becoming becom-ing monotonoua. can It be made over to advantage, will Kb line and color harmonise with our coat, will your undersllp match Ita tone, ha ita trimming trim-ming the possibility of change to alter Its nppeuranre. ih, there are so manv point to be considered. Only tin erv rich rn leap In an.! btv thoughtlessly and. s-a s-a matter of f they never do that stunt. Perhnps that la tha reason thev are rich. Why not follow their example exam-ple There la nothing so Interesting aa to watch a really wealthy woman bi y-Ing y-Ing her elothes. Never fear, she knowa the value of what aha buvs an-i maybe the aalesiady does look worn and weary after the ontomer'a departure, but ahe has at least the aatiafaciion tf Knowing Know-ing that she haa made a good sale. fh h h s pot over onlv real value because she haa been Belling to aorneone who ha taken tha trouble to underatand what aha la doing. T am going to ahow you. in a abort rerlec of arttclea on thla page, how vou i nn drea on a certain fixed alio .-.ince Thev will ba little lessons In buying for hit Im monev. Tney will have nujilng whatever to do w 1th cheapnea and ahoddlneaa. They will deal only with re-l value for real money and they will outline the sensible dress buying bu'tgela from t?n0 up. Do you think you can't dress on $?00 g ve:ir'.' Well, read the next article, whkli will be published aoun. ind see wha; you think ahoui it. There will be actual figure bused on the prices which, at present, tha at ores are gaoling gaol-ing a standard. |