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Show PAYING LESS FOR DRESSES Ono Thing That the Woman of Today Has Some Reason to Be Thankful For. Grace Margaret Gould, fashion editor edi-tor of tho Woman's Homo Companion, mnkes the point that tho material required re-quired for ono dress eight yearB ago will make two costumes and a blouso today. She publishes a plcturo of a silk dress that was tho height of fash-Ion fash-Ion eight years ago. Sho says thnt it required exnetly 13V ynrds of 32-lnch material to mnko this dress. Sho says that tho fabric then required for tho full alcoves would mnko an ordinary fashlonablo waist of today. Sho gooa on to say: "In theso days, when the coat of living liv-ing seems to bo constantly on tho increase in-crease and fashions aro regarded as extravagant in tho extremo, it is Interesting Inter-esting to stop and look back n bit. When wo havo to pay moro than wo havo over paid boforo for most of tho necessities of Ufo lot us bo thankful that wo aro at least paying less for our dresses," . .. , |