Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-04 | Page 12 | Women Buying More than Men

WOMEN BUY! ' MORE TH1 MEI CHICAGO, Deo. 4. Who have been more economical, men or women, during dur-ing the conservation period of the war? M on that is the answer of trade statistics. sta-tistics. A State street department store manager man-ager saidT "Women have bought twice as much in our storo as men, during the war. A jeweler said: "Women have bought two-thirds of all the jewelry sold. This includes diamonds and pearls which have doubled in price slnco the war began but are faafe investments in-vestments because they will go higher for several years after the war." A garment manufacturer said: "Sales of women's dress goods this year have been a third greater than last." The merchants point in explanation to the fact that moro women are working work-ing than over before and making good wages. Thousands of men, on the other oth-er hand, have gone away to war. Purchases Pur-chases of clothes seem to prove, however, how-ever, that men are naturally more economical eco-nomical than women. Women are buying buy-ing more clothes than ever. Men are buying less. 'This is proved by the showing of the tailoring trade. While the army drafts have seriously affected affect-ed this trade, tailors say their older customers, who are not within the draft age, have decreased their patronage patron-age and aro ordering fewer suits in a season.