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Show 1 NEW DEMANDS FOR WOMEN'S APPAREL CHICAGO, June 3. -The plain tail-jored tail-jored suits of inexpensive quality which gained popularity among women during dur-ing the war period are now being put aside for lighter weight lace effecls. such as georgette and silk nets, according ac-cording to a report of a large mail order or-der house dealing with ihe effect of war "ii the mail order business While total sales were little affce'ed bj the war and the armistice, the demand de-mand for various articles has been' greatly increased, this report says. I For instance, there is an unpreced ented demand lor bridal veils this ! 'mand increases with the influx of overseas soldiers Traveling bags and1 j trunks are being sold in great quai tity with the increased travel, and the (sales of household furnishings, classed cs luxuries during ihe wai period, have shown a remarkable rise "There is also a big inciease in ih-'demand ih-'demand for working gloves," said the I report. "This probably is due to open-j open-j ing of factories which were closed, and to the return of men to the j farms." One firm said the armistice pro jducrd little, if any, immediate effect UPOn sales, but that February sales be-1 jgan to fall off. "due to the fact that people generally were looking for low-jer low-jer prices?" Special sales effort in the way of special sales catalogs became neces-s neces-s irv, and as a result sales for March were considerabh increased over 1918." Despite the "tendency to hol.l off buying in the hope that prices will I come down." people are buying goods considered extravagances during the war. Another largo mail order house ?inl jthe most noticeable demand increase had been for young men s apparel I The demand for men's and women's Wigs has been unprecedented, according accord-ing to one man order house This waa attributed to the epidemic of influenza oo If a man has a bee in his bonnet he is reasonably sure of a lively-hood. li |