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Show ULU uLUSiIlO Last Year's Straw Lid and Shiny Trousers Right In Style NEW ORLEANS. La., May 13. Threadbare coats, shiny trousers, last year's straws and half-soled shoes were the order ofhe day here, signalizing signal-izing the opening of tho city's second organized drive on the high cost of living: Proclaimed "old clothes day," by Acting Mayor Hicks, tho celebration celebra-tion was to arouse interest in tho "wear 'em and patch 'em clubs," designed de-signed to forco down clothing costs. Originators of the plan predicted a far more beneficial effect than result-from result-from the overall movement. |