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Show LINGERIE COSTS BEFORE JUDGE (By International News Service) DETROIT. Mich. How much a woman may reasonably spend on lingerie lin-gerie is a question which' has been brought to the fore In the Wayne county courts. Because, according to his statoment, his wife. Lorain Beebe, of Chicago, spent ?1S00 in fine lingeries in five weeks .ludgo Root granted a divorce 'to John R. Beebe, wealthy Detroit manufacturer. Miss Bessie C. Lee, head of the Visiting Housekeepers' association, as-sociation, says that a frugal housewife house-wife who makes her own clothes, buys seasonably and abjures frivols can supply herself with underwear for a year at a cost of not more than $23. "Miss Lee's estimate of essentials inj underwear is as follows: Two heavy union suits, 4.S4; three light suits, $2.79; two corset covers, $1.7S; one corset, $1.S5; two flannelette flannel-ette petticoats, $2.66; one muslin petticoat, pet-ticoat, 31.3-1: ono sateen petticoat. $2.32; two night dresses, 53; total, $20.58. Februarv ouotations on these items arc about 3 por cent higher. Tho total cost for a year is something, like $07. Could Mrs. Lorain Beebe actually spend $1S00 on lingerie In five weeks? Managers of lingerie departments in Detroit stores smiled indulgently and replied: "Most assuredly. Why not?" Tn witness thereof they exhibited various va-rious airy trifles denominated "undies" "un-dies" by sub-debs, with prico marks that were quite as fanciful as the garments they represented. The gown to ono fascinating bridal set was marked ?2 7, with a combination accompanying ac-companying It at $16.50. Another gown at $37.50 proved that prices could go oven higher with impunity. Boudoir sots run all the way from $35 to .$100, silk hose from $3.75 to $15 the pair, and other accessories aro at corresponding priges. oo |