Show A BIG difference WE NE NEVER VER knew how time has changed this old world until we overheard a couple of ladies in our community comparing dresses of 40 years ago with those of today one of them consented to write out oui what it took to make an ordinary afternoon dress along about 1887 it required 15 yards of wide silk 5 yards 0 of f skirt lining 3 yards horsehair cloth to stiffen the skirt 4 yards of silk for dust ruffle 5 yards velveteen skirt binding 24 inches of skirl belting the same of waist belting 1 12 1 2 yards of sleeve lining 12 inches of buckram for collar stiffening 4 dozen fancy buttons 1 card lar and eyes 2 cards medium and I 1 card invisible hooks and eyes 5 spools silk thread 3 spools cotton thread 4 spools buttonhole botton hole twist 2 y yards a ads feather boning for waist I 1 yard small boning for collar colla r I 1 bolt of seam binding today it takes four yards of silk and two spools of silk thread yet no man on earth can figure why dresses cost far mare more than those of 40 years ago |