Show SELLS FINE GOWNS AT SECOND HAND woman finds customers for discarded finery the business of selling secondhand clothing long in disrepute has been glorified by a new york woman mrs genevieve Genev leve berkeley who Is making a success of a shop where she displays only discarded wardrobes she calls her store the dressing room and has made a commercial as well as artistic success of the venture she buys her stock from wealthy new york fork women who do not care to be seen in the same gown at society affairs more than a few times or from those who having had a dress made for them finally realize that the color Is definitely unbecoming or from actresses who feel that their wardrobe must be kept as up to date as the mornings newspaper despite the resulting depletion of the bank account mrs berkeley Is fortunate in having a wide acquaintance among such women as a matter of fact she was an actress herself when she decided to start her novel business she has never had bad any difficulty in locating clothes of the type she needs the trouble has been she says to refrain from taking certain of the dresses her wealthy patrons wish her to take 1 I make it a rule she writes in the american magazine always to call personally at the homes of the people who wish mo me to sell their dresses and to examine each garment carefully to determine whether it la Is likely to have a quick tur turnover if I 1 think not nothing will induce me to handle it As a result of this careful editing there are hanging on her racks no extreme creations that would have an appeal only to a few whose taste Is especially unconventional but there are many beautiful evening wraps sports ensembles gowns and coats coata obviously expensive and bearing the most fashionable labels nil all priced at a fraction of their original cost |