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October 29, 1922
Palatka Daily News
Palatka, Putnam County, Florida
What is this article about?
Post-WWI and suffrage, American women's demand for beads has surged, with billions imported from around the world at a cost exceeding $100 million yearly, outpacing imports of tires, cigarettes, and coffee. Highlights shift in fashion and emancipation.
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IMPORT BEADS BY BILLIONS
Demand for Those Ornaments by the
Women of the United States
Seems Insatiable.
Ballots and beads must belong together in the mind of the modern woman.
At any rate, ten strings of beads are worn today when one was worn before the war and before the vote.
Beads by the billions are being imported. This year's record promises to run far ahead of last year's, and last year's record was worth a glance.
To make any comment upon the advanced and emancipated woman's interest in the ornament that is usually set down as a South Sea savage's notion of an all-but-complete costume is quite unnecessary.
The figures speak for themselves.
From central Europe, from France, from the shores of the entire Mediterranean, from all Judea, from the three great countries of the Far East, the making of beads for the United States is a big business, declares a New York Sun writer.
Not satisfied with the quantity that can be turned out with everybody working at the job of decorating the dresses and the hats and the shoes of millions of American women, the demand for something different has made the best dealers set the very South Sea savage to scraping up the seashells from the shores of lonely isles that are all but lost on any average map.
To the national bill for tire materials could be added the cost of all imported cigarettes and then the total would be $35,000,000 short of meeting the total outlay for feminine ornaments. In spite of the increase in the amount of coffee imported, the cup that cheers America at breakfast time costs far less than the beads that women wear. About $66,000,000 less.
The comedy continues throughout the whole list of life's lesser luxuries.
Demand for Those Ornaments by the
Women of the United States
Seems Insatiable.
Ballots and beads must belong together in the mind of the modern woman.
At any rate, ten strings of beads are worn today when one was worn before the war and before the vote.
Beads by the billions are being imported. This year's record promises to run far ahead of last year's, and last year's record was worth a glance.
To make any comment upon the advanced and emancipated woman's interest in the ornament that is usually set down as a South Sea savage's notion of an all-but-complete costume is quite unnecessary.
The figures speak for themselves.
From central Europe, from France, from the shores of the entire Mediterranean, from all Judea, from the three great countries of the Far East, the making of beads for the United States is a big business, declares a New York Sun writer.
Not satisfied with the quantity that can be turned out with everybody working at the job of decorating the dresses and the hats and the shoes of millions of American women, the demand for something different has made the best dealers set the very South Sea savage to scraping up the seashells from the shores of lonely isles that are all but lost on any average map.
To the national bill for tire materials could be added the cost of all imported cigarettes and then the total would be $35,000,000 short of meeting the total outlay for feminine ornaments. In spite of the increase in the amount of coffee imported, the cup that cheers America at breakfast time costs far less than the beads that women wear. About $66,000,000 less.
The comedy continues throughout the whole list of life's lesser luxuries.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Beads Import
Women Fashion
United States Demand
Post War Trend
Global Sourcing
Where did it happen?
United States
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Insatiable demand for beads among American women post-war and suffrage leads to billions imported from Europe, Mediterranean, Judea, Far East, and South Seas, totaling over $100 million annually, surpassing costs of tires, cigarettes, and coffee.