============================================================================ | Cost,| | Cost,| | Cost, Boy | Oct.,| Boy | Oct.,| Boy | Oct., Age 13-14 | 1919 | Age 5-6 | 1919 | Age 8-9 | 1919 -----------------+------+------------------+------+------------------+------ 1/3 mackinaw |$ 3.20| 1/3 coat |$ 2.60| 1/3 coat |$3.40 1/3 sweater | 1.20| 1/3 sweater | 1.15| 1/3 sweater | 2.00 1 suit | 12.75| 1 suit | 8.65| 1 wool dress | 8.00 1 pair trousers | 2.25| 1 pair trousers | 1.80| 2 cotton dresses | 5.00 3 shirts | 3.00| 3 blouses | 2.75| 1 white petticoat| 1.50 3 union suits | 3.50| 3 union suits | 3.65| 2 pairs bloomers | 1.30 2 nightshirts | 3.00| 3 underwaists | 1.85| 3 union suits | 2.75 8 pairs stockings| 3.35| 2 nightgowns | 2.35| 3 underwaists | 1.89 2 pairs boots | 8.00| 6 pairs stockings| 2.40| 2 nightgowns | 2.50 1 pair overshoes | .95| 2 pairs boots | 5.40| 6 pairs stockings| 2.58 1 pair mittens | .40| 1 pair overshoes | .75| 2 pairs boots | 8.00 2 caps | 1.50| 1 pair mittens | .40| 1 pair overshoes | .80 3 ties | 1.00| 2 caps | 1.80| 1 pair mittens | .40 Repair of shoes | 2.40| 1 Windsor tie | .40| 1 felt hat | 2.00 Sundries | 1.25| Repair of shoes | 1.65| 1 straw hat | 1.80 | | Sundries | .50| Repair of shoes | 1.65 | | | | Sundries | .50 |------| |------| |------ All items |$47.75| All items |$38.10| All items |$46.07 -----------------+------+------------------+------+------------------+------ This clothing allowance for a family of five persons would cost $322.25 a year at prices prevailing in Fall River in October, 1919. While the prices given are comparatively low and the quantity allowed is not excessive, clothing may be purchased for less and the requirements of decency and comfort at an American standard may be met with fewer articles. As a matter of fact, a large proportion of families in Fall River do not spend so much as this for clothing, since many of them make certain garments at home or buy them at bargain prices, with a material reduction in cost. For this reason, the clothing budget as given must be regarded as ample rather than as a minimum. To allow for the different means by which the cost of clothing may be reduced, approximately 25% was deducted, bringing the annual minimum cost of an American standard of clothing in Fall River, according to prices prevailing in October, 1919, to $243.36.