--Morning Tulsa Daily World, Saturday January 14, 1922 (page 5)
Note the sizes of 16, 18, and 38 or 42 to 46. Apparently the 16 and 18 roughly referred to age, and 42 to 46 were bust size. Given the loose-fitting fashions of the 1920s, I wonder if people bought their true bust size, or a larger one to give the look in the ad...
Gotham Patterns has a very interesting entry on the history of women's clothing sizes.
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