Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1879-09-11
By-sOnc Fashions.
AS REMEMBERED BY REV. ]. b. JET

AS KEN ENTERED BY REV. j. B. JETER
The following "Recolleciions of
a Long Life, ,"-by~Rev. DR.. Jcter,
are well worth reading: E
My first recollection Of fashion is
that old men, especially those of
the better class, wore short
''breeches," as they were called,
with knec-buckles and long stock
ings, closely fitting the legs
Young men and Old men not gov
erned by fashion wore pantaloons
or breeches, with legs descending
to the ankles. In a short while
pantaloons supplanted breeches, ex
cept in rare cases OF old or eccentric
men. Pantaloons were worn mostly
without suspenders, but gradually
their convenience brought them in
to general use. Partaloons, made
at first 10 fit the limbs, soon began
to be cut according to the arbitra-
ry dictates of fashion. AT one time
the legs were of enormous size
large enough for ,nail-bags-and
at another they were made of elias
tic stuff and fitted the limbs as
closely as the skin. Boots under
went changes quite as striking
as did pantaloons. When was
boy old men woye fair-top
boots. They were long enough to
reach the knee, with broad belt
of smooth leather, of its natural
color, around the top, and the re-
mainder polished with blacking.-
They were pressed down and
rumpled abont the legs so as to
expose to view considerable por-
tion Of the stocking between the
upper edge OF the boot and the
knee buckle. The dandies wore
boots of different style. Their
legs were stiff, reaching rather more
than half way TO the knee, cut at
the top and in front in the form OF
a heart, with a black silk tassel
suspended from the lowest point ot
the indentation. They were called
'saurrow boots"- why, [ know
not, nor am sure that my spelling
ut them is correct. "
BOOTS,
in my early days, were rather &
mark Of gentility but they soon
became common, and were worn
alike by gentlemen and by wagon
ers, at first over, and afterwards
under, the legs of pantaloons.--
Coats have undergone grea
variety OF changes within the perioc
of my memory. They have been
made with rolling and standing
collars, and with long tails, shor
tails, wide tails, narrow tails, anC
some without tails.
The Methodists all wore round
breasted coats, such as were fashion
able in the days OF the Wesleys.--
Even Methodist boys had coats o
this style .Qnite likely a Metho-
dist would have been expelled iron
the society if he had appeared pub
licly in iashionably-cut coat. l
is certain that he would have beer
ccnsurcd and reproved for his sin
fnl conformity to the world. Fo
many years
THE METHoDIsTs FIRMLY STOOD THEi
GROUND
against all changes of fashion. A
length, however, the round-brcast
ed was gradually succeeded by til
irock coat among them. 1t WA
recommended by its simplicity an
comfort; and, perhaps, forty q
, fifty years ago it became as rarc t
sec round-breasted coat AS, a fey
years previous, it had been to motto.
frock coat.
The higl &C owned hat, the mar
and the absurdity of civilization
has maintained its place throug
all the mutations of fashion. 1t
| b i'm has been sometimes narrow
t its color has changed from black t
: brown, from brown to white, an
| from white to black again its torn
p. has frequently varied from the hig
tc the low crown, sometimes mar
rowing, and again widening to
wards the top; and it has bee
manufactured of wood, straw, an
leather, and of wool, cotton an
! = fur ); but still the stove-pipe crow
!, rules Christcndor.
= Shirts have played no inconsido
able part in the world of fashion
Old men and dandies were adorne
with
a RUFFLED SHIRTS
, sixty years ago. Most men ha