Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-07-14
IhE TALE OF TIE SHIRT.
Strange Changes in the Fashions With,
Five Hundred Years.

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The vounrster who looks upon IN.
recent rebellion against the STYLE ~
starched shirt he was brouost mn in -.
an evidence Of sometime now in tb.
world has much TO learn of tbo NAG,
SAYS the New York Gy0ohjc. Tho nIain
linen front. glossy and stin tn whinh
ne has been accustomed ne = ,ort -,
every ~entIcman's ot,iro i no. m,m
mont Of tho nsaUe of ra,,u,ios naL.
may inarin, r i roolIy ,a. :"
the conventional law ~"
stern simnIici4v ~ tbo 'ayaninm -
This rsnlf j. ia roe,,l, of us
every coIor and aytranoa,s nr""'""n
which formn,Iv .ln,nal 10 nr
having been discarded AMI Enne 90
ri~id .evori.v hoinr o1n,,rJ -. -
trcme effort of ELEGANCE
l. is NOT MANY yoore only oho,,
twcnty-6ye-sinrrr if hor,n,, co,nm,nn
for mon to have thnir ,Lirte mn,In ~
away from homo Until .hon ,vn,,n
of every economical bnusnLnId mada
the shirts for The mon ana i now he
said pa~reuthe,ically ol-Gttinr.b ;r,
was in those DAYS , rnrin.i.y7 Tbr
taste and fancy Of tho foi,. sntms,res,.
had every onnor,unitv f,,. dis,l.v IN,
the way If variety ma thn rr.,,i, Va
= e1rpiisinr variety Rne,n. hoa a,
,ha, Time nearly rore out of NJ, hu,
nlaits. tucks. Gathered fronts wors
common enoaoh. The tendency IN.
ward simplicity brought n reduction
in tilc numbrl of these ploit,. until
three broad plaits. the last touch al
fancy work taat was allowed. Daye
way To the plain front that has been
the style for a dozen or more of years.
This last is the ONLY thing that really
harmoniZcs with the dress suit So
called. or evening dress.
IT is not surprising that the fashion
should BEGIN TO change. and that new
materials should take the place. ashley
are now taking il. of linen aud muslin
for day wear and fornc~line Garments.
The very decided movement toward
white flannel that BEGAN last summer
IS likely TO be STRONGER this summer
but every other available kind of
woven goods is now employed. Silken.
wooden. cotton, and linen cloths OF
numerous kinds find a place. and the
taste that indseNprcsSion in colors ana,
even embroidery is no longer consider.
ed outre.
These chances. however. are trininy
compared with those that have taken
place since five hundred wears ago.
when the shirt became a thing of com
mon use. Before that men had NOT
deyelopcd the under garment plan of
DRESSING, and wore their clothes i'm,
very different fashion from that now
in vogue. Awriterin the San Francisco
Chronicle recently skctcbed in outline
tn, various radical chances that haye
been introduced since the birth Of tbe
shirt. Habits Of personal cleanliness.
he intimates. were not as ririd in the
fourteenth century as IN the nineteenth.
and for a time the shirt was worn like
the modern undershirt. in conceolmcnt
partly because il was seldom in "A con-
dition TO bear inspection. It's Length
varied in different periods according To
the fashion of the outer garments, but
ii was kept hidden until at length an
.orhaistntcd band, the precursor of the
modern collar, began To show the neck.
Then a display was in vogue of the
lower part, between the doublet and
the lpur hose Then nortians ,f the