Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
HOSIERY IN ALL AGES.
Eossings and CiviIiZatiOnGS are-Lagged Las
sizes of Scotland and Ireland.
Sem E--a-,cfsoo Cl,rOrioIa

sizes 0T Scotland ana Ireland.
san Francisco Chronicle.
lis decidedly inteEesting, if not en-
t-.v instructive, 70 look into the history
ossocmGs. SO far as cfvssfization and
civilized usages must be considered, the
gtar.5r history Of this country is that of
talaulwhioh furnished the bulk of its
coiol,ts, and so it becomes a matter Of
PrrUelce TO America to learn that
willie The scotch Highlanders, from the
days ol agricola to the battle Of KILL
Caasia, looked with scUFn. upon gar
maut, of any sort, at least in the heat, of
la.tIe the Southern or Belgic Britons
Ee.e clad, Ike the Gauls, in cloth of fine
Wool, which included a covering for their
lm.s also. But the, days of distinctive
hose for the Highlander and South BritOu
were days Of slow development.
100 the time Of AnElO-SaXOus drawers
reaching half way down the thigh and
Stockings meeting them were alluded to
lE>aEaD writer's Huder the name OF breech
aulaase In Frascs the femorshe or
drawers Of ChaUlemagne were of linen.
ilr monk " st. Gaul speaks Of TibiaIla
'@ r1Eala stockings or dTaweTs) of
linen IS one color, but Oruamented with
Precious workmanship. It is evident
l.- f.a context that the writer meant
long .aw.rs, OF hose and drawers in
Ole. Ike tine brac;p of C;esar's Gauls.
I'D .na Gays of the Norman and Plan
@-eag. an-s the costume for the neither
tAE,m.-es consisted. of drawers, with
-.a- stockings or pantGloous with feet to
& (,
-a. SAXON word chose occurs i'm a
wardrobe Dol. Of King John s time. Cloth
ss-s, .mhreidered with gold, are
s.- De- ..a articles Of dress ordered by
Henry IT, for his sister Isabel. In the
...-- ". Henry l. the hose were richly
--.,-- #.-a -sld and variously coIored
silks
h- E9aaeth was the first English
s'...-a g.. wear genuine knitted stock
,-,. @-. US soon rs the fashion had been
.-~.-Ea-. the ladies went Wild over it.
.-s,v stated in contemporary
- ..-r they were "not ashamed to
'.N hose of nh kinds of changeabIe
....,. e. green, red, white, russell,
-... t else what not: - common
.... and 'cuTiously indented in
.s with quirkS, clocks, open
'". .vcrythiug else accordingly -
Mrs. Montague who presented
queen with the first pair Of black
. .... ...Elu-s, which pleased her so
--.- .|. -ag would not wear any cloth
-...."ar4. Soon after this, says
am Rider, then apprentice to
..Etet, seeing a pair of knit
kings at anItaIian merchant,
..-.. .-.rr Egufuq borrowed rbpy,
.' .-.r- made a pair like them,
aem 30 the Earl Of Pembroke,
Els. WuEsted stockings knit in En-
s- " william Lee, master Of arts and
~-. John 5 college, Cambridge,
g... stocking frame. Tradition
...- The origin of his invention to q
..t taken against a tOwuswOman
r '.H ae was in love, and who neg
l-. us passion. She got her livelihood
stockings. and to depreciate
s-- Emeut he constructed this frame
a. oted his brother and other rel
h.. -.# .u work it. The other stock
~ --a combined and drove him from
D.. atry, so that at last he died at
broken heart
r.- III" reign of Anne, the vests were
sr. --...ae4 10 meet the stockings, and
f-.- conceal the Dreeches, the stock
r. .H- OF blue or scarlet silk, with
.. silver clocks Scarlet stockings !
~ "alI by fashionable bellies who also /
--L III snuff taking.
h. -.'. Jamer, the eccentric and cele- |
ITT sculptor of the days of George |
M VII is said to have been the first female |
lar, wore black silk stockings in Eng |
n ~, Ladies wore white stockings, even |
1ou'ning, as late as the year 1878. |