Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-02-17

The rise aud fall Of the paper collar is
an excellent example of low tie tickle
Goddess Of Fashion jilts from time to time
her numerous devotees. From 1853 to
1878 TIE paper collar encireled the necks
Of mankind, and attained degree of pon-
ulariiy almost without a plrlleI. When
Walter Hunt, an ingenious New Yorker.
startled ina bean monde by his introduce
ton Of paper as a substitute for the linen
collar, IN 1853, eveTy mar Of fab on cit
It his bouuden duty 10 follow the new idea
10 the highest Development and wore col
lars of every conceivable Iattern in nv.
Rad Of shades and colcrs.
PAPER NEcKwEAR OF ALL HUEs.
The war came, and with it an decreased
rage fer these chokegs. They contained
figures and prints of all shares ana colors.
Unionists srTsyed themselves in chokers
Of red, white and blue; SOutherDors in
white and red; dndes in the brightest and
most g airing cOlors, While the fiir faces
wanted their cOlors 70 vie with the rain
bow. 1. has been estimated that four out
Of every fge million Of people during he
time Of the war bowed down before he
paper cloker.
! IMPORTANT FACTORS IN WAR.
Between 1860 and 1870 oyes 1000, 600 of
these collars we're sold daily, while the an
nnal ssles amounted to $5,COO,00O. A
necS-tie fe1d who kept ~ with the fashion
! during the war estimated that 1000. 600
coolers marched into battle wearing these
paper chokers. Some Of the collars were
just high enough to prop the chin and carry
the heat in a yery natural manner through
the conflict. Sharp shooters and riflemen
wore low paper collars so that they could
fire their weapons with some degres OF &C
curscY without running the rick of having
their threats cut of.
EGYPTIAN NEcKs EScIRcLED.
From 1860 to 1870 the rage for paper
collars stretched across the seas, and Egyp-
tisn dudes attiiei themselves il the Dew
fads and galliysnted around the pyramids
with the daughters Of the people. Il is
said that 90 yreAt was tie fashion Of paper
collars IN Egipt duing thar p.Iioi that
the muslin w.appiDgs around some Of the
mnmmies Of ta5 defur ct kings were sent
70 HOlyoks, Msss., where they were util-
ized foE the muslin lioing Of the choker.
The records show that the Holyoke paper
coliac manufsctory received $1,000 yprds
of thCss mummy wrappiDgs for this pur-
pose When the collars were mauufac ur-
ed with this unqge Inning they we're
shipped back o the Egyptian dude, who
felt that, like Nspoleon, forty centuries
were looking down upon their spirit OF
progressivene's
PAPER CHECKERS CARVED on THE PYRA-
luDs.
Travellers in Egypt from this country
wrote that Egypt was having her second
advent in the dawn of civilization when
they beheld wilted paper collars strewn
around the streets in great pIoiusior. On
the great Pyramid Of Cheops is inscribed
in modern hierrglyphics a tribute 10 the
paper collar. Below the inscription is a
rude representation of ful!-sized choker,
with various figures on it.
STYLES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE.
Three styles Of paper collars were mostly
worn, one with the muslin between the
inner and outer sheets of the collar, anoth-
er with the muslin on the outside, and
third with muslin lining on both sides.
The first and second of these styles soon
gave way to the last, however, according
to which the collars at present are made.
TIE first process in making cloth-lined
collars WAS to combine the paper and mus
lin, which was accomplished by means of
machine expressly fitted for that pur-
pose The finishing or polishing was eff
iected by passing the collars between two
highly polished chilled rolls moving with
different volocitiea. The collars were cut
into snaps by meals Of registering cut
ting apparatus.
STITCHING CAREFULLY INITIATED.
The stamping Of the patent mark and
number ana the imitation stitching were
effected at one cpsIa;ion by steel dies, and
then the collars were passed to the ma.
chine which punched cut the buitOn-hOles.
Tlen they were removed 10 the folding
machire, after which tley were boxed and
put upon the market Very few paper
collars are manufactured and WON at the
present day. The rage has died cut, and
the linen collar has been restored to it's old
praetige. From q daily consumption Of
over 100000 paper collars the sale Of
these articles has dropped to less than
$50, 900 yearly.