Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23
esE. OF TICKLE FASHIONS IsLTs
The History Of the Rise and Tall of the
Paper Collar.

One OF IiGhLa fAShiONS Jihis'
The History Of the Rise ana FALL of the
Paper Collar.
The rise and fall OF the paper collar
is an excellent example of how the
tickle Goddess OF Fashion jilts from
time to time her numerous deyotees.
From 1893 to 1878 the paper collar
encircled the necks of mankind, and
attained q degree of popularity almost
without a parallel. When Walter Hunt,
mn ingenious New Yorker, startled the
beau monde by his introduction Of pa
per as a substitute for the linen collar,
in 1858, every man of fashion felt it his
bounden duty to follow the new idea to
the highest development, and wore col
lars Of every conceivable pattern in a
myriad of shapes and colors.
The war came, and with it an in
creased rage for these chokers. They
contained figures and prints of all
shapes and colors. Unionists arraved
themselves in chokers of red, white and
blue; Southerners in white and red,
dudes in the brightest and most glaring'
%colors. while the fair-faces wanted their
L cDlOIS 10 We WILL III 1dllDOM, ~ Ahso
been estimated that four out OF every
five million Of people during the time
of the war bowed down before the pa
per choker.
Between 1860 and 1870 over 1,00o, 900
of these collars were sold daily, while
the annual sales amounted to $4,000
900. A neck-tie fiend who kept up with
fashion during the wal estimated that
1000, 900 soldiers marched into battle
wearing these paper chokers. Some OF
the collars were just high enough toprop
the chin and carry the head in a very
natural manner through the conflict.
Sharpshooters and rifemen wore low
paper collars so that they could fire
their weapons with some degree of ac-
curacy without running the risk of hay
ing their Threats cut off.
From 1860 to 1870 the rage for paper
collars stretched across the seas and
Egyptian dudes attired themselves in
the new fads and g%allivanted around the
pyramids with the daughters Of thepeo-
pie. 1t is said that so great was the
fashion of paper collars in Egypt during
that period that the muslin wrappers
around some Of the mummies of the de.
funct kings were sent to Holyoke, Mass,
where they we're utilized for the muslin
lining of the chokers. The records show
that the Holyoke paper mandatory re-
ceived $4,000 yards Of these mummy
wrappers for this purpose. When the
collars were manufactured with this
unique lining they were shipped back to
the Egyptian dudes, who felt that, like
Napoleon, forty centuries were looking
down uron their spirit of progressive
ness.
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 profusion.
On the great Pyramid Of Cheops is in
scribed in modern hieroglyphics a trib.
ute to the paper collar. Below the in
scription is a rude representation of a
full-sized choker, with various figures
on it.
Three styles OF paper collars We're
mostly worn, one with the muslin be-
tween the inner and outer sheets of the
!, collar, another with the muslin on the
!, outside, and q third with muslin lining
! ON both sides. The first and second o.
! these styles soon gave way to the last
however, according to which the collar:
at present manufactured are made. The
first process in making cloth-lined collar.
, was to combine the paper and muslin
, which was accomplished by means Of
: machine expressly fitted for hat pur
+ pose. The finishine or polishing wa
effected by passing the collars between
two highly polished chilledrolls moving
with different velocities. The collar
were cut into shape by of q regis
tering cutting apparatus.
The stamping Of the patent mark ant
, number and the imitation stitching wer'
! effected at one operation by steel dies
!, and then the collars were passed to tn
machine which punched out the button
o holes. Then they were removed to tn
folding machine, after which they WEI,
boxed and put upon the market. Yer,
few paper collars are manufactured AM
i, worn at the present day. The rage ha
died out, and the linen collar has beel
. restored to its old prestige. From
daily consumption Of over l. 900, 900 pa
! pers collars the sale of these articles la
= dropped to less than $50, 900 yearly
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