The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-20
THE HISTORY OF PANTALOONS.
The World Tends More and More Toward
Practical Clothing.

The World Tends More and More Toward
Practical Clothing.
Some persons have expressed the opin-
ion that the costume of the last century
that is. brooches and long stockings,
with perhaps the highly ornamented
coat Of silk or velvet-would be forced
upon us by the velocipedists, who have,
as a matter of convenience, adopted
some part of it. This seems hardly pos
sible, since the history of the modern
neither garment shows that it came into
usefor several reasons, not the least of
which was the practical form, permit
ting the easy and natural movement of
the body. 1t is of extremely ancient ORR
gin, for the very possession of pair of
legs must have suggested in cold coun-
tries from the origin of the race cor
responding bifurcation of the clothing.
The first article of human apparel re-
sembling the pantalOons was made
probably by winding strips OF cloth or
skin a bout the lower limbs somewhat
after the manner of our noble red mon.
When the art of sewing was discov-
cred they were made in a single piece,
% dulOnS NAlS dHCAS1b anu ilIC
Gauls and doubtless among the Chi
nese, two thousan nd years before the
Christian era. In the middle ages the
garment and the stockings were joined
and put on and off at the same time,
the ballet dancers of the present time
perpetuating the model and using the
same name in France, though not in
England and America At the end of
the period called the middle ages came
in the use of silks, satins, velvets and
laces, which reached the height
of extravaganza in the reigns of Lonis
NV. and XIV in France, and those
of Charles IL. Queen Anne and the
first Georges in England. During
most Of this period the principal arss-
Cies of dress were long stockings and a
rich garment of silk or velvet replaced
in these days by the coat During the
latter part Of it appeared the long
waistcost, the parent Of the modern
vest.
The pantaloons appeared in France
during the revolution. at the close of
the last century. whence shortly after
ward the fashion passed into other
countries. The people of all nations
appear to have taken kindly to the gar
ment from the first, finding it warmer
than the dress it DISPLACED. more
convenient and better adapted for con-
eealinx defects of the person. Besides
this. it permitted of the use OF linen
and cotton. and especially WOODEN fab
rics, thus making il possible for person.
in moderate eircumstane TO clothe
themselves decenflF and rendering less
marked the distinction between the
differe5J classes When coats Of silk
and velvet were in fashion they could
only be worn in Europe BY the nobility
or by those who had grown rich an
trade or by other means The great
mass al tie people-nearly all Of them,
N fsct-in France wore what was
called in that country blouse and ia
England & frock. this article in the
british islands alternating with some +.
form CT Jacket. Silken outer garments
were the dress OF gentlemen who had
nothing 10 do. and we're incompatible,
as they would be at the present DAY,
with either manual or clerical "a Dor
Pantsio hsFing come into fashion.
held their ground. and varying slight
" IN form. have now zn an
t4opitv dating back more than
3 hundred years Napoleon par
italy restored the Old fashion and /
after the restoration the old nobleSss. +
wore the dress Of their fathers AZ The /.
t.Ine ol Louis AZ. Bul tee sze had De