Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-06-26
CLOTHED IN MANS APPAREL.
Girl Gradually Adopts the Masculine
Styles.

Girls admiration for the members OF
the masculine sex shows itself princi-
pally at the present time in her desire
to clothe herself in the raiment Of
her brother.
There is no denying the fact that the
girl of today is determined to be as
comfortable as she possibly can,
meled with skirts. That is something
she cannot be rid of, although she has
tried everything she could think Of,
shortening them for rainy days and
even trying to discard them for bloom
ers when riding the uIcycle. She even
went so far at one time as to try
knickerbockers when wheeling, but she
found that she was the object of so
much ridicule that she has finally gone
back to skirts, albeit short ones.
But in every other respect she can
use brothers" wearing apparel. Her
tailor-made suits are patterned after
his so far as possible, even to sack or
cutaway coats, with vests and "dick-
les"
1t may be matter of surprise to find
that those same 'dickies' are really
fastened to the snowy white cuffs she
wears by the body of a really truly
mans shirt. Perhaps this will shock
some people. But the fact is that
when one desires to wear close-it-
ting vest anu jacket it is not conven-
lent to wear shirt waist, and the sep
arate cuffs are always coming loose,
because there is nothing to fasten
them to except the coat, and the pins
come out and leave them sliding over
the hand. Then, too, that 'dickie"
skewers around crooked, and "broth-
er's" shirt never does. So why should
the girl not have a regular shirt?
And she does. It fits her a little
more closely than the mans shirt
about the waist, but it opens down the
front and is fastened by little studs,
just like brothers." and most likely
'brother's' too In fact, I know of
girl who deliberately went into her
brothers room, and, in his absence, de-
livered the following monologue to
still her own conscience:
Dearest brother, may borrow your
studs?"
eyes, and welcome, sister" Where
upon she helped herself not only to the
studs, but also a necktie and scarf
pin, and his new shoes and socks.
''What!" 1 hear someone exclaim in
dismay. "Shoes and socks!"
Yes, his shoes and socks. And why
not In the first place, they are much
more sensible than her own. They
have good thick soles, and are made
of warm, stout leather, and, SO far as
one can see by the styles of the pres
ent day, there is very little difference
in their appearance. Her feet were
large and his were small, so that the
size was a perfect fit.
AS for the socks she wore fannels
and wooden tights, and that was
enough for her limbs, SO that the half
hose were quite as sensible as the rest
Of her apparel
Of course, our girl has not yet dis
carded her corset. She cannot. She
needs it for comfort as we'll as appear
ance, but she does not lace it tightly,
and wears the latest straight effects OF
the Partisan styles, and these give
plenty of room to breathe fully, while
they are we'll shaped.
AS for hat, the soft fedora has long
been worn by our girl.
Her latest steal from brother, /"
however, is his gloves. The plain
tailor-made street suit is no longer
complete without the thick suede-fn
ish dogskin glove with one-button
clasp at the wrist. Some gloves are
made with two buttons, but the one
button is the latest for brother" and
consequently for SISTER
1t is already rumored that the tailor
made girl has discarded her swishing
petticoats, and she has, but not en-
tire1y. She does not wear them with
her latest tightly fitting tailor-made
costumes, but she does wear them with
her visiting gowns, and also all even
gowns. She cannot give up their,
pleasant rustic on all occasions.