Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-01-02
FOLLIES OF FASHION
SARTORIAL VAGARIES OF THE CEN
TURlES THAT Are GONE.

Grotesauc styles That ReiGHed In
the Time "i thauccr Rnincnt
That RiNn!cd the Rainbow and
Men Who Starchcd Their Bcards.
1t is Il little gratifying to reflect that,
however the man of today may com
pare with his, ancestors of bygonc cen
turtles in physique and morals, his
dress is much more moderate and in
eXpensive even if it is less pictur
eSque, than theirs.
1t is true that here ana there one
may .tinl some foolish young man
whose taste in dress is as eXtravagaH1
as that Of any ',huck' OF the day, OF
the Georges. There is. for Instance, q
son of a we'll known peel, Who has the
reputation of never wearing Il suit
twice. He has Il wardrobe O1 waist.
coats Of all the colors of the rainbow.
ranging from Il Eight blue spangle'l
, with silver Staez to Il deep green satin
! with buttons OF eighteen carat sold.
each OF which is adorned with the
pa nted face Of n beautiful woman.
Another .,pai,hy al,isloelat i.sacredlt-
ed with having as many suits and Uni
forms rs }hcrc are days in the year
and with spending OF his taiIor's b!il
a sum wlicA would pay the yearly
salary of a minor cabinet minister.
Bur such Hcn aia motlestly a1fay"d
compared ~fth the aandies ol many .
laS1 century Tie cart II Aoal'mua
jeiia,al #ho li4e,l IL 1ae !a9er. Gsla q
tl4e faHrteee5lI celfffR ha5z;ed ~ fs.e=
Z" tAan 81 suits O: eletil o1 2eia
aoae aal - h=.aea ol' EaF a tiRa
(.np A;1l q c-:l.5-t ef IA. t.AIetd fUr ev=
es'y dt.y . - y2ar
Much .89a ~ ta=ean MaN.s time
tie 0as 5I..F o!' a bishop nj&4t hoNe
teen tilc esq Il - 5alHea fer tlle VI
riett anal c5lsyiIu,~. II is contents, and
even L >a.Pc vIi!a..e priest, according
to l5uller N-taq a -tjaent Of crimson
| sa i,l a ve.tf.}f'Ht Of CRIMSON velvet, i
stole and fall44 sci VIII pearl, gowns
| faced with tatl".aS. et.,'
IN tn. day. of tiln1leer fashionable
men Wore clothes rs nli.li. coIorrd as
| ,JoscpE's c@at. SO thai, "Whiie enc leg
would hn blaze of crimson the other
would be triclird oul III @Ieea or blue
or yellow. without any regard to har.
mony or CONTRAST
! Even as lave us the middle of the
| eighteenth injury a dandy would deei,
himself in "a vivid green coat. Il waist
coat of scarlet. yellow breccheS and
blue stockings. and the gentleman of
a few years later wore. among SINH
| lar saitorial vaGarieS. IA coat of light
green. with sleeves too small for the
arms and buttons too big for the
| sleeves: 4 pair Of Manchester fine stuff
brcechcs, without money in their poc>-
cts: cloldcd silk stockings. Il club of
| hair behind larger than the head that
carries it, a hat of the size of siN-
ponce on Il block not worth a far
thing"
At one fashionable epoch our ances-
tors. to quote the words of a quaint
! chroniccr. would wcare clothes SO
tighte to ye skin that it might we'll be
| conceived they wore no clothes at all,
and at another they would Wear them
$50 vOlum nous that a single suite
| might we'll have afforded raymcnt for
whole familie. and SO stuffed ont
with feathers that. OF u verify. their
wearers resembled nothing SO much as
walking sackes."
AT another period it was the gro
| tesQue fashion to combine on one per
son the dress Of all the countries OF
Europe-the hat would be Spanish. the
coat French. the trousers Turkish. ant,
so On-so that the Wcarer was Il walk
ing epitomc of the dress of cont
nent.''
| At one time shoes would be worn
with square toes of such width that IA
royal proclamation was issued limiting
the width to six inches. and these
shoes We're succeeded by others which
came to the finest Of points at the toes.
In Henry Ills time shoes with points
two feet long We're Worn by the fash
! iOnables. and in the reign of Henry
| ". these points had grown to such an
| inordinate length that in order to be
able to walk at all it was necessary to
! attach the tips to the knees by chains.
which were of gold or silver. while the
| tops of the shoes were carved with all
kinds of fantastic designs.
In the early part of the eighteenth
-; century it was common thing for a
man of fashion to spend several hours
, day with his valet. among the many
quaint operations being .the Starching
of the beard and the proper perfumns
Of garments. the painting of the face
| and amounting with oils. tinctures. quin-
tessences and pomatums." 1t is even
said that some Of the dandies of the
time bathed in wine and milk for the
nroSa1.1:a ion of thoic conanlox ions nd