The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
WEAR FREAK CLOTHES
FOREIGNERS WHO ARE CRANkS ABOUT UNIQUE COSTUMES.
wardrobes That Have Excited Com-
 ment in EurOpe-Livery of span- tard's Servants.

London Tit Bits.
 The oriental magnincence of Lord iAngfesey's wardrobe. which excited so much amusement at the recent sales, Is probably without parallel in Europe.
 But even queerer. if less costly. apparel
 has been and is being worn by cranks all over the world.
 Last spring in the Viennese lay courts the relatives of a Herr Szelnicki applied to have him adtudged a lunatic AS the only allegation against Szel- nickis conduct was that he wore queer clothes. the court refused the applica- ton. But in the course of the evidence 1t appeared that Szelnicki, when on his | country estate invariably dressed him
 self like tortoise. He wore leather suit designed with big scales in exact | limitation of the slowest of animals. ! The Madrid newspaper Heraldo some 1 time ago devoted an article to the freak costumes imposed by a retired electri- clan named Linares upon his domestic ! servants. Each person in the house represented a particular flower. their | outer garments being embroidered with | roses. lilies. violets and so on. Senor
 Linares's own garments were adorned with carnations
 One of the uueerest characters of
 Montmarte in Paris, some years ago
 was a miser. reputed to be a millionaire who paraded the streets garbed in brightly printed cotton of the kind gen orally used for women's blouses. Pere Greville. AS he was called. had a mania
 for pockets. He usually had at least
 six in the front of his cotton jacket,
 and out of each projected a packet of grimy papers. Greville wore a hat,
 but carried an umbrella over his head
 in all weathers. rs-
 Gold Iace and Rrnid.
 Gold lace seems to have been the fad
 of gentleman described in Tho Berlin
 Post as rich Silesian land owner"
 who was fined at the police court for
 causing a crowd to assemble. The
 accuseds clothing. which was made of
 blue serge" says the report. was com pletely covered with gold lace and
 braid. Even his shoes were thus deco rated The accused's brother explained his conduct on the ground of eccentric ity. and stated that he possessed no fewer than two hundred suits of cloth es. all embroidered with gold in various designs"
 At the bankruptcy of a Hungarian magnate named Mezenyi 1t transpired that f72.00O had been spent on clothes in four years. A specimen suit was produced In court. All the buttons | were set with diamonds and a watch l was sewn into one of the cuffs. The | seams were hidden by rows of pearls. | M. Mezenyi possessed a pair of shoes | made of glass. which" says the report, | The always wore at home. being inordi- | nately proud of his feet"
 Clothes which ca>l be worn inside out | nre the queer freak of Nj. Sieversky. n nephew of one of the Czar's chamber lains Sieversky spent years in invent ing reversible overcoat. and in winter he kaS a DFarffca n nfI his friends houses dressed in beaver and leaving 1t in reindeer skin His are all reversible and their owner boasts that he can attend a we'd ding and a funeral in the same gar nents
 Queer ideas of art are responsible for many bizarre garments. During the | height of the new art craze in Vienna Herr Kasparowitch. Pole. wore the most marvellous clothes on record. Ills sleeves were adorned with sinuous in colored braid, while auae- mic, unnatural trees sprouted from the bottom of his trousers up to his waist coat. His coat fell away in graceful curves. and was embroidered on the pack with lotus flowers. Kasparowitch attempted to found a new school of lress, but his project was killed by rid cuie.
 The sartorical effects of Signor Grag- ia. rich Neapolitan contractor. were achieved with mirrors All Graglia's clothes had looking glass buttons. and were "inlaid" with medallions of the ame dazzling material. When he was 'ut walking in the sunshine" says The in an obituary notice. ''his ap- was binding. and 1t was im- possible to stand with ones back to the Iun and look at him"
 Clothes of Wood Fibre.
 Another Italian. Signor Cortese. has Ill his clothes made of wood fibre. For ,ears past he has been trying on the market a cheap cloth made of this plentiful material. Hitherto he has ailed. but, to show his faith. all his ,arments. including underclothes, are made of fibre cloth.
 Dread of disease accounts for many l ueer clothing fads H. Heeren. Of Co., ] enhagen breaches against scanned gar 1ents as dirt collectors" and himself years a single knitted suit of combina- ion form, which Is washed once a yeek Another Scandinavian gentleman egards unventilated clothes as dan 1 CT to health, and wears cloth ventilat- !