Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-10-18
TROUSERS WERE APRONS ONCE
Fashion Made Them So Lons Thai
Men Couldn't Manage.

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Men Couldn't Manage.
From the New York sun.
Mrs. Clara kuge revealed the nsNs-
terry of trousers last night AZ the Ho-
Tel Aston. The useful garment came
from the banks OF the Nile. il appears,
and may have been worn for the first
time by KING Sucfru. of the fourth dv-
nasty. who tlourished about Supu Is. G..
Mis-. Ntugc is an art critic Who has
made a special study of costume. She
talked at the .Nstor last night before
the Art Workers club ON tho 'Driein.
History and Development OF Costume"
William NJ. Chase. The artist. lent her
some of has most gorgeous costumes
that she might Illustrate ho.. tax 10y
dressing live girls up in them and Civ
ing living pictures. Mr.. Chase also
posed the Young women. who We're
pretty prOfQ sslonal uodels.
Mrs. Rure devoted several minutes
of her talk To trousers. ard die women.
who formed a large majority of the
audiences. listened With interest. They
had a right TO. Il it hadn't been for
Womcn's aprons. first Worn in l.gypt.
there wouldn't laNn been amy troisors.
Pants are but aprons of Il larger
growth. "Mcn have always been moro
sensible about their dress than Wom-
en- said MIS-. Ruge. Al times thoy
have become foolish and Worn things
To show off their handsome figures, or
let VANITY rum AWAY WIFI iil'il. Uut
in the main they have been sancr than
women. so far as clothes 90.
"Trouscrs. the distinctive feature OF
mems dress. were worn in Egypt for
the first time. Both women and men
had been wearing aprons. Aprons were
the very first attempt to ornament and
decorate the person. Before they APP
peared mon and women Wore skins and
iurs-plain. severe ane simple. The
aprons were a fanciful frill. The wom-
en- of Egypt got to Wearing them long.
and imperious fashion required the
men to 10 the same. 1t was difficult
for the men to move freely. though.
wearing these long aprons. A genius
appeared. He cut holes in the apron.
stuck his legs through and behold he
had the r~udimentary trousers. Little
by little something was added behind
or IN front until today we have the per-
feet PATTERN"
Until the present time. Mrs. Ruge
said, the caprice and whim of women
threw common sense to the winds. and
the result was the most o~utlandish
dress conceivable.
w have progressed" said Mrs.
Ruge. w have found that it is fool
ish to submit to the slavery of FASH
ion. Today whatever is beautiful Is
fashionable. Formerly it was what
ever is fashionable is beautiful. l cons
| slider. though, that the periods in which
inc IIlOSl DedullluI COSlulIltS V
worn both by men and women were in
the time of the Greeks and during the
Renaissance"
Hats have always indicated ideas.
said the costum expert. Tho felt hat,
broad brimmcd. free and easy. has al
ways stood for liberal ideas. freedom.
hatred of tyranny and m%anliness.
The first felt hats We're worn by
Mallcnstein's soldiers during the thir-
ty years war;" she said. THE Hol-
landers wore them to show they had
thrown off the rule of Spain. The Pur-
itans wore them, and so did the Quak-
crs. making a fashion of soft hats.
which indicated their formality and
sternness. Today the rough rider hats
and the cowboys sweeping hats stand
for the same thing=love of liberty"
Mrs. Ruge Illustrated her talk with
stcreopticon views and living pictures.
The girls of the Art Workers club
showed themselves dressed as Greek
maidens, Roman matrons, Egyptian
princesses, Spanish gypsics, ladies' OF
the time of Philip III. of Spain, ladies
of the court of Louis XIV, ladies OF
the first and second empires, and i'm
of every period which had a