The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-12-28
MANY OF THREATENED
FAOS HAVE FAILED
Perhaps That Is What Will
Happen to Proposed Knee
Brooches for Men.

brave person. by name Louis Borque;
occupation, gentleman of leisure; ma
tionality. French; expert in matters
sartorial and q few other things. gave
to the world the opinion that mankind
Of the future was destined to knee
'breeches n silk hose.
Maybe he was right. Modern pre-
cedent, though. is against him.
There is really no reason. of course,
why mankind should forever bedeck
itself in garments of the q la mode
architecture. But there is every reason
to believe that mankind. in matters OF
dress, IS becoming more conservative,
and that any changes will be matters
of evolution and not the result of hasty,
tu-considered mandates. without re-
course to the due process of fashions
laws.
All the tendencies of mems fashions
IN the last few years have been to-
ward simplicity. Many modes that
tended toward the extreme have beer,
introduced, but they didn't take. Fads,
for the present, are out of fashion.
How much better 1t would be to see
a man wearing a fine silk shirt, pretti-
~ trimmed in old lace. and the silk
hose and shoes with buckles would be
much more pleasant than our loosely
eAAN4 EipNS III appearing SUING
shoes, or bottom shoes with half the
sotto.S CT. Il IS certain tina clothing
changes radically every century. both
Tor men and women, and we have had
a century OF mems clothing in the pres
Ell styles;
o. you century""A hundred years
or ugly styles, the only merit of which
IS their concealment, not only of he
beauties but, far more important, of
ionl "sn
Much better indeed would be tbs
Of the ugly and prosaic present for
those few men who live the active and
healthy lives Of our honored ancestors
me trim calve that went SO we'll with
the "knickers.' the small clothes. the
dfi II fronts. the lace stocks of bygone !
among the males Of our own age
rats, town houses and apartment no.
tets are not conducive to shapely limbs
or straight-front dummies" The man
OF 1ooay IS more Inclined to corpulency |
IN 70 pi~cturesqueness. Often he Is
dences OF refined civilization, But ar
ray him in the close-cut garments ~
ane material that graced the martial
i1guTes OF the colonial men and hs
would surely be e fright. ~
It may be that fashion VIII have No.,
way, and that the men who still r,Sa
horses Z do other outdoor stunts
tend 10 keep their figures within
poohas VIII swing the pendulum cleaT
zen 10 the knee breeches and the friled
,toats. sui SO far thcre is no evidence
3I any such reaction. On the othes
lana, all tendencies toward the mic.
-4rssQue nave been sternly repressad
FOR instance, there was the Kaisa,
y lihelm hunting hat. Introduced insi
~, 49, tGe Tune that the ultra dressers
~ 80 oeAsa 70 green headgear, it's dash
eocSade threatened to break into
ne ranks of the conservatives Notb-
rs or the sort happened. A few n,en
Lose social status was in no danger
.eEs equal to appearing in public In
> . lney got themselves into the
peeaiiy o to less radical headeaay
me green hats themselves tho1gh
ttes were not extremely radical vera
90 flnch on he "rah-rah" order tn
emleve lasting popularity. For ons
\. oiey haa a brief career OF
iecine. Many a brave man WIZ
oyl Ventured on the public thor
ugnfares In his Alpine topniaca III
l 5 enough to let it follow his other :.
Coming down a bit. there were ~
tocks. They seemed sensibIa ens
lose gentlemen with short and ~
ecks, who for untold years have heen
suanlng against the tyranny of stift
baps' appeared to have their innings
le direction backward toward The IN
frllled fronts of he o,nni
s. But IT was too good to he 80
ne ~vauaevlle persons, the brasil
Boys who are always in The
I'LL 7 the advance styies
aopeu 70 the stocks with enthusia sr I;
tier that no one else wantad e 4hsn
lcept the horseback fraternitv ~
I've. never quit using them sine ~ :
d hunting days. ee the ,
AS to ties, the tendency has been oil !
ce t thinssp iisiey rather thar the giddy {
lifted and crocheted strings hat ose ,,
'oa tlil they are all frayed out frat :
2 easy TO handle and look neat and :
lla, nave peer supplanting ali the /.
ornate styles. and appear to have :
9 call for some time to come. Aase !
Again, the giddy waist coats ha t
cir day.. For a short space man hina
med out as a bird of paradise. a ealS- !
breasted pheasant, a robin rad '
EAST and a few other proud end y
ughty males Of the bird families Rrt g
came a chilling frost, and when =
ats fell from grace. VAST q
Even tne evening clothes caught tho v
yer, and there were some verit.hieo +
Lilectlons worn with dinner coats and
with s~wallow-tafls. Most 8
these have gone by the board. 1n e
est DEGREES OF the tailors are tba. g
8 well to leave out the pink snn4s .
d other evidences of color. with sfp III e
ess coats, unless one wishes to he y
nsidered radical. " pc =
SOFT bosom shirts, or those u,.h :
ats and the like, with dinner ,a mlth i
! and figured or finely pleated tbins. :
tn full dress, lave likewise eona Us :
he radical class. NOTHING hut = !,
ndy. kids are now Supposed ~ ane 7
ar In anything but simple and con- +
rvative shirts. con- !
not only is fashion prevan.,na r
2 evening rig from r~esernhiins
seph's coat of many colors. hut - = s
ting out a lot OF promiscuous COS =
s. Those velvet things and ~ !.
eer rolls and turns and curves .ne Il
W supposed to belong solely to 1thhae
II dressed comedians. 8
AS for white evening clothes NJ
the late lamented Mark Twain n
the financially powerful Franz 4 n
nderiip has been able to max them
For day wear. this fails mandates. b
Tor simplicity. AS HERETOFORE
sack yYIif for !,