Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-07-26
ORIGIN OF STYLES
Many of Popular Fashions Were
Results Of Chance.


ThAt many Of tha rnzh6onx which b.
came famous In their day and have
erEs dawn To cur own were dina To
chance or accident In now n naarr@r
Of history Interesting are the stories
told Of the cdd origin Of certain styles
whtch an Uns1specrfng world probably
thnugh8 were fntenEin1aIly chosen for
their beauty OF comfort
The courts Of E1rupe have been en-
peefallE noted sBr their Susceptible fol-
hwtng at an idea introduced BE- the
Fefgntng monarch when frequently
that idea was evolved To conceal one
OF the rulers physical deGseGx- One Of
the kings Of France came 10 the
thrOue n child Of ten hs wore his hair
In long rtngists all about the head
Immediately I1sn and women ecEzed
themselves likewise The same mon
arca was bald az thirty and being n
lower OF all shAt was beautiful and
feminine be ordered the elaborate wig.
which was tzksn Up and rsFeIsd in
during many rsfgns4
As for the hair being caught In the
haek and held with small bow Of rib
bon, the style beloved OF men several
hundred years ago. EErfe girls are said
60 awe originated the Idea. and aect-
dssuGtIy- Que day u court leader hap
Psnrd To be Wishing and his hostess
WIS late In arriving In the salon The
young Ean EEL asleep and the two
children Of the noble lady. creeping
In saw the guest and. ~ pkay \ trick
tied his hair all together The Hrtls
-
and the young Exam never knew Of the
curious picture the hack a hiH wig pre-
<enseG Other VISITORS discovered the
gnrnhsh. EInghed AZ tie ribbon. and
rn= E1Ung count declared hArefaeediy
that he had so fastened his hair and
meant to kssp il always 20 from his
neck aud Shoulders Within n few
Gays the entire nohaftY found the
scheme an exreIIent cue and adopted
the idea
The pG11isr was introduced by n
queen 10 cover a misplaced hip hone.
fr waa an actress who finally threw
Ehe pannter aside after IL had been
fashionable half a century One sEe-
ming Just before she was ID appear
On the stage, the actress discovered
that one pmnrier was entirely drensh-
ed In OIL the dress It was thought
was spoiled By n rival
The actress and her maid quickly
thought the MATTER over. and both to-
gsther quickly tore OF the offending
member Of the costume Ths actress
d0uned the dress. but Of course. f.
presented a ridiculous appearanes.- So
the 0eher pannfer waa renewed. and
the Slim young woman appeared on
the stage more supple and graceful
than ever The audiences al first gasp
ed. then admired. and the next day
All oe Lnu5an 1.-THE scene took PLACE
\ ehersp decided tn tnrirzts the actress
On her severe skirt
The origin of the heanfF SPOT Ii no
less interesting The duchess de M1nt-
I noriIE9n suffered with n boil ON the
ehsek ard PUT On htE OF black mix
E guFe overnight said to be healing In
the morning she efEher f1rgnc % wash
K her face or did not use enough ears--
+ So the story gpeE-znd the fnzttemtfve
or malicious servant allowed her r1EsI
creaE To appear before the w0cIH" with
+ her face spntred- Powdered and Fer
1 famsd. Mcnrm0FfIEGn received her call
ers who found the black spot charm
K ing so mnch 40 that before night they
had an9tnred their faces winh the
black ointment
To come down tn present rimAz. thu
fsarher boa was originated Eeaa EH1n
! 70 years agp IN Bcsann. In M idle
moment an apprentices In a feather ed.
tzhIiahmenE sswed tina discarded hfEz
and ends Of poor pf1mea tcgzsher and
strung tham ahoua her neck The cEh
er girls IaugheE ut the trimming. the
head of the department. found Il prsE-
IT,, and the order WAS given that no
casEawzEs In the fnrm az pl1zmes ha
thrown In the waste BASKET All parts
az the pfzme were kept. sewed On to
n ribbon. the entire thing gurIed and
hcng ribbon hsopa put aE each end, and
the fsather boa WIS tina SUCCESSES OF the
senzon-
sEl1a uneurfes1 plume. 80 EzshfnuzaBa
IN Paris n few gemrs agp and revived
Recently In &n1eher manner. was PURE
LIZ tire result at an accident The big
gess race Gf the year. tina GranG Prfx
fAutsuR. WIS on. and women were
there dressed within an inch OF their
lives A fearful rafnsturn came 10
AA4 p1CEA3 were 4EEuGUteG- ElftL&4
that had Left home finely euried were
wen and eneh spiral stood apart II
was NOT pretty. the eireer, hus IL was
original and anss OF the miElFners,. ma
wfshtMg tn rake the rruuhEe To have
the pIiInres 0f an kiA customers re-
eurfed- advised them TO aII1w the gzr@
Hfsh 10 remain "a tt was
That week following the Grand Prfx
RAutsui1 saw norhHng huE straf9hf
spiral prumes. and wuaaen HRest them
So mEnch that before tire foEI1wfng sun.
day. when the Grand Frfx DE- Long
champ was ~ be, women vino had
cusfed plumes had the WAVE taIEen out
SO that they zIiGht appear EHkz the 9TH
sr fzsht1uahlesA Fer mere than a
Fenr the defrissee Plume was suugh1
AS wha1s. fashion In. HEa In shhs I
Instance. only tine resUEr oe an aerS
dsnE Somekfmes II ls the aurern1e
Oc an experiment. But nkz tina w1u \
szr. = ils caprieiGus and elrangsahle ana \
Capable OF most anything renzenahla