The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-12
HERE is new IDEA
.Woman's View of What Mascu-
line Dress Should Be.
Possibility That the War Will Bring
About Such a Transformation az
She Seems to Think Would
Be Desirable.

The war has brought many changes
In the world, and it is certainly hoped
that mere man will now take tum-
BILE and let the uniform of the soldier
suggest to him new mode Of dress.
We see daily the trim figures of "our
boys" with the neat-ftting uniform
coat, baggy trousers to the knee and
the leggings that so well set off the
leg.
Mans present dress is always mat
ter Of ridicule, is unsightly and should
be changed to something more sensi-
bic and economical, =,
Let US build for Mr.. Man a new
kind Of suit, a woman writes to the
editor of the New York World. AT.
first he will howl and say no, but IL
women will persevere and say you
must, he will, and in the end be hap.
tpy.
First; his figure. The abdominal
I belt is mans only excuse for the cor
set. He wants. it and he needs 1t far
more than woman, and if only for sup.
port alone. Put him into q regular
Woman's corset of wafstline height
and long hip and reduce that ugly
stomach several inches.
He will not look foppish, but will
have that military cut we all admire.
He will naturally feel i'll at ease and
compressed for a. few days, but that
will disappear and feeling of real
living will follow, for his lungs will
expand, the muscles, be tightly sup
ported and vim replace langour. The
corset was originally worn by men,
so let us put them back into their own
garment. Women are on the average
far healthier than men, and they are
daily .incased ina corset.
Now we have figure to work on.
Next, put him back into knee pants
and long stockings. Is anything more
becoming than the knickers Of old
days!
Think of the cloth saved and that
ugly bag, in his long trousers forever
eliminated! Then the coat tailored to
curve to his figure, lapels a thing OF
the past, and instead the military col
lar effect.
Goats to. be cut shorter and vests
done away with entirely. Think of
the saving of cloth in the suit alone.
Even his shirts, while in effect the
same as now worn, could be shorten
ed as in woman's shirtwaist, and of
far less material, so as to conform to
a narrower figure. Make change in
his shoes and go back to the old CO.
lonia1 type of narrower lines and
higher heel What is prettier than
the old colonial shoe and buckle?
Prevailing cloths would make, up
becomingly for business and street
wear, but the possibilities for evening
dress are unlimited. His evening
clothes are hideous. Silken breeches,
flowing waists, ETC., lend untold possi-
bilities at a dinner or function.
And the comforts on a hot summer
day. Let him have several pairs OF
white duck knickers and an array OF
shirts. White pumps and stockings to
match, and thousands of yards Of wool
saved, And a far better dressed man
in the, bargain.
Every man down in his heart wishes
he. could change to something more be-
coming and with, greater possibilities
of variety. And every man who reads
this will fervently hope that someone
will start the ball rolling, for he has
not the nerve himself to captain the
movement.
Nine out OF ten will quickly fall into
line and dress accordingly and feel
happy to think that someone started
a dress reform.
thrust the world will afr wonan's
views about mans dress and that
wives and sweethearts will follow your
lines. and shame the man into we'll
dressed being.