Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-15
DoUGHBOY LIKES THE
BRIGHT EST COLoRs
IN HIS GIVES

acaliy every few months, hailsnR from
aqueedunk aud other parts Of tbs
map. III even yyeIn9 with the middle
On Leave fl bis .ciryiess coinss the
American ~do0ghboys Who seems e
have been giving some shocks 10 dear
old Lunnons
according 50 cabIegrnIn just re-
ceived from London pnryeyors are
og the Rainbow Division and socks
stocking do On gidGy scotch plaids.
~ Nslk shirts that res tie
Flaming 70 discard his unifogin Tor
'clyYies, the American doughil0y I'd
systematically going In for the loudest
color combinations he can 0Tad Instead
Of the quiet blue serge suit and black
socks that were TO his taste before he
went to war. he demands green and
red stripes In his suits, while his
hosiery make chorus girls green with
envy and his high yailer low cut
shoes nre Of the most extrayagant pat
tern.
Well, dear old I.unnon' has nothing
OH Baltimore and the sloughboys on
tliis side of the pond are not passing
any sartorical surprises BIZ, them
selves.
According ID The statement 81 local
haberdas1ers and tailoring houses,
however. the period Of out-coIoring
the female of the species. did not be-
Gin with the returning dOugiihOy, nor
with the discharged soldier III this
country.
The craze for loud coiors, said To-
cal dealers. was complement of the
high wages, which enabled the man
who formerly paid sifor shirt To pay
SO each for six This man did not
feel himself completely dressed II his
shirt had less stripes than zebra.
And. II the colors bore tile slightest
resemblance To neutrality. as Il pa
triofic American. he refused to buy
He Insisted upon stars and stripes.
IKE the glorious nag under which he
lived. He demanded all the shades
OF tho Rainbow, not blended together
into one harmonious whole. but noisy
enough ID make people SIC UP and take
notice. He liked gitidy Scotch plaida.
that reminded him Of tile Killed La
dies from He'll which he himself liked
10 raise on his own account.
Tailoring shops and haherdaaheriea
put III these high colors sparingly.
They felt that man was inherently d
sensible creature. md this craze for
loud colora was sort or war-neurosis.
like the shell shock Of the battle zone.
Only Ii this country ii was high wages
.snakIns the noise instead of cannon
And while the shops bought lond-col-
orsd shirts By half and quarter dozens,
they put Fl khaki shirts and hose and
other military accessories by the gross
lot.
Then came tho arlnistice
The bottom dropped ont Of the khaki
business. As the soldier planned to
don his uniform for seivyies lie would
have nothing Of khaki He turned
from the soabre '.yallers Of military
requirement to stripes that resembled
futnrist painting Of Mount Vesuvius
Socks Of green and blue and gray,
socks of black, with white clocks !:
socks Of white, with black clocks, sold
like German iron crosses. Socks OF
kluki color and OF staid black and
white remained On the shelf Ike the
proyerbial old maid Of and 80 suns
rners.
So, the habertiasheries and tailoTs,
eaader but wiser men, got rid of their
khaki -coiored shirts aud hose. One
prominent Aaberdasher III the city dis
posed 81 d couple hundred, which had
cost him around SIS. to d company
store III mining town at s.25, and
converted the proceeds into shirts or
bread vari-celored stripes and shades
that would make even Fifth avenue sill
up ana take notice.
Another big store nut on half
price sale. and Ii now thinking Of hold
ing IN automatic bargain day on the
remaining stock in which every hour
on the hour, the price autoInat fcally
reduces itself. until at closing tilne
whatever Il left will BE- low enaogh
III price q eQ,lip the average up-to~
date Bolshevik army,
EveTyhoay's doing IT, One dough
10y. recently returned from overseas.
said today as soon as he leaves ths
hospital he IS going to doll mp ID 4
manner that would nstonish r. r. Bar
mum himself
The war Is over, he said Why
should 90 around looking like an un-
tlertaker. just because | served III the
army. Ne for glad rags Just as soon
us | can put aside my uniform afy.
soul may have been tried By ire and
steel, but its going to try It's wings
along the White Way the iirst chance
IL gets. and need the nearest thing 10
minstrel outfit that can find for
TIE grand Whoop-la that's coming 10
ms.