The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-10-02
1T SIMPLY ISN'T DONE
One just Doesn't Wear Cotton
Hosiery Any More, You Know
Young Girl Who Did Called sTm-
possible by High School Maid.

Something is gone from the aver
age wom2n's wardrobe that has ap-
parently gone to stay gone" 1t re-
quires much searching thru the whole
saler's stocks to locate the long mis-
sing article and it - necessary for the
shopper who asks for the article to
have much courage to face the I'M
speakable disdain of the salesperson
By this time you have guessed that
the missing article is cotton hose
Gone are the d~ys when / hose
had regular place in the feminine
wardrobe and when silk hose were
only an accessory for a "partyfied"
costume.
I'm really not very DID," says a
young business girl. but l can re-
member that cotton hose once were
acceptable. One time my father
| brought me a pair of hose when he
returned from trip to the east when
l was fifteen or sixteen. Maybe you
| think they were silk? Well, they were
not They were the finest of Isle
thread with red clockings and l went
into spasms of joy over them. They
didn't cost more than dollar
| why don't you wear Isle thread
ones now, then. if you like them ?'
she was asked.
|, oh, well. er-I can't now. No
body does"
When she said nobody does" the
business girl was very nearly right
For the statement of L. w. Hit. man
ager of the Poehler Mercantile conf
pany is astonishing in connection with
the subject. He said:
| 'Three-fourths of our hosiery trade
, is silk. We have comparatively few
demands for cotton hose"
Girl ImpOssible-Wore Cotton!
A big sister suggested to her high
/ school sister that certain high school
girl would be well worth cultivating.
girl who was unusually original. ca
pable, and had many worth while
things already accredited to her name.
Il saw the sgirl you were telling me
about" the high school sister said
later to her older sister. I'm sure
she is everything you told me she was
but 1 wish you could see her. She is
impossible looking. why, she even
wears COTTON hose!"
Not only the city girls, whose eX-
travagance and poor taste in values
has lonG been lamented, are respon-
sible for the magnitude of the silk
| hose trade. Listen to Hit again:
Our firm makes every big town and
every little town and every country
village in Kansas and women every
where, even those on the farms, are
| using silk hose commonly, from the
reports of our statesmen"
Silk hose may have a puncture from
| the popular fad of wearing wooden
hose. "Oxfords and wooden hose to be
worn this winter says fashion in a
| firm voice and so be it. But altho
wooden hose have longer wearing
qualities than silk hose and are far
more sensible in winter. their cost is
practically the same. possibly a little
more than that of silk hose.
whats the answer ?" some one re-
| marks. las Mark Twain said: 'Ev-
eryone's always talking about the
weather. but nothing is ever done
about it, -
but I do love silk hose so,' sighs
the feminine person.
| And who wants to crush the eternal
feminine love for the best of personal
adornment?
ST don't" says a young man. 81
think nothing is more alluring than a
pair of beautiful quality silk hose
when worn"