The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-23
INDEPENDENT
) OF LAUNDRYMEN
New Soft Collar a Cinch
to Do Up; May Never
See Laundry

RACK .a the late SOS some disap-
r,rt,d chap looked over mis- collars
and shirts. just returned from the
ia5sdr. and In sheer sclf-defonsc.
ovo,,d tine idea Of a celluloid or
-.t.,r collar 1t was a great sue
. fu. time. But oNplosiDns
.-l r.t.r fiery accidents In the vi
atrry .. Che neck-baud and the APP
,1.rI... uf the thing, caused a gen.
l..I .....tInn by the public. IL was
,..rt.G 200 Ellis Island.
E.r number Of years. mankind
.,..ar.l through and put up with
,E, s...alod still Hundored collar,
Ci,,Hr women In the meantime i'm
,r,8u..l the low neck, the pockabou
,gs.f ana what not, but men suffer
"a tH.i. weary way Then the so
called #aG collar came In. 1t was
SsH.H ID. % panacca but it proved =
a',,pu. tmcnt. In the first place,
IN, ,.t collar failed almost utterly
=" soft .n the feelings Of the wgarer
toward tu. iauudryman. II cost as
.u.h ur more TO have It laundcrcd,
sT,sIdps that it would shrink it
fwoyld frH,. and tear and in summer
A. wa. actually more of not Choker
han atff collar, incredible as that
gg, nav the worm has turned,
and behold man has a new collar.
Tuag.la this:
Wash II at Home.
A collar that has all the appear
ancc of staruhcd collar, and none
OF tho feel Of one; a soft collar that
holds l's shape; a collar which may
he washed at home in a washtub.
as easily as a handkerchief, stretch
ed our on some thing flat TO dry,
and which Is as clean and as neat as
new IN the morning without being
ironod. Think OF the saving in the
grand old laundry bill.
The inventor worked Gor years as
an ordinary hand" in a large collar
factory He conceived the idea of
an unsoluble starChod collar, made
in one piece. This he offered to sell
10 his employers As In the mclo-
drama they "ha-hucd" him and told
him 90 smoke his pipe again. Then
he appealed 20 "a rival firm, but they
were too busy avoiding the income
tax 90 avail themselves Of chance
tor millions in profit,
About the time he was ready TO 20
ufhe free employment bureau for
aNa1 % shirt manufacturer bought
m idea. 1t all came about sud-
denly. when II was over he was
minus his idea but ne had In his
horny fist a check for 100000, ac-
cordng tO report, a note for as much
more and a contract on a royalty
basis.
Then the factory etlrted. Before
/ the manufacturers had their adycr-
Using and sales plans laid out an
enormous output was sold. Now
three factories are turning out the
cloth and still the orders pour in
And the other collar manufactur-
crs--and the laundry owners? Well
It's said they feel like man holding
four kings who has just seen the
hand Of his ncighbor's said hand
containing four aces.
They are talking Of using tho now
cloth for shOes-instCad Of canvas
also OF using it for walters and bar
bers' jackets, mems tennis trousers,
well. you can see many possible
tiles for 10. II promises a revolution
In mems apparel, just as was effect
ed about 10 years ago, when cotton
cloth was successfully introduced for
mems summer suits. Prior to that
time they thought they had to wear
wool the year round.
Some fellow conceived the idea Of
combining cotton and mohair--the
result Is the best known summer
cloth. It's name has made fam
A Gus southern resort much more fam
Gus. That cloth has been copied,
but the inventor still draws his roy
elites The new cloth for collars
promises TO repeat that success.
The long-suffering public Is beg
Skg for the new collar faster than
SpNy can be turned OUT. Local deal
80 say the manufacturers send them
fohly about 10 per cent Of their or
ders Said a wcarer yesterday:
See this collar? I've had Il two
L months and I've worn il every day.
h !! looks like a new one every morn
!ag, At night I just wash 1t in
MS1sr, hot or cold and little soap.
4 NJ | spread II out on chair arm.
e That's all there Is to IL. The lann-