The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-21
SUSPENDEk- RACK,
|, ,CL0THIER CLAIMS
Like 1t or Not, Ladies,
That Old Article Is
With Us Again
MAKERS UP AGAINST IT
Either Go Broke or Make EN-
Was Their Problem, So
Used Publicity

The poor working girl In the hall
bedroom who washes out her hand
kerchiofs in the washbowl and pastes
them on the mirror TO dry has n
rival Now comes the travelling man
who does his own collar laundering
with the washbowl and toilet soap
as basis and the looking glass as
the climax.
This Is no idle fabrication af a
hectic Journalistic brain, but n fact.
Man has been reduced, by his own
statement and confession, TO ablut.
ing his collars and at the same time
that he performs n similar service
for his face, but the funny part OF II
IL that he is proud OF II. Reason
for this Ii pi iobably found In the fact
that never before has he had a collar
that would 40 through such an
ordeal and emerge still a. wearable
collar. This is no bestowal OF bland
ishments UPON any brand OF collar
nor no advertising medium for same
but the fact remains that the fer
tile brain of some erstwhile shoe
clerk evolved. not so many months
ago, IA white collar made OF single
piece OF cloth OF the variety used
for shoe Innings that isNncither hard
nor an advertising medium for same,
sense, is reversible and adapted to
home purposes in laundering.
Some Style Talk.
But the idea OF the story In the
beginning wasn't collars A. all. The
reporter was bent on chasing down
a wild-eyed rumor to effect that sus-
penders and armbands. or whatever
those sleeve garters are called, night
shirts and rubbors were coming
\ a.
somewhat skeptical. ear to the repeti-
tion OF the scandalous gossip, He
looked eXpansively benign over tho
suspenders. deprecatory over the
arm bands, donned n bland express
sion at mention of the night shirts
and a self-righteous one over tho
rubbers.
Beginning backwards, the reasons
were these: In the first place. he
wears rubbers. Generally speaking.
lots of them do. But little further
inquiry made elsewhere into the
subject disclosed the fact. that in
this one respect at least. men are
absolutely free from the bonds OF
| fashion but not from their wives. A
few men wear rubbers because they
deem II the properly sanitary thing
| to do from standpoint of their sew
! cral and individual constitutions. but
good many more wear them rather
than attempt to convince their
| spOuses that 1t isn't necessary. Dis
cussion of rubbers led to other things
similarly useful and brought out the
fact that next fall--a tip for the
| ultra fashionable Tulsa man, II any
about the only outstanding new
feature OF style is going to the whip
cord coat. Hitherto Is has always
| been gaberdine.
Heralded by gobs of publicity. the
| United National Clothiers, at their
| Chicago convention not SO long ago.
brought forth generous portion of
| night shirts, relieved" so the press
notices ran, "by a splash OF red tape
| at the throat" So far as this town
is concerned. clothiers nave been
relieved OF the necessity of stocking
| 20 on said night shirts, fo7 paiamas
/ are still the popular choice. Time
apparently doesn't turn backward In
It's flight so far as mems styles arc
concerned.
Suspenders Already Back.
Except n the matter OF suspend
! CONTINUED ON FACE NINE