Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-26
Geographic News
Bulletins By the
National Geographic Society
SKIRTS FOR MEN

SGdSOA. . ~ Ia.
mai Even the a"rchaeologlsts, ac-
|cording to recent newspaper reports
SAY that it has been a matter OF
controversy for forty centuries and
thew point out statuettes of the
times Of the Pharaohs with skirts
OK varying cuts and lengths.
Men, too, have had skirts to
worry with almost since the dawn
OF history and Some of them-no-
tably the Greek soldiers and the
famous Ladies from He'll of the
world War-are literally wearing
| skirts today says q bulletin of tile
National Geographic Society from
washington, IL. c., headquarters.
Skirts of Skins Came First
I'm fact, the first garment WHEN
man evolved after he originated IN
the tropical ATTITUDES n began
drifting toward colder chimes was
probably a skirt of skins suspended
from a girdle. Such a garment was
| worn by the ancient B~abylonians
and many others.
THE national costume Of the
! Jayanese men is composed of the
sarong and kabaya. The sarong
is a brightly colored skirt kept III
| place around the waist by a silk
| scarf which is wound around the
| body several times. The skirt falls
down over the hips in straight ines
and is quite narrow, with n SIM
BILE deep fold in front. The kabaya
is a sort of dressing jacket, often
embroidered in elaborate colors.
Though the Javanese noblemen tc-
day are accepting the commonplace
English and American attire for or
binary occasions. n often sees at
their festivals startling contrasts in
.4+;-N hAtitvA WAS nf M nZa m hlnIIG
and OF some of the Pacific islands
also wear the sarong.
Anent the Philibeg
Nothing is dearer to the heart
of the cannay Scotchman thai his
family plaid. Once he wrapped
himself in the huge oblong piece OF
cloth and belted in the lower poe
ton which extended down to his
knees. forming the kilt. Later this
lower part was made separately and
was dignifed with the name of
philibeg.
aThe Albanian armed watchmen
at the doors of foreign embassies
and consuIates and the Greek sol
diers wear what they are pleased
to call the 'fustenella,' which is a
killed skirt Of knee length made
of white cotton or linen, very full
and -starched. The royal bodyguard
Of the Greek king and the Greek
peasants on a holiday also wear the
'~fustenella.'
'"The men of Ponapi Island in the
Carolines wear skirts usually made
Of g-ass and palm leaves append I'D
from beaded belts. the kings being
more elaborate than the common
er's. And many q black king in At
| RIGA has on his coronation robes
when he can snrirk in pride in q
short skirt or a tall hat.
USe Needles of Bone
among the Aborigines of Aus
tralia the women get out their e
dies made from a little bone from
the leg OF an emu, thread them with
the sinews of opossums. kangaroos
or emus and do the little plain
sewing which makes the necessary
skirts for their lords and masters.
but mar suffers n step nearer
feminism than the skirt-the XII
mono. Indeed, it seems that the
street attire for the greater part
ilk. The Shah of Persia is all
dressed up when he gets on a gor-
geous robe cut exactly like the
American woman's one-pieee XII
mono, except hat his sleeves are
long and tight and would be q
nuisance to her 1adyship il she had
to wear them. The material he uses
is elaborate and the embroidery
around the edges must cost him a
pretty penny, but the American
woman has him beat for comfort.
Burmese Monks Wear Togas
1.-The men in the Teheran streets
in much the same way the white OF
their undergarments making a
white clicked at neck. The vivid
robes of the monks in the temples
in Burma are somewhat like the
ancient Roman toges. Greek. Or
thodox priests and Arabs of hBrth-
ern Africa also wear kimino-lixe
garments, the Arab calling his q
burnoese. The native costume of
the Moors of Tin1buctu in the Sa-
hara gives the effect of the long
robes with the loose flowing sleeves
worn during graduation exercises Ill
American univerties.
In China, Japan, Korea, Tibet
and Mongolia they call the gar
nlent Various names but 1T drifts
to American shores 1t inevitably
becomes some woman's kimono.
The monaghan native wears his
closely buttoned up at the neck and
belts it tight about his waist. TIE
LamaS of the monasteries of Tibet
get them several sizes too large and
blouse them at the waist.
'The Koreans long unlined yer
garment, made or almost t~ranspa--
emit material, which reaches below
his knees is belted in and from this
belt he hangs on the left side two
cas- for a knife, pair Of chopsticks
and his large smoked glasses. and
on the right side two bags for his
money and tobacco. With that out
fit he wears a pill-box hat tied I'M
der his chin and carries a fan.
When the Chantos of Khotan
gather for their weekly summer
fete In honor of the iife-gtving
river they look like q group of
men who have borrowed their
wives old kimonos and part Of the
bed linen to meet the emergency"