The Washington times., 1925-01-08
WOODEN UNDER
SILK HOSE IS
SECRET
Observation Proves Men Are
"Unbundling," While Other
Sex is Dressing Snugger
By WILLIAM PARKER.
international News Service.


NEW YORK, Jan. s. Women
don't defy cold weather the way they
used to.
New York women are ''bundling
up" now. It used to be the men
who bundled up" Nowadays the
men are "unbundlmg."
Take q look at the hurrying throng
along Fifth avenue. IL you want
verification Of these statements. OF
course, II you want q studied "close
up you must ride on one of the
big green buses that jog and rumble
up and down the avenue. But a
casual glance at passerbys will do at
first.
Almost every well-dressed man who
passes il WEARING low-cut shoes. And
then, too, IL you will notice, the welt.
dressed men all wear mufflers-
REFERS" they are called in the ex-
pensive shops. Apparently the muf-
0ers areanot worn for warmth. They
are draped around the back of the
neck, and each end falls gracefully
down alongside the lapeis of the un.
buttoned oVercoat, thus leaving the
throat exposed to the chilling blasts
OF winter.
TOp-COats Preferred.
Heavy listers, SO familiar on men
In other days, are not seen very otter.
The men favor more the form fitting
topcoat, even In this, the dead of
winter.
Look now at the women. True,
they, too, wear low-cut shoes, slip
pers, for fashion dictates that.
But here is secret. There APP
pears to the casual onlooker to be
considerably more plumpness in
the way of feminine limbs than
there was few months ago. This
might lead to the conclusion that
feminine limbs, generally, are TAX
ing on flesh. This, however, is
not true. The explanation OF this
plumpness is the secret about to
be unfolded.
Women are wearing wooden stock
ings under their silk hose.
OF course, it's really no secret
except for the modest bachelor, he
cause the big stores for, some time
have been advertising: Dainty
wooden stockings to wear beneath
your silk hOse-comfort and style
In one"
"OA11cAs LOO, UuLLOu LuSIE cOdLS
closely about them as they brave
the breeze. 1t would seem that
the day IL gone forever when women
go forth in the winter in peek-a-boo
shirtwaists, transparent hosiery,
thin skirts, and small pieces Of fur
dangling carelessly about their
necks.
On the buses you will note even
greater evidence that. women are
more concerned about their COM
fort than in other years. A ma
jority OF them are wearing knit
jackets under their heavy coats.
Cuffs on gloves keep the feminine
wrists warm.
Hot and Cold Drinks.
If the thirst parlors along the
avenue there is still another dis.
tinction to be noted. Stand out
side for q few minutes and watch
the men and women as they ap-
preach these thirst places. The
women, warmly bundled and COM
Portable, saunter into the parlors.
The men. casting dignity aside, are
more likely than not to be seen
running up the avenue, If the day
u bitterly cold-and these December
days are. indeed, cold.
But what happens inside the
thirst paflor is one of the most
amazing Of all the amazing spec
tacles New York has to offer.
Suffrage has either made women
more sensible or men senseless; for
there at the counter Is the evil
dence. The women, who came In
warmly bundled, are drinking 'hot
matted milk and hot chocolate.
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TO get in out Of the cold are drink
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