Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-19

ana occasionally, to them, it seems tc
make the hour strike a bit early. But
to one who studies the displays not
go much on the rule of vogue as for q
comparative check on the ages they
recall to memory, they speak, like
nature spoke to the poet, "a various
. language.
Research laboratories in recent
years have created so many beautiful
tints in the coloring dyes that even
those who think of many things on
the basis of the good old days" are
compelled to admit that years agone
never furnished anything better nor
anything equal to the shades in the
articles on sale today But forget
them and go back in memory to the
styles of former years.
Let it be case of "who remembers
this, or that" in the styles, It may
, take one back a decade, score OF
years, third of a century, but it is
interesting to recall facts from the
fashion column of the youth of people
now living. Take for example back
about the time of the sinking of the
Maine in Havana harbor, in 1898, when
there was that striking "leg-o'-mutton
sleeve" worn by the girls who really
knew the latest in the fashions for
women of that day. How appealing
they were? They reached out we'll be-
yond the usual line of the figure of
the wearer, a compelling sight, and
sitting alongside a girl wearing one of
that type of waists, the sleeve almost
tickled the cheek as if to say Here I
am" Then again, they carried strong
appeal as cozy corner in which to
nestle the cheek as one looked up into
the trusting eyes of the Wearer.
Leg-O'-MuttOn Sleeve
And coincident with the "leg-o'-
mutton" sleeves for the girls were
those "toothpick-toed" shoes which the
boys displayed with such gay abandon
Toothpick was carefully selected
word describing them and word ad-
visedly used, for while they could not
be used literally for that service thay
typified the old-time wooden tooth
pick of about the same era. They were
fine for the male youth of the time
but it would have been a case of pity
the poor lad if they happened to en-
case the feet of an irate father when
laddie appeared on the scene bringing
daughter home from the party.
About the same period, too, were
those elaborate chinchilla overcoatS for
the men which looked so much like a
merino sheep pelt that it almost re-
quired a second look to discover
whether it was cloth or the pelt of a
sheep dyed to suit the taste. While
II he N
was thick enough to have been Sheared
after the second year and have been
just normal wool overcoat after that
The chinchilla overcoat held a nicile
in the history of styles in wearing
apparel not approached by anything
of the present time.
Shirt Waist for Men
Back % the days just after the turl'
of the century there was step in the
direction of the coat shirt but only q
step. That was when, too, they used
the old-fashioned detachable cuffs
with the metal holders which fitted
| into the cuff at one end and claspeo
on to the shirt sleeve at the other
About the same time there was the
reversible cuff which one could turE
about when the end under the coat
sleeve was likely to disclose more
whiteness than the outer end. Ane
then followed the Shirt-waist Tor men
That was considered long Jump II
advance of the vogue of the day anc
it was just that, especially when i
happened to be bit skimp in length
! for it kept the wearer guessing
| whether he was together at the mid
| die, if he happened to remove hi
coat.
Trailing along the course of time
i the latter part of the first decade q
the present century came the hobol'
skirt. It created a furore of excite
ment when some of the advanced rep.
resentativeS of fashion appeared or
the streets of the larger cities for thel
were about what their name implied
They were cut along lines that accen
tuated the narrownesss of the lowe
end of the skirt and it took gir
with a careful memory to wear on
successfully for she could only make
good progress when she walked with {
certain stride which harmonized witt
the fit of the skirt. The first hobblt
skirts were a bit exaggerated but the!
| were the forerunners of styles tina
brought real beauty into miladys Skin
for it took out the superabundance o
! yardage which made the skirt lool
| like an oyer-supply of the same sor
of goods.
Sheath Gown Uncertain
Then came the sheath gown which
attracted more attention than ever I'll.
| hobble skirt could have encouraged
because It was uncertain. 1t belongct
in that group of things and event
like the little pea in the three-shel
game, sort of now you see and nov
you don't" depending on the care .
the wearer and for that reason som
Of the puritanical brethren, perhap
fearing they wouldn't see, prescribe
it by city ordinances in different cen
terS.
For this southwestern country ther
was another vogue for men of tn
earlier years that would interest tn
boys. 1t was the derby hat. Tn
derby hat is a pleasant sort of head
! gear, but it was. the varied types of
that made it interesting. There wer
the flat top, the straight brim an
others equally odd in appearance
while the true type of derby, meas