down in broad expanse which sometimes com
pletely covered the shirt front. They were either
arranged with pins or bought ready made.
Back in 1850 turned down collars became
fashionable worn with neckties tied in a loose
broad bow in the manner which had been affect
ed by artists, but by 1860 the necktie was very
much reduced in size, becoming no more than
a narrow band with a tiny bow, which was usually
made up. And then about 1890 neckties reverted
to a flowing artistic appearance.
Tlie long tie worn in the nineties was similar
in character to that customary today. The French
name "regate” is an illusion to the sailor’s knot
with which it is tied.
Three of the most important forms of ties were
introduced in 1914; the butterfly bow and the
long tie with the sailor’s knot, both of which are
still worn.
As late as 1865 there were practically no neck-
FOR THE CHILDREN
KRIB KWIZ
Here are some questions for the young folk. Try
to answer them, and then try them on your older
brothers and sisters. If you answer 15 or more
correctly, you can go to the head of the class.
Answers can be found on page 32.
1. What book, by Lewis Carroll, is one of the
best known of all children’s stories?
2. Where do kangaroos carry their little kan
garoos?
3. How much of the earth’s surface is covered
with water?
4. Where did Columbus land on his first voyage
to America?
5. What is the shortest verse in the Bible?
6 What is the longest river in the United
States?
7. Who was "First in war, first in peace and
first in the hearts of his countrymen”?
.8 What little girl was almost eaten by a wolf?
9. What were cattle thieves called during the
early settlement of the west?
10. What popular children’s program is heard
every Tuesday and Thursday mornings at
9:30 over Radio Station WPNF?
THEY WERE DOERS
The words of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham
Lincoln, are known to all American school children.
But how many know that:
Lincoln was the inventor of a device to lift boats
over shallow spots in rivers?
Jefferson invented America’s first swivel chair?
wear manufacturers in the United States, the large
percentage of ties being imported. But in 1949
the American neckwear industry manufactured
over 200 million dollars worth of ties, using 37
million yards of tie fabrics, 500 million yards of
thread, 10 million yards of lining and 171 million
labels. The new crop of 1950-51 ties includes 100,-
000 color combinations and 40,000 different pat
terns, the largest output in the history of the in
dustry according to reports from the Men’s Tie
Foundation.
The most important invention for the neck
wear industry came in 1920 when Jesse Langs-
dorff worked out a resilient construction using a
floating stitch which permits the tie to spring
back into shape after knotting. It also reduced the
hazard of tearing the tie when pulled out of the
collar.
Eighty-five per cent of all ties sold are bought
by women and less than 1 per cent of all ties sold
are returned or exchanged.
DO YOU KNOW?
Advice is seldom welcome and those who need
it most like it the least.
* * * *
The best way to keep your dreams from coming
true is to oversleep. The best way to make ’em
come true is to wake up.
* * * *
No matter how well you work on a plan for
success, success depends on how well you work.
* * # *
Golf balls were stuffed with feathers until, in
1848, gutta percha began being used in them.
Some golfers will swear that they’re still stuffed
with feathers, though.
* * * #
Do you know that the original name of Car
nation was Coronation, because it was commonly
used to make crowns, garlands and wreaths, and
used in the crowning of kings and queens?
* * * *
Do you know that Petunias and potatoes be
long to the same family?
# * * *
The good prizes of life go to those who dare to
do what others only dare to think.
* * # #
A fish produces millions of eggs a year—but
only one or two baby fish live to grow up and
fcol the fisherman.
* * * *
Somebody has figured out that each of us ex
hales more than a pint of water every day by just
breathing—Want to stop wasting water? Well,
just stop breathing!
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