A Man s tr ardrobe Is—
Gazetteer Of Geography
From Baby Stuart cap to Ber
muda shorts, fashions and fabrics
are named for famous people anc
places. A man’s wardrobe is s
gazetteer of geography-—and his
tory.
His shoes are mostly oxfords
after England’s Oxford Univer
sity. His shirts may be of sofl
oxford weave, white or blue, or ol
striped, fine-cotton madras frorr
Madras, India. Perhaps he owns
a sports shirt of canton flannel
so called because it was firsi
traded through the Chinese port
of Canton.
His pants, by strange quirk
perpetuate the name of a mar
tyred and canonized physician
Pantaleon, who lived in Rome ir
the 3rd century. Saint Pantaleor
became a favorite saint of Venice
giving rise to a stock Venetiar
character, “Pantaloon,” in Italiar
popular comedy. From the actor’s
baggy trousers came the words
“pants” and “pantaloons.”
The man who wears a fedora is
unlikely to know that his casua
felt hat was named for the
feminine lead of the 19th-centurj
play Fedora, by Victorien Sardou
Though popularized for women b>
the Princess Fedora of the title
role, the style was later modified
and adopted by men.
A generation earner, a hard
topped, bell-shaped riding hat
was dreamed up by an English
fox hunter, William Coke, whose
traditional topper had been knock
ed off once too often in the chase
First called a billycock for the
originator, the sports hat became
the all-round bowler when a hat
ter by that name reshaped the
I
crown in a simple, elegant curve
It was nicknamed derby after it
caught on at the Epsom Downs
horse race founded by the 12tt
Earl of Derby,
Chesterfield overcoats alsc
carry a peerage label and are stil
going strong after two centuries
The single-breasted style, witt
concealed buttons and velvet col
lar, was introduced by the fourtt
Earl of Chesterfield, 18th-centurj
statesman, wit, and man of let
ters.
Across the Atlantic, in 1886
dowagers of New York’s wealth}
Tuxedo Park Colony were shockec
to see a young man appear at i
ball in a tailless, scarlet dress
dress jacket. The innovatior
marked the decline of white-tie
and-tails except for ultraforma
functions.
The tuxedo, as it was widelj
christened, was an immediate suc
cess in black, blossomed later ir
summer white, and, reverting tc
origin, is occasionally made up ir
colors for the most dapper Bear
Brummells.
Clothing styles often take or
the names of heroes who popular
ized them—the Lindbergh flying
jacket (a kind of windbreaker)
and the fitted Eisenhower battle
jacket, for instance.
Cardigans go back to England’s
seventh Earl of Cardigan, who is
better known now for the button
ed sweater than for the fact that
he led the tragic charge of the
Light Brigade in the Crimean
War.
Two types of boots and a top
coat were named for three men
who fought in the Battle of Wa
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CONGREVE JACKSON
FOR JUDGE
Recorder’s Court
I often hear complaints of Highway Patrolmen
giving unneccesary summons instead of a warning for
Minor Traffic Violations, also Criticisms that Patrolmen
are many times too Lenient.
Highway Patrolmen are essential and Absolutely
Necessessary. They deserve Not only Respect, but
but Should be Highly Regarded by Everyone in the
Community they serve.
If elected I will work to bring about a better un
derstanding and feeling between Officers and the
people served by them.
i terloo. Knee-high Wellington boots '
1 recall the “Iron Duke” who de
| feated Napoleon there. Bulchers
I are* half boots named for the,
! Prussion field marshal, Von Blu
i cher, Wellington’s ally in the
struggle.
The distinctive style of swing
ing overcoat with sleeves cut
from the neckline is still called
a raglan, after the first Baron of
Raglan, who served as Welling
ton’s devoted aide-de-camp and
lost his sword arm at Waterloo.
Women notables, too, have left
their imprint on the world's wear.
A one-piece hospital bed jacket is
called a nightingale in honor of
Florence Nightingale, the English
nursing pioneer.
Peter Pan collars and feather
ed hats copy the boyish costume
of Maude Adams as the gay
j sprite in Barrie’s whimsical play.
! A necklace with pendant orna
ment is known as a lavalier, re
putedly for the Duchess de La
Valliere, mistress of Louis XIV.
Capelike collars reaching below
the shoulder are berthas, traced
to the Frankish queen. Bertha,
mother of Charlemagne. Bloomers
were named for Mrs. Amelia
Bloomer, American leader in wo
man suffrage and dress reform.
Boys and girls have their own
famous-name fashions, among
them Buster Brown collars from
the early comic strip and Eton
jackets after the student uniform
at England's stylish preparatory
school.
Boys and girls have their own
famous-name fashions, among
them Buster Brown collars from
the early comic strip and Eton
jackets after the student uniform
at England's stylish preparatory
school.
Mothers dress infants in the
Baby Stuart cap—a shirred, close
fitted head covering modeled on
one shown in a 17th-century por
trait of the Stuart who grew up
to be James II of England.
Teenagers’ blue jeans are from
Genes, the French word for Ge
noa, Italy, where a heavy cotton
cloth, dyed blue, was made for
medieval work clothes.
Place-name garments for both
men and women include Bermuda
shorts and Basque berets. There
are cashmere sweaters (from
Kashmir goats), Ascot ties (for
England’s racecourse), and Pana
ma hats (actually made in Ecua
dor).
Some of the most striking
styles of not-so-long ago are gone
with the moths, to no one’s re
gret. Who would resurrect the
long frock coat named for Queen
Victoria’s consort, Prince Albert?
Or Lillian Russell’s hour-dress and
plume-laden hat?
To say nothing of little Lord
Fauntleroy’s velvet suit and lace
collar, which, with the added in
dignity of long curls, were once
forced on anguished little boys.
Mrs. Bedie Brown
Buried In County
WILMINGTON—Mrs. Bedie R
Brown, 66, died Thursday, in a
. Petersburg, Va. hospital.
Final rites were held Sunday
at 2 p. m. at the Castle Street
Church of God by the Rev. Ray
Collins. Burial was at Bethel Bap
tist Church at Hickman’s Cross
Roads.
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John T. Strickland, Clinton, was painting signs in
preparation for the summer beach season when he
heard that Red Drum had been caught from Yaupon
Pier. He traded his paint brush for an eleven foot
fiber glass rod, spinner reel and fifteen pound test
monofilament line for half and hour to land the
3514-lb., forty-three inch fish with a twenty-five and
three-quarter inch girth.
Monday Rites For
Mrs. Kreienbaum
Mrs. Clara Etter Kreienbaum, J
86, died Saturday night at Colum- j
bus County Hospital.
She was a native of Oldenburg.
Ind., but had been a resident oi j!
WhiteviUe since 1935. She was the |
widow of Anthony Kreienbaum.
She was a member of the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church.
Funeral services were conducted ,
at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Monday at 11 a. m. by the Revs.
Vincent Stokes and Arthur Dim
can. The Rosary was held at
McKenzie’s chapel, Sunday at 8:
p. m. Burial was in Whiteville
Memorial Cemetery.
Survivors include a son, Vernon
I. Kreienbaum, Emporia, Va.; a
[laughter, Mrs. Helen K. Lewis.
Whiteville; a brother, Karl Etter,
Oldenburg, Ind.; a sister,' Mrs.
Henry Holtel, Oldenburg; seven,
grandchildren and five great
grandchildren.
Active pallbearers Lawrence
Bowers, Henry Wyche, Thurston
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B. Glass, and J. A. Maultsby, Jr.
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