Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1891 — Men, Too, Need Reform. [ARTICLE]

Men, Too, Need Reform.

Men are becoming as bad as women for the adoption of strange and uncomfortable fashions in clothing, says a custom tailor, and they need dress reform preached to them almost as much as the feminine sex. Take the high collars tht-t are in vogue, and which are worn higher than ever this fall. They almost strangle one, and chafe the skin until it is sore Between the heavy, hot beaver hat and the tight collar baldness is becoming rampant in our cities. The high, tight collar has as much to do with causing baldness as any other one thing. Then the modern style of fitting the clothes forces us to make them tight and snug all around, and this prevents ore from really enjoying life. Tight oaten t- eather shoes sweat and pinch the leet until walking is a painful exercise. The old adage, that “if a man’s ci thes don’t fit him he is uncomfortable, ” has been reversed.