Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1895 — Revolution in Men’s Dress. [ARTICLE]

Revolution in Men’s Dress.

“There Is one thing about the bicycle craze,”, said a tailor to a New York World reporter. “I believe it is going to revolutionize men’s attire, which has been so somber for so many years. Dress reformers have done much for women, but men’s clothing is practically the same year in and year out. “The leaders of fashion are not as a rule robust, and the chaps who lead cotillons have small legs. If the wheel develops their calves, as it will, I believe the age of short clothes will return, and knee-breeches for evening dress may be seen again in drawingrooms. Bloomers are popular, for a shapely woman likes folks to know It Tlfln-legged men have a chance to build up their calves in summer for the winter’s gayety.” When it is demonstrated that wishing does any good, we shall believe iu Christian Science and occultism. Never tell a secret to a bride or a bridegroom. Wait until they have been married longer.