Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1913 — HANDKERCHIEF A MERE SCRAP [ARTICLE]

HANDKERCHIEF A MERE SCRAP

Interesting to Ponder Over What Grandma Would Have Thought of the Present Style.

Pocket handkerchiefs are smaller than ever just now. What our grandmothers would have thought of the dimensions of this useful article it would not be difficult to guess. They would gaze in amazement at the little scraps of finest lawn with a border in pale color. These grandmothers would find that their descendants are wearing turn down collars precisely like those to which they themselves were accustomed when on earth. Nor is the arrangement of the hair very -dissinfllar from that of 40 years ago, with the exception that the flat band across the head was then unknown and would have been set down as a surgical bandage rather than a modistlc bit of headgear. In one way we have improved upon the fashions of that period. The high heel has almost disappeared. This would be regarded by as a distinct loss to beauty,- but in their days health and hygiene were but little thought of.