Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1914 — ARE NOT SLAVES OF FASHION [ARTICLE]

ARE NOT SLAVES OF FASHION

In China a Man Can Dress as He Pleases Without Attracting Attention. The fashions in Suchien, Kiangsu province, have a variety of such extent that every man can dress according to his individual choice and still be in correct taste and without attracting special attention from anybody else. In other words, the styles this year are of personal ideals, according to a correspondent of the British China Daily Herald. He says that every man wears what Is right m his own eyes, and there are few if any, to ridicule. A panama hat goes jauntily down the street, closely followed by a fur-covered brim hat; felt hats of scarlet and verdigris green come along with grays and browns that do the hatter credit for unique invention. These, with the Eskimo top capes, a few derby hats and the smart military uniforms, give the streets a piquancy which was unknown in the monotonous chiiia blue of former years. Among the notices posted on the city gate is a fashion plate that has been exhibited for weeks. It displays two. or three of the typical “western suits”—the swallow-tailed and the front- frock for evening wear—street garb of European and American style, and many other varieties. There one also finds the plaited skirts recommended for the women, and close by them is the proud silk or stovepipe hat of felt, which has it* special corner with other headgear.