Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1919 — Freakish Costumes. [ARTICLE]

Freakish Costumes.

In the reign of Henry VIII of England the sleeve was generally a separate article of dress, and in Stubbes’ time sleeves hung down to the skirts, “trayllng on the ground and cast over the shoulders like a cow’s tayle.” Vlollet-le-Duc gave cuffs which hung down 14 Inches longer than the hand, thus proving that the wearer never worked. In the time of? James I sometimes three pairs of gloves were worn, one over another. A curious custom arose about 1794 of hat-wearing within doors. The Padnung young women put metal collars around their necks when they were young children till they numbered between 20 and 30 and the necks of tire wearers were stretched out in the most grotesque and uncomfortable fashion. African belles wear great copper rings on their limbs, which get so hot in the sun that an attendant has to carry water with which occasionally to cool them down.