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Show WHY SOCKS HAVE "CLOCKS" I .They Were Originally Made, It Is A I erted, to Hold the Seams In Hosiery. H It Is surprising how much of the past I still remains, more especially In regard H to the clothes we wear, On the backs of most gloves will be I found three thin strips. These marks H correspond to the fourchctte pieces I between the lingers. In enrllor times H gloves were not made so neatly as H they aro today, and the stitching of the fingers wns carried down part ot B the way on to Uie bnck of the glove, B braid being used to conceal tho seams. flj To a practically similar reason docs jjS tht clock on n sock owo Its origin, says JEwf London Answers. In tho days when B stockings wero made of cloth the Bj seams occurred whero tho clocks are H now displayed, the decoration being uttlltcd to hide the senms. The little bow which will Invariably be found In the leather bnnd Inside a mnn's hat Is a survival of tho time 1 when a hat was made by taking a 1 piece of leather, borla two holes 1. through It and drawing It together with a piece of string. 1 Handkerchiefs were not always J square. At one time they were shaped 1 to tho user's fancy. It chancod that I this Irregularity displeased Queen Ma- 1 rle Antoinette, who suggested ono win- il ter ev.enlng at Versailles that a unt- .. I form shape would be an Indication of Jl good taste. The result was a decree ll by Louls.XVI. Issued In the early days fl of 1780, enacting that all pocket hand- kerchiefs should have right-angled faa edges henceforward. vK |