Show Sailors BellShaped Trousers Sailors trousers are probably tho strangest that are to bo found In use by any class of men In tho world The gradual Increase In size between knee and ankle produces a strange flaring out effect that seems Inexplicable yet there Is a very good reason for tho ap parently superfluous cloth that flaps about tho shoo with every step In the old days whon many harbors were unapproachable by largo vessels goods had to bo transferred to small boats driven shoreward by the sturdy arms of tho ships crew The benches upon which they landed were often shallow and It became necessary for the sailors to step out Into the water and drag the boats up on the shore their trousers became very wet Indeed as a result Closefitting trousers after af-ter drying were opt to shrink and Impede Im-pede the free movements of the wearer wear-er Moreover In their wet state they clung to tho limbo In a very clammy manner |