Show Explorers on Ant Expedition To Take Many Heavy Garments By HORTENSE SAUNDERS I NEW YORK NEA Assembling a wedding trousseau or collecting odd bl bits for a court presentation Is mere mera childs child's play compared to the sartorial effort Involved before settin set set- setting tin ting out for the antarctic regions And f It Commander Byrd and his party ot of explorers are not the tho last In swank when they reach the Iceberg zone It Is not because they are not giving time and expense to their raiment Atone Anyone curious about polar styles I should drop In at the Byrd head head- I quarters here and see the rooms strewn with samples of fur coats helmets socks and balbriggan underwear un underwear un- un and hear the weighty arguments at- at that go on as to what ty typo will be most nifty and dashing for life on an Ice barrier PiECES S FOR FOR EACH MAN Commander Byrd estimates that each ot of the sixty men on the trip will have ha at least pieces of wearIng wearing wear wear- Ing apparel neatly marked with his own wn name and packed In sea sea- bags ThIs doeS docs not Include the cornmon corn como mon garden arlet of that each will ill wear on the boat trip Into the this will be stored at the last lut stop Dunedin and will willbe be parked there then for more than a. a year rear until tire party returns to a temperate zone Large consignments of furK fura are op their ther way to New York from Alaska to be made into coats couts and ft parkas for tor the crew A. A parka Is Isa is isa a short cape made of lined with fawnskin that is II worn OVer a regulation arctic suit as a windbreaker It Is large and nd loose absolutely and is the finIshing finishing fin fin- touch to the arctic ensemble In millinery there Is a wide choice ot of helmets fur and wool and leather caps and towering affairs that look like very large tea cozies and do for the head what the cozy does for the t tea a. a pot Then there Is the large lined fur hood that fits over vet the helmet like a cowl MITTENS TWO FEET LONG Mittens achieve e unbelievable proPOrtions proPortions pro pro- Portions and are worn fashion child suspended from a cord about the neck Some are are nearly neary two feet long a foot wide and a couple o of Inches thick regular baby mattresses mat mat- tresses What an explorers explorer's glove box boxi i It he had one would look like is' is isa a th thought to conjure with And when you build shoes on the Ure fireless Cooker plan you needs must forget daintiness daintiness' anI and ankles Frozen feet are are very veo common cornmon corn com mon and t they ey say most unpleasant so hoe have been specially made with felt soles packed with serina senna grass s from Finland which serveS serve'S as an insulator to keep keel In the natUral nat nat- Ural heat Thus the waterproof arid and the overshoes to wear over these neat walking shoes hoell take the on-the most exaggerated and fantastic Then there ther are arc fu lined fur lIned moccasins fur and wool lined boots J I. I iZ 1 boots hip boots and other types es ot of other footgear FUR A AND D WOOL I Socks of wool are thick and and there are fur ones to be worn over these made mado with the fur on the Inside so that the moisture moist moist- ure of the root foot Inside the stockings may go through the fur and onto the hide This minimizes the dampness dampness damp damp- ness and the Ure damp foot Is the one that is In danger of freezing Wool shirts and heavies les to ones one sense ot of the comfortable rather than ot of the beaUtiful though they are of the finest materials a available alla ble The really conscious clothes ex cx- covers every part o of himself but his eyes when he Is finally clothed for fora days day's jaunt As a last touch he covers that last exposed area with large large- goggles to prevent blindness from the expanse of dazzling daz- daz sling snow aU all the mades ready that are being taken take on this expedition many pelts are shipped In the piece Once the voyage Is under underway underway way the will be kept bus busy making parkas and loose coats Since these are simple In cut and nil nil as to tit fit they can be boo fashioned fashion quite as adequately by the sail sail- I maker IS as they could by a Regent street tailor L' L S |