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Show . ' 7 ' ' . r . ' 7 Fcnlalnc' Passcnjcrs Dca't Take Ilia Sertoli nnd He Learns Uany Tilings That Arc Intercstl:?. '. "I don't know what we are coming to, when women are wearing .suspenders .suspend-ers and pancake hats and short skirts and extension soled shoes,", remarked the conductor of a Brigham street car, who formerly worked, as . a 'window dresser In a dry goods store, and who still finds the fashion magazines Interesting. Inter-esting. . lie has a natural Interest in dresses and female apparel in general, and gets much satisfaction from taking note of every Innovation that is worn upon his car. He knows the patrons of the line; knows Just what kind of clothes they wear to .various events, and . can nearly always pick out the street at which they get off by the kind of costumes they wear. ,- j Trimmed on Red Hat. - , ."These little round hats with rosettes, or bows, or Imitation fruit bunched on one side, become about one woman out of a hundred," he said, "and yet every girl on the street has one now some of them have several, one to match each costume. That is, they appear to have several, but I am dead-certaln that at least one girl changes the trimming on the same hat. She's clever with It, too, and she looks better than most of thcn do. "People never pay any attention to a conductor. If is his business to be moving around the car. and I see a lot of things that nobody ever knows I see. I take" an Interest In women's clothes, and make a sort of study of them. This line Is great for It. I see all of the best lhat la going, one time' or another. - Like the Eloomer Craze.'. "These suspender dresses are Just like the old bloomer erase, only not so much so, of course, and they are more freely worn. It la the periodical tendency to copy men's clothes. Any man with half an eye can tell that the suspenders are meye sham, They are Just there for effect. ef-fect. - . : "This Is the time of the year when the thin things they call lingerie' get into service, and a f el Tow has to shut his eyes when he asks for the fare. Bummer clothes are a lot cheaper than winter dresses, and you Just notice how many more beautiful dresses you see now than you did six months ago. "I have a lot of fun, too, watching the women look af each other's clothes and hearing them talk about them. Get two women - on - the back seat of a pretty well crowded car and you will get some fine pointers on all the costumes on board. ' Asked ConductolJot to Look. "This hat and suspender fashion has given- me a -lot -to think about and watch this spring, but there Is one fashion that I must confess is beyond me. I expect to come'acroes K in some of the books, but -as yet I don't know Just what It Is. Justthe same, I know there Is something new coming. Into fashion. Twice In the, last two weeks I have gone up to the- front of the car to collect from women.- Both times they have fumbled around In their gloves and looked disturbed before they said: ' .- , '- " 'I will have to ask 70'u to turn your head a moment.' " '"A few seconds later they said, 'All right,' and as I turned they handed me the coin. Now, there Is a mystery for a Sherlock Holmes, and far too fine a matter for a street car conductor.":' |