Show WHY SOCKS HAVE CLOCKS they were originally made it la Is A As arted to hold the seams in hosiery it Is surprising how much of the past still remains more especially in regard to the clothes wo vie wear on the backs of most cloves will ivill be found three thin strips these marks correspond to the fourche fourchette ite between the fingers in earlier times gloves were ere not made so BO neatly as they tire are today and the stitching of the fingers was carried denv n part of the way on to tho alio back of the glove braid being used to conceal tile the seams to a practically similar reason does doca the alk on a sock owe its origin says saya london answers in the days when stockings Bloc kings were made of cloth the seams occurred where the clocks are now displayed the decoration being utilized to 16 hide tile the seams the little bow which will bo be found in the leather hand band inside a mans hat la Is a survival of tho time when a hat was made by taking a piece of leather borlaug two hole boles through it and drawing it together with a piece handkerchiefs were not alway square at atone one time they were shaped to the users fancy it chanced that this irregularity displeased queen marle mahe antoinette who suggested one winter evening at versailles that a form shape would licad be an indication of good taste the result was waa a decree by louis XVI issued lit in the early da days a of 1785 enacting that all pocket hand kerchiefs should haye have right angled ledges edges henceforward |