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Show A FASHION FROM WAR. How Flat W itches Took Place of the Old rime "Turnips." When th( neat man takes unto himself him-self a watel as thin as parchmcYit h llttlo thinks that that thin watch ro-suits ro-suits from imy regulations. Up to the tlmo otho Allies taking Paris tho ordinari watch was convex In shape and called from its outline a ' "turnip." The olllcers of tho Russian and other armies objected to this becauso be-causo its bi! bous form made the uniform uni-form of -a n n on parade look untidy, whether It Vre carried In tho coat or tho fob. Hi e In Paris, however, they . found that ho watchmakors of tho J'i Palais Roy: bid contrived a chro- " nomotor w :ch got over tho difficulty. diffi-culty. Flat matches were tho fashion In Paris. 1 o English whon they appeared ap-peared In t o streets ot the French capital mar icd in not In gala dross such as thi others wore, but In the ralmont wh! i they had worn on campaign. cam-paign. Gr it was tho impression which their lahlllmcnts croatod. Hut thoy at on adoptod tho smart flat watch and 1 mgbt It back to England for our own1 nanutacturors to copy. London Stai nrd. |
